title: Student perceptions and practices regarding carrying concealed handguns on university campuses.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This multisite study assessed college student's perceptions and practices regarding carrying concealed handguns on campus.
  
  
  METHODS
  Undergraduate students from 15 public midwestern universities were surveyed (N = 1,800).
  
  
  METHODS
  Faculty members distributed the questionnaire to students in general education classes or classes broadly representative of undergraduate students.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Useable questionnaires were returned by 1,649 students (92%). The majority (78%) of students was not supportive of concealed handguns on campuses, and 78% claimed that they would not obtain a permit to carry a handgun on campus, if it were legal. Those who perceived more disadvantages to carrying handguns on campus were females, who did not own firearms, did not have a firearm in the home growing up, and were not concerned with becoming a victim of crime.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The majority of students was not supportive of concealed handguns on campus and claimed that they would not feel safer if students and faculty carried concealed handguns.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Professions, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio 43606, USA. amy.thompson4@utoledo.edu
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: James H
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authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: Joseph A
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authors.lastname: Dake
authors.forename: Karen
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authors.lastname: Teeple
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authors.lastname: Kerr
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mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003415:Crime / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005389:Firearms / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010465:Perception; D057766:Policy; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult