National Study of Private Ownership of Firearms in the United States, 1994

This data collection consists of a survey of private
ownership of firearms by adults in the United States. Respondents who
both did and did not own firearms were included. The variables cover
topics such as the number and type of guns owned privately, methods
of, and reasons for, firearms acquisition, the storage and carrying of
guns, the defensive use of firearms against criminal attackers, and
reasons for and against firearm ownership. Basic demographic
variables include sex, age, education, and employment.