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...According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 312 children will be arrested today for committing a violent crime; 9 of these arrests will be for murder. Today in America, according to the Pacific Center for Violence Prevention, one out of every four teenage deaths will be attributed to a firearm; more teenage boys will die from gunshot wounds than from all natural causes combined. Children in America are exposed to a tremendous amount of violence--in their homes, schools, communities, and through the media...
...effectiveness of gun laws that are stricter is no easier to compute. In the three cities with the most dramatic recent declines in homicide--New York, Kansas City and Houston--police have very aggressive strategies for separating felons from their firearms and stemming the flow of cheap, illegal handguns. Chicago is currently celebrating a decline in homicides from 930 in 1994 to 823 last year. Police think part of the reason might be that Illinois' new, stricter penalties for felonies involving a firearm have persuaded many gang members and drug dealers to leave the guns at home. "We'll arrest...
...officers peacefully disarmed and interviewed the man, who had a permit for the firearm, Rooney said. "But just because you have a permit for a gun doesn't mean you can go waving it around," he added...
...report's statistics are alarming. The rate of suicide among young adolescents increased 120% from 1980 to '92; the firearm-homicide rate for 10-to-14-year-olds more than doubled between 1985 and '92; the smoking rate among eighth-graders rose 30% from 1991 to '94; two-thirds of eighth-graders report that they have tried alcohol, and 28% say they have been drunk at least once; pregnancy rates for girls younger than 15 rose 4.1% between...
Despite finding the loaded firearm at the playground, both boys said they still feel safe playing there...