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Openness to church-based firearm safety interventions among Protestant Christian firearm owners by K.M. Conrick; M.B. Smith; L. Rooney; E. Morgan; A. Rowhani-Rahbar; M. Moore is a Health Professions article available to read on EtoBox.

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Objectives: Protestant Christians are more likely to own firearms and not store them locked/unloaded compared to those from other religions. This study examines how Protestant Christians view the relationship between their religious and firearm beliefs and how that informs openness to church-based firearm safety interventions. Study design: Grounded theory analysis of 17 semi-structured interviews with Protestant Christians. Methods: Interviews, conducted AugusteOctober 2020, focused on firearms owned, carrying/discharge/ storage behaviors, Christian belief compatibility with firearm ownership, and openness to church-based firearm safety interventions. Audio-recorded interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using grounded theory techniques. Results: Participant perspectives varied on firearm ownership motivations and compatibility of Christian values with firearm ownership. Variation in these themes and in openness to church-based firearm safety interventions resulted in clustering of participants into three groups. Group 1 owned firearms for collecting/sporting purposes and intricately connected their Christian identity with firearm ownership, but they were not open to in

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Author

K.M. Conrick; M.B. Smith; L. Rooney; E. Morgan; A. Rowhani-Rahbar; M. Moore

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2023

Language

EN

Field

Health Professions (Health Sciences)