Table 1 Principal component analysis.
From: What is gun culture? Cultural variations and trends across the United States
Variable | Component 1 | Component 2 | Component 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
Per capita number of federally licensed gun dealers | 0.39 | 0.03 | 0.29 |
Per capita number of licensed hunters | 0.40 | 0.06 | −0.03 |
Per capita Guns and Ammo magazine subscribers | 0.38 | −0.04 | 0.27 |
Per capita readers of American Hunter | 0.34 | −0.34 | −0.31 |
Per capita number of long gun background checks | 0.32 | 0.32 | −0.08 |
Per capita NRA membership | 0.37 | 0.18 | 0.37 |
Per capita number of handgun background checks | 0.10 | 0.59 | 0.05 |
Presence of a state stand-your-ground law | 0.03 | 0.47 | −0.47 |
Per capita readers of American Rifleman | −0.30 | 0.32 | 0.25 |
Per capita readers of America’s 1st Freedom | −0.24 | 0.21 | 0.27 |
Presence of a state assault weapon ban | −0.19 | −0.18 | 0.49 |
Eigen value | 5.35 | 2.12 | 1.02 |
