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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Firearms

Are any of these loaded firearms also unlocked? By "unlocked" we mean you do not need a key or combination to get the gun or to fire it. We don't count a safety as a lock.*

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  Total
Respond.#		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 17,498 10,928 60.3 59.1-61.4 6,570 39.7 38.6-40.9
Alabama 539 365 66.0 60.9-70.7 174 34.0 29.3-39.1
Alaska 352 248 71.7 64.8-77.7 104 28.3 22.3-35.2
Arizona 346 238 66.8 56.6-75.7 108 33.2 24.3-43.4
Arkansas 575 376 65.3 60.8-69.6 199 34.7 30.4-39.2
Colorado 262 157 60.8 54.2-67.1 105 39.2 32.9-45.8
Connecticut 123 67 48.0 37.3-58.9 56 52.0 41.1-62.7
Delaware 239 132 52.7 43.1-62.1 107 47.3 37.9-56.9
District of Columbia 34 18 42.5 24.9-62.3 16 57.5 37.7-75.1
Florida 520 308 55.9 50.3-61.3 212 44.1 38.7-49.7
Georgia 670 389 56.1 51.3-60.8 281 43.9 39.2-48.7
Hawaii 104 60 57.9 44.3-70.3 44 42.1 29.7-55.7
Idaho 543 367 66.7 61.8-71.3 176 33.3 28.7-38.2
Illinois 75 39 53.5 41.0-65.5 36 46.5 34.5-59.0
Indiana 502 317 61.4 56.4-66.2 185 38.6 33.8-43.6
Iowa 130 83 63.2 52.8-72.4 47 36.8 27.6-47.2
Kansas 292 178 59.8 53.3-65.9 114 40.2 34.1-46.7
Kentucky 804 460 54.5 48.8-60.0 344 45.5 40.0-51.2
Louisiana 633 346 54.7 50.1-59.3 287 45.3 40.7-49.9
Maine 72 50 63.9 50.5-75.4 22 36.1 24.6-49.5
Maryland 157 93 59.2 49.6-68.2 64 40.8 31.8-50.4
Massachusetts 105 31 24.6 16.5-34.9 74 75.4 65.1-83.5
Michigan 287 178 57.7 50.2-64.8 109 42.3 35.2-49.8
Minnesota 133 92 68.1 58.7-76.2 41 31.9 23.8-41.3
Mississippi 631 357 55.7 50.9-60.3 274 44.3 39.7-49.1
Missouri 418 262 55.9 49.4-62.2 156 44.1 37.8-50.6
Montana 487 348 67.4 61.2-73.0 139 32.6 27.0-38.8
Nebraska 152 87 56.9 47.6-65.7 65 43.1 34.3-52.4
Nevada 332 217 61.4 53.5-68.7 115 38.6 31.3-46.5
New Hampshire 175 103 54.9 46.3-63.2 72 45.1 36.8-53.7
New Jersey 96 51 57.4 41.4-72.0 45 42.6 28.0-58.6
New Mexico 497 335 66.0 60.9-70.7 162 34.0 29.3-39.1
New York 90 51 57.1 45.6-67.9 39 42.9 32.1-54.4
North Carolina 763 458 59.2 53.9-64.3 305 40.8 35.7-46.1
North Dakota 98 62 60.4 49.1-70.6 36 39.6 29.4-50.9
Ohio 194 130 65.8 57.7-73.1 64 34.2 26.9-42.3
Oklahoma 875 518 59.4 55.4-63.2 357 40.6 36.8-44.6
Oregon 301 210 68.8 62.7-74.4 91 31.2 25.6-37.3
Pennsylvania 666 434 64.3 59.4-69.0 232 35.7 31.0-40.6
Rhode Island 56 35 68.7 52.6-81.2 21 31.3 18.8-47.4
South Carolina 618 405 60.0 53.9-65.8 213 40.0 34.2-46.1
South Dakota 275 191 68.5 62.0-74.4 84 31.5 25.6-38.0
Tennessee 388 220 54.5 48.8-60.1 168 45.5 39.9-51.2
Texas 717 478 64.4 60.3-68.4 239 35.6 31.6-39.7
Utah 241 145 60.5 51.3-69.0 96 39.5 31.0-48.7
Vermont 141 95 64.2 53.9-73.3 46 35.8 26.7-46.1
Virginia 391 238 57.9 50.6-64.8 153 42.1 35.2-49.4
Washington 320 207 60.6 53.8-67.0 113 39.4 33.0-46.2
West Virginia 313 188 58.2 52.0-64.2 125 41.8 35.8-48.0
Wisconsin 131 85 65.3 54.6-74.7 46 34.7 25.3-45.4
Wyoming 403 277 65.0 59.2-70.3 126 35.0 29.7-40.8
Guam 18 10 63.5 37.7-83.4 8 36.5 16.6-62.3
Puerto Rico 107 69 62.2 50.5-72.6 38 37.8 27.4-49.5
Virgin Islands 107 70 59.7 47.8-70.5 37 40.3 29.5-52.2

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

* This question was asked only of respondents who reported having loaded firearms.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

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