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Hayes and Hemenway did not directly study the actual use of guns once they were brought into schools, but it is likely, Hemenway said, that those who carry guns into schools would be the ones likely to use them...
Hayes and Hemenway said that the problem of high school students using firearms has not been properly addressed because of the fact that the factors that they analyze, such as tendency to use drugs or participate in illegal activities, are difficult to quantify exactly...
...think that what's happened in the last 10 to 15 years is that the public community had become aware of what a serious problem gun violence is," Hemenway said. "Better studies and powerful organizations are pushing for changes. This is just one study, and you need a lot of studies...
High school students of above average age for their class are more likely to carry guns in school, a recent study found. Dr. D. Neil Hayes of the Boston University School of Medicine and David Hemenway '74 of the Harvard School of Public Health drew this conclusion from a study of 59 Massachusetts high schools...
Studies in other states have produced similar results, Hemenway said yesterday, but this was the first study that specifically analyzed the age factor. The study was done through the Massachusetts Youth Risk Behavior Survey (MYRBS) which asked students a series of 10 questions that measured their propensity for violent behavior...