We did not ask about automatic and semiautomatics separately. However, since fully automatic weapons in private hands are rare, and owners of fully automatic firearms probably also own semiautomatics, we presumed that most of the respondents were answering in reference to semiautomatics. This research was supported in part by the Harvard Injury Control Center, which is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. We thank Phillip Cook, Sara Solnick, Deb Azruel, Winnie Yip, and Bruce Kennedy for their suggestions and advice. Associated with Automatic or Semiautomatic Gun Ownership in a National Random-Dial Survey of Gun Owners No.
Significance levels refer to chi-square test.
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