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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...

Author: By Eric D. Dawson, | Title: Saving America's Children | 2/29/1996 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: LAW AND ORDER | 1/15/1996 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Andrew L. Wright, | Title: Police Disarm Man With Gun at Pennypacker | 1/12/1996 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GENERATION EXCLUDED | 10/23/1995 | See Source »

Despite finding the loaded firearm at the playground, both boys said they still feel safe playing there...

Author: By Alison D. Overholt, | Title: Children Find Gun in Playground | 7/14/1995 | See Source »

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