Description
For sample persons ages 18 and older who keep firearms in or around their home and own more than one firearm, GUN2APART indicates if the firearms are kept taken apart. Other options for how firearms are kept include with a trigger lock or other locking mechanism (GUN2TRIGL), assembled without a locking mechanism (GUN2ASNOLOC), or other (GUN2KEPOTH).
GUN2APART is part of a series of questions first introduced in 1994 related to firearm safety. For related variables and more information please use the IPUMS NHIS search function and drop-down menus.
