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Do Canadian and US American Handgun Owners Differ?

机译:加拿大和美国的手枪所有者有不同吗?

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This study of male Canadian (n = 475) and U.S. (n = 425) handgun owners addresses 2 questions: (a) Are there differences in gun-related motivation and behaviour patterns; and (b) does the Model of Defensive Gun Ownership of Stroebe, Leander, and Kruglanski (2017) fit data of Canadian handgun gun owners? U.S. and Canadian gun cultures are supposed to be different: Unlike most U.S. gun owners, Canadian gun owners are not assumed to purchase guns for self-defense because they trust their government to protect them against crime. Although Canadian and U.S. handgun owners differed in their gun-related motivation and behaviour patterns, these differences were less substantial than expected: Mean levels of trust in law enforcement of Canadian and U.S. handgun owners did not differ. Furthermore, half of Canadian gun owners considered self-defense to be an important reason for gun ownership. Finally, a structural equation model that had fit the U.S. data of Stroebe et al. (2017) could also be applied to the Canadian data. Given that 30% of all Canadian handguns were purchased between 2012 and 2017, which is when shootings became more common in Canada's large cities, we speculate that recent events may have reduced differences that might have existed between Canadian and American handgun owners.
机译:这项研究加拿大男性(n = 475)和美国(n = 425)手枪所有者解决了2个问题:(a)与枪支相关的动机和行为模式存在差异; (b)Stroebe,Leander和Kruglanski(2017)的防御性枪支拥有模型是否适合加拿大手枪拥有者的数据?美国和加拿大枪支文化本来应该是不同的:与大多数美国枪支拥有者不同,加拿大枪支拥有者不被假定购买枪支以进行自卫,因为他们相信自己的政府可以保护他们免受犯罪。尽管加拿大和美国手枪的所有者在与枪支相关的动机和行为模式方面有所不同,但这些差异的实质性不如预期:在执法加拿大和美国手枪所有者方面的平均信任水平没有差异。此外,加拿大枪支拥有者的一半被认为是自卫是枪支拥有的重要原因。最后,一个符合Stroebe等人的美国数据的结构方程模型。 (2017年)也可以应用于加拿大数据。鉴于在2012年至2017年之间购买了所有加拿大手枪中的30%,即枪击事件在加拿大大城市变得越来越普遍,我们推测最近的事件可能减少了加拿大和美国手枪所有者之间可能存在的差异。

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