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Characteristic n (%) Gender Male 318 (80.5) Female 77 (19.5) Age, y, mean (range) 42.8 (17–86) Race/ethnicity White 301 (76.2) Other 94 (23.8) Reason for gun seizure (not mutually exclusive) Suicidal ideation 269 (68.1) Homicidal ideation 83 (21.0) Domestic disturbance 112 (28.4) Acute mental illness, cognitive impairment 67 (17.0) Drug or alcohol intoxication 104 (26.3) Other 14 (3.5) Number of firearms removed per case, mean (range) 2.7 (1–82) Number of firearms removed, by type Handguns 548 (50.8) Long guns or not described 531 (49.2) Total 1,079 (100.0) Action taken by police at the scene of firearm removal Not arrested Transported involuntarily to a hospital for evaluation 273 (69.1) Transported voluntarily to a hospital for evaluation 38 (9.6) Not transported to a hospital or arrested 52 (13.2) Arrested Transported involuntarily to a hospital for evaluation, and arrested 19 (4.8) Arrested at the scene of gun removal and transported to jail 13 (3.3) N = 395 subjects.
Arrested* (n = 99) Not Arrested* (n = 296) Statistical Significance Suicidal ideation (n = 269) 55 (55.6) 214 (72.3) † Homicidal ideation (n = 83) 33 (33.3) 50 (16.9) † Domestic violence (n = 112) 34 (34.3) 78 (26.4) Substance involvement (n = 104) 28 (28.3) 76 (25.7) Mental/cognitive health (n = 67) 15 (15.2) 52 (17.6) Other (n = 14) 6 (6.1) 14 (4.7) - Table 3
Severity of and Gun Involvement in Most Serious Charge Among Gun Seizure Respondents
Uniform Crime Report Tier 1: Index Crimes* Uniform Crime Report Tier 2: Other Crimes† Non-Gun Charge Gun Charge Any Arrest Arrested No 367 (92.9) 309 (78.2) 314 (79.5) 381 (96.5) 296 (74.9) At seizure‡ 7 (1.8) 13 (3.3) 15 (3.8) 5 (1.3) 20 (5.1) Year before 7 (1.8) 33 (8.4) 35 (8.9) 3 (0.8) 38 (9.6) Year after 15 (3.8) 49 (12.4) 51 (12.9) 8 (2.0) 58 (14.7) Convicted No 386 (97.7) 336 (85.1) 345 (87.3) 390 (98.7) 332 (84.1) At seizure§ 2 (0.5) 9 (2.3) 9 (2.3) 2 (0.5) 11 (2.8) Year before 0 (0.0) 20 (5.1) 19 (4.8) 1 (0.3) 20 (5.1) Year after 7 (1.8) 32 (8.1) 34 (8.6) 2 (0.5) 36 (9.1) N = 395 subjects. Data are shown as n (%). Sum of columns exceeds 100% people may have been arrested before, during, and after gun seizure.
↵* FBI Uniform Crime Report index crimes: criminal homicide, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, arson.
↵† FBI Uniform Crime Report other: other assaults (simple, non-aggravated), forgery and counterfeiting, fraud, embezzlement, stolen property offenses (buying, receiving, possessing), vandalism, weapons violations (carrying, possessing), prostitution and commercialized vice, other sex offenses, drug law violations, gambling, offenses against the family and children, driving under the influence, liquor law violations, drunkenness, disorderly conduct, vagrancy, suspicion, loitering, all other offenses.
↵‡ Arrest occurred within 4 days before or after the gun seizure event.
↵§ Conviction connected to an arrest that occurred within 4 days before or after the gun seizure event.