{"id":2670533,"date":"2026-09-26T06:54:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T10:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/study-on-firearm-safety-pours-cold-water-on-anti-2a-storage-law-assumptions\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T07:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T11:00:28","slug":"study-on-firearm-safety-pours-cold-water-on-anti-2a-storage-law-assumptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/study-on-firearm-safety-pours-cold-water-on-anti-2a-storage-law-assumptions\/","title":{"rendered":"Study on Firearm Safety Pours Cold Water on Anti-2A Storage Law Assumptions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstudy-on-firearm-safety-pours-cold-water-on-anti-2a-storage-law-assumptions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2670533&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A recent study indicates that firearms safety education is considerably more effective than legislation in encouraging gun owners to securely store their firearms. The research, published in Crime and Delinquency, found that approximately 90% of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/atf-acts-as-a-fifth-column-for-gun-control-advocacy-groups-witness-testifies-at-congressional-hearing\/\" title=\"ATF \u2018Acts as a Fifth Column for Gun Control Advocacy Groups,\u2019 Witness Testifies at Congressional Hearing\">gun owners received<\/a> some form of safety training, either formal (like hunter or self-defense courses) or informal (through family or friends).Despite existing laws in many states that hold owners accountable if a child gains access to a firearm, thes laws were not shown to increase safe storage practices. Instead,the key factor associated with secure storage was whether the owner had received safety training. The findings suggest that promoting safety education could be a more effective strategy for improving firearm security among owners.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A new study revealed that firearms safety education was far more effective at encouraging gun owners to securely store firearms than legislation was.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The study, <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/epub\/10.1177\/00111287261458254\">published<\/a> by Crime and Delinquency in June, sought to determine how prevalent firearms safety training was as well as how many firearms owners kept their firearms secure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The study found that 90% of gun owners reported receiving at least informal firearms safety training.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cWithin the United States, a substantial 90% of owners report receiving some form of instruction, typically divided into formal and informal tracks,\u201d the study said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cFormal training generally encompasses structured hunter safety, self-defense, or professional courses. On the other hand, informal training, which was reported by roughly 70% of owners, is a form of cultural transmission passing through friends or family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Anti-Second Amendment groups like <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/giffords.org\/lawcenter\/gun-laws\/policy-areas\/child-consumer-safety\/child-access-prevention-and-safe-storage\/\">Giffords<\/a> and <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/everytownresearch.org\/rankings\/law\/secure-storage-or-child-access-prevention-required\/\">Everytown<\/a> have pushed for legislation that would hold people criminally responsible in the event a child gained access to a firearm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">According to the groups, 26 states and the District of Columbia have laws that leave a gun owner subject to potential prosecution should a child gain access to the firearm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The study, though, noted that the laws were not effective at increasing the rate at which firearms owners safely stored their firearms. Instead, the best predictor was having received firearms safety training at some point.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cThe results from our multivariable model show that the strongest predictors of secure firearm storage were completing a form of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alec-baldwin-is-in-complete-denial-and-blaming-others-for-halyna-hutchins-death-attorney-says\/\" title=\"Alec Baldwin Is In \u2018Complete Denial\u2019 And \u2018Blaming Others\u2019 For Halyna Hutchins\u2019 Death, Attorney Says\">gun safety training<\/a>, either formal or informal, demonstrating that gun safety training and secure firearm storage are interconnected,\u201d the study said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cTogether, these findings suggest that most gun owners in the United States are well-versed in firearm safety practices and store their guns securely when they are not using them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cAnother interesting finding from analyses was that having a state law requiring secure firearm storage was unrelated to gun owners\u2019 storing their weapons securely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">This confirms findings in prior research and suggests that policymakers should focus on other mechanisms to promote secure firearm storage,\u201d the study added later.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. 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