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Table 1 Firearm storage experiences of responding law enforcement agencies who have ever provided storage (n = 126)

From: Voluntary, temporary out-of-home firearm storage: a survey of law enforcement agencies in two states

 

Overall (N = 126)

Colorado (N = 63)

Washington (N = 63)

p value

Circumstances in which storage provided^

Safety concerns/suicide concerns

92 (73.0%)

44 (69.8%)

48 (76.2%)

0.547

Upon request

58 (46.0%)

25 (39.7%)

33 (52.4%)

0.211

Relative passed away

46 (36.5%)

17 (27.0%)

29 (46.0%)

0.041

During addiction, medical or mental health treatment

41 (32.5%)

23 (36.5%)

18 (28.6%)

0.447

Divorce

17 (13.5%)

9 (14.3%)

8 (12.7%)

 > 0.999

Prohibited individual is guest in the home

15 (11.9%)

8 (12.7%)

7 (11.1%)

 > 0.999

Related to ERPO, court order, or domestic violence

25 (19.8%)

8 (12.7%)

17 (27.0%)

0.073

Travel out of town

8 (6.3%)

2 (3.2%)

6 (9.5%)

0.273

Military deployment

2 (1.6%)

1 (1.6%)

1 (1.6%)

 > 0.999

Moving

1 (0.8%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (1.6%)

 > 0.999

Other

22 (17.5%)

8 (12.7%)

14 (22.2%)

0.240

Circumstances in which storage denied^

Reason for storing not appropriate

47 (37.3%)

25 (39.7%)

22 (34.9%)

0.713

Not enough storage space

17 (13.5%)

12 (19.0%)

5 (7.9%)

0.116

Not their firearm

14 (11.1%)

10 (15.9%)

4 (6.3%)

0.155

Other

5 (4.0%)

2 (3.2%)

3 (4.8%)

 > 0.999

Not applicable

17 (1.0%)

9 (9.9%)

8 (10.4%)

 > 0.999

Frequency of providing storage upon request

   

0.276

For all requests

73 (57.9%)

31 (49.2%)

42 (66.7%)

 

For more than half of requests

19 (15.1%)

11 (17.5%)

8 (12.7%)

 

For less than half of requests, but at least once

28 (22.2%)

16 (25.4%)

12 (19.0%)

 

Storage processes for court-ordered versus voluntary storage

   

0.477

Handled differently

53 (42.1%)

25 (39.7%)

28 (44.4%)

 

Handled the same

57 (45.2%)

27 (42.9%)

30 (47.6%)

 

Do not provide both

14 (11.1%)

9 (14.3%)

5 (7.9%)

 

Agency has ever declined to return firearm that was being temporarily stored in your facility due to safety concerns

   

0.016

Yes

51 (40.5%)

19 (30.2%)

32 (50.8%)

 

No

69 (54.8%)

42 (66.7%)

27 (42.9%)

 
  1. ^Multiple responses allowed
  2. Table includes data from responding agencies who reported ever having provided storage (n = 128 out of N = 168 participants). Responses may not add to 100% due to missing data (not shown if < 5%)