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Table 4 Adjusted prevalence ratios for having a criminal charge history at the time of purchasing a handguna (N = 75,856 purchasers; 77,359 firearms)

From: Criminal charge history, handgun purchasing, and demographic characteristics of legal handgun purchasers in California

 

Any charge

Violence

Firearm violence

Crime Index violence

Sexual violence or IPV

Index Firearm

N purchased

 1

1.00 (Ref.)

1.00 (Ref.)

1.00 (Ref.)

1.00 (Ref.)

1.00 (Ref.)

 2

0.93 (0.84, 1.04)

0.84 (0.68, 1.05)

0.84 (0.41, 1.71)

0.73 (0.52, 1.02)

0.55 (0.32, 0.94)

 3+

1.01 (0.88, 1.16)

0.65 (0.47, 0.89)

1.44 (0.72, 2.87)

0.53 (0.32, 0.88)

0.79 (0.44, 1.42)

Retailer & transaction typeb

 Non-pawn sale

1.00 (Ref.)

1.00 (Ref.)

1.00 (Ref.)

1.00 (Ref.)

1.00 (Ref.)

 Non-pawn private party

0.95 (0.90, 1.00)

0.93 (0.85, 1.03)

0.75 (0.54, 1.05)

0.91 (0.79, 1.05)

0.88 (0.70, 1.10)

 Non-pawn other

0.63 (0.58, 0.68)

0.60 (0.52, 0.70)

0.42 (0.24, 0.73)

0.54 (0.44, 0.68)

0.63 (0.46, 0.86)

 Pawn sale

1.04 (0.96, 1.13)

1.10 (0.94, 1.28)

0.76 (0.43, 1.36)

1.24 (1.01, 1.53)

1.22 (0.87, 1.71)

 Pawn private party

0.84 (0.70, 1.01)

0.89 (0.64, 1.25)

0.72 (0.22, 2.36)

1.04 (0.67, 1.63)

0.57 (0.22, 1.45)

 Pawn redemption

1.82 (1.71, 1.93)

1.81 (1.60, 2.04)

1.71 (1.19, 2.46)

1.74 (1.46, 2.07)

2.29 (1.79, 2.92)

 Pawn other

0.89 (0.72, 1.12)

0.96 (0.64, 1.43)

1.20 (0.36, 4.01)

1.15 (0.68, 1.96)

1.52 (0.76, 3.03)

Caliber

 Small

1.00 (Ref.)

1.00 (Ref.)

1.00 (Ref.)

1.00 (Ref.)

1.00 (Ref.)

 Medium

0.92 (0.87, 0.98)

0.93 (0.83, 1.04)

1.14 (0.75, 1.73)

0.89 (0.76, 1.05)

1.00 (0.77, 1.30)

 Large

0.90 (0.85, 0.95)

0.88 (0.79, 0.99)

1.12 (0.74, 1.68)

0.84 (0.72, 0.99)

0.88 (0.68, 1.13)

Handgun Category

 Semi-auto pistol

1.00 (Ref.)

1.00 (Ref.)

1.00 (Ref.)

1.00 (Ref.)

1.00 (Ref.)

 Revolver

1.10 (1.06, 1.15)

1.14 (1.05, 1.24)

0.96 (0.71, 1.28)

1.11 (0.98, 1.25)

1.28 (1.07, 1.53)

 Other

1.24 (1.04, 1.48)

1.54 (1.13, 2.09)

1.70 (0.63, 4.57)

1.41 (0.89, 2.23)

1.12 (0.49, 2.56)

Previous firearms

N purchased

 0

1.00 (Ref.)

1.00 (Ref.)

1.00 (Ref.)

1.00 (Ref.)

1.00 (Ref.)

 1

1.01 (0.96, 1.06)

1.05 (0.95, 1.15)

1.34 (0.96, 1.87)

1.01 (0.87, 1.16)

0.92 (0.74, 1.14)

 2

1.07 (1.01, 1.14)

1.01 (0.90, 1.14)

1.62 (1.11, 2.35)

1.09 (0.93, 1.29)

0.89 (0.68, 1.16)

 3+

1.00 (0.95, 1.05)

0.97 (0.89, 1.06)

1.94 (1.45, 2.59)

0.99 (0.87, 1.12)

0.89 (0.73, 1.08)

  1. a95% confidence intervals are displayed in parentheses. All models additionally controlled for age, race/ethnicity, sex, county urbanicity, and census tract socioeconomic status
  2. b“Other” includes curio/relic, loan, and non-roster peace officer transactions