From: Parental attitudes, beliefs, and practices related to firearm storage: a qualitative study
1 | Can you tell me about the benefits of keeping firearms for you and your family? | |||
2 | If parent reports that their children use firearms—Tell me more about how your children use the firearms in your home | |||
3 | How do you keep your children from getting injured by firearm(s) in your home? | |||
4 | Can you tell me more about the reasons for your practice? | |||
5 | How did you learn about these safety practices? | |||
6 | You said that you store your firearms (storage method reported). What makes this a good option for you? | |||
7 | What challenges or problems might there be with storing your firearms this way? | |||
8 | Have you ever considered changing how you stored your firearms? | |||
a | If participant considered change: What made you consider this change? Did you change your storage practices? | |||
i | If participant considered change but did not change storage practices: what kept you from changing your practices? | |||
b | If participant did not consider change: What would make you consider changing how you stored your firearms? | |||
9 | Many parents choose to store their firearms locked and unloaded in order to reduce their children’s risk of injury. What are your thoughts on this? (if further prompting is needed: what are the benefits and problems with storing your firearms this way?) | |||
a | If participant does not store all firearms unloaded and locked: What keeps you from storing them this way? | |||
b | What would get you to consider storing your firearms this way? | |||
10 | What do you think is the best way to keep children safe from getting injured by firearms? (if further prompting is needed: for example, laws that require firearms to be stored locked and unloaded, formal training held by law enforcement or sporting groups, informal instruction by peers, etc.) | |||
If participant indicates that protection or self-defense is a reason for keeping firearms | ||||
1 | Have you ever worried about you or someone in your family being the victim of a crime? | |||
2 | Whose responsibility is it to keep you and your family safe? | |||
3 | What is your own role in keeping you and your family safe? |