Installing Gun Cabinets in Homes Improves Safe Firearm Storage

Installing a gun cabinet dramatically reduces unlocked guns and ammunition in the home, according to a study in rural Alaska villages where the residents are primarily Alaska Native people. Group Health Research Institute Senior Investigator David Grossman, MD, MPH, led the research, which the American Journal of Public Health e-published on March 8. Dr. Grossman is also a pediatrician and medical director for preventive care at Group Health and University of Washington (UW) professor of health services.

To read the press release, visit: http://www.grouphealthresearch.org/news-and-events/newsrel/2012/120308.html

To read the abstract of the study, visit: http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2011.300421

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