Conversation starters: Understanding the facilitators and barriers to physician-initiated secure firearm storage conversations.

Objective: This paper aims to understand what general practice physicians (GPs) perceive as facilitators and barriers to initiating anticipatory guidance around firearm safety.

Methods: We employ qualitative interviewing to have in-depth conversations with 18 GPs. Participants were randomly selected from a national panel of physicians and screened for specialty (general practice or internist), practice setting (not hospital-based), and time spent on direct patient care (80% +).