New research, published Monday in The Journal of Pediatrics, analyzed 2019 data collected in Colorado as part of the Healthy Kids Colorado Survey — an anonymous survey of more than 46,500 high school students in the state. As part of a larger survey, the students were asked “If you wanted to get a handgun, how easy would it be for you to get one?”
The researchers found that 11.1% of respondents claimed it was “sort of easy” for them to access a handgun, and 8.8% said it was “very easy.” Other response options were “very hard” (how 60.6% answered) and “sort of hard” (how 19.4%…
