Buying a handgun for someone else: firearm dealer willingness to sell.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To examine firearm dealer willingness to sell when a handgun is being purchased for another person. US law requires a background check of the purchaser but not the end user of a firearm. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:A total of 120 handgun dealers (six from each of the 20 largest US cities with 10 or more dealers) participated in telephone interviews. Dealers within each city were randomly assigned to a male or female interviewer and then randomly assigned to one of three purchase conditions-when the consumer said that the handgun was for him/herself, a gift for a girl/boyfriend, or for a girl/boyfriend "because s/he needs it". RESULTS:Most dealers were willing to sell a handgun regardless of the end user (self: 87.5%; gift: 70.8%; "need": 52.5%). Multivariate analyses indicate that deale

SUBMITTER: Sorenson SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1730960 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature