Firearm Owners’ Preferences for Secure Storage Devices: Insights From Product Reviews

IF 1.7 3区医学 Q2 SURGERY

Journal of Surgical Research Pub Date : 2025-07-21 DOI:10.1016/j.jss.2025.06.048

Grayson Graham , Colby Wilson , Katelin Hoskins PhD , M. Kit Delgado MD, MS , Sunny Vespico Jackson MSN , Athena Lee MA , Anish Agarwal MD , Elinore J. Kaufman MD, MSHP

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Abstract

Introduction

Securely storing firearms can prevent suicide, unintentional injury, and gun theft. However, fewer than half of the US firearm owners store all firearms securely. Ongoing efforts to promote secure storage by distributing locking devices could benefit from a robust understanding of how firearm owners' preferred qualities in storage devices. To gain insight into firearm owners’ priorities in evaluating a storage device, we conducted a qualitative analysis of Amazon product reviews of firearm locking devices.

Methods

We analyzed reviews for the top five rated products in five categories of storage devices: lock boxes, installed gun safes (handguns), installed gun safes (long gun), cable locks, and trigger locks. We collected the 5 “most helpful” positive and critical reviews, limited to reviews by verified purchasers. Review text and characteristics were extracted. Reviews were open-coded to identify what device features were most salient to purchasers. The codebook was refined iteratively. Disagreements were resolved by consensus. Coded data were summarized and key themes identified using content analysis.

Results

We analyzed 250 reviews of 25 products, yielding 13 themes. Overall, sturdiness, ease of access, reliability, and resistance to theft were prominent priorities for firearm storage device purchases across device types.

Conclusions

Firearm owners value secure storage devices that allow quick, easy access while remaining robust to theft or damage. Devices that are simple to set up and easy to operate were best received by consumers. Efforts to promote secure storage of firearms may be more effective by considering firearm owners’ preferences for storage devices.

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枪支拥有者对安全存储设备的偏好：来自产品评论的见解

安全存放枪支可以防止自杀、意外伤害和枪支盗窃。然而，只有不到一半的美国枪支拥有者将所有枪支妥善保管。通过分配锁定设备来促进安全存储的持续努力可以从对枪支所有者在存储设备中偏好的质量的充分理解中受益。为了深入了解枪支所有者在评估存储设备时的优先级，我们对亚马逊关于枪支锁定设备的产品评论进行了定性分析。方法对锁盒、安装式枪柜（手枪）、安装式枪柜（长枪）、电缆锁、扳机锁五类存储设备中评分前五的产品进行评价分析。我们收集了5条“最有帮助”的积极和批评评论，仅限于经过验证的购买者的评论。提取综述文本和特征。评论是开放编码的，以确定哪些设备功能对购买者最突出。密码本是不断改进的。分歧通过协商一致得到解决。对编码数据进行总结，并使用内容分析确定关键主题。我们分析了25种产品的250条评论，得出了13个主题。总体而言，坚固性、易访问性、可靠性和防盗窃性是购买各种类型枪支存储设备的突出优先事项。枪支拥有者重视安全的存储设备，允许快速，方便地访问，同时保持坚固的盗窃或损坏。设置简单、操作方便的设备最受消费者欢迎。考虑到枪支拥有者对储存设备的偏好，促进枪支安全储存的努力可能会更有效。

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Journal of Surgical Research 医学-外科

CiteScore

3.90

自引率

4.50%

发文量

627

审稿时长

138 days

期刊介绍： The Journal of Surgical Research: Clinical and Laboratory Investigation publishes original articles concerned with clinical and laboratory investigations relevant to surgical practice and teaching. The journal emphasizes reports of clinical investigations or fundamental research bearing directly on surgical management that will be of general interest to a broad range of surgeons and surgical researchers. The articles presented need not have been the products of surgeons or of surgical laboratories. The Journal of Surgical Research also features review articles and special articles relating to educational, research, or social issues of interest to the academic surgical community.