Previous research has shown that nearly 1 in 4 immigrant adults are very worried about being a victim of gun violence compared with about 1 in 10 citizens in California.
In this age of renewed anti-immigrant rhetoric, how does that affect gun ownership among immigrants — and citizens?
Using 2021 California Health Interview Survey data, a new study of the state’s largest immigrant groups — Latino and Asian adults — compares firearm ownership and storage practices among immigrants and citizens, and contrasts ownership with attitudes toward being a victim of gun violence.
The results are an eye-opening look at who is likely to own a gun and whether those gun owners are fearful of being a victim of gun violence — or not. The study also compares safe firearm storage practices among immigrants and citizens and how that could guide gun safety policies in the future.
Among the webinar's speakers are George Tita, professor of criminology, law and society, Ph.D. student Clarissa Iliff and Michael Rodriguez from the Public Health Institute and emeritus faculty member from Devid Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
