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Handgun Owners Carrying Daily Doubled in 4 Years, Study Says

Handgun Owners Carrying Daily Doubled in 4 Years, Study Says
Guns are displayed in a store during the Rod of Iron Freedom Festival in Greeley, Pa. on Oct. 9, 2022. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Naveen Athrappully
Naveen Athrappully
11/28/2022|Updated: 11/30/2022
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The number of Americans carrying handguns on a daily basis doubled between 2015 and 2019 according to a new study, with self-protection found to be a key reason for the increase.

The study, published by the American Journal of Public Health on Nov. 16, is based on a survey of 2,389 U.S. adult handgun owners conducted between July 30, 2019, and Aug. 11, 2019. The results of the study show that roughly 3 in 10 handgun owners carried a gun on their person in the previous 30 days of the survey. Of those who carried in the past month, 4 in 10 did so every day.
Naveen Athrappully
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