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	Evaluating Gun Policy
		Gun crime accounts for most of the costs of gun violence in the United States, which are on the order of $100 billion per year.
		Given that guns may be used for both good and ill, the goal of gun policy in the United States has been to reduce the flow of guns to the highest-risk groups while preserving access for most people.
		Regulating ownership is the focus of the second section, where contributors investigate the consequences a large-scale combined gun ban and buy-back program in Australia, as well as the impact of state laws that prohibit gun ownership to those with histories of domestic violence.
	www.brookings.edu /press/books/evaluatinggunpolicy.htm (643 words)

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		Reducing Youth Gun Violence is divided into four sections: an executive summary, a directory of youth gun violence reduction programs, a directory of youth gun violence prevention organizations, and a bibliography of research, evaluation, and publications on youth and guns.
		Youth Gun Violence and Preventive Solutions and Interventions Research on the contexts that lead to youth involvement with guns, analysis of the reasons for youth involvement with guns, and preventive solutions and interventions to this problem are much more sparse than the literature on the incidence of gun violence.
		The Lawyers Committee on Violence, on the other hand, proposes that legal burdens associated with gun violence fall not only on those who use guns to commit crimes, but also on gun owners, sellers and suppliers, and manufacturers, as well as the parents of the perpetrator if he or she is a minor.
	www.ncjrs.org /txtfiles/redyouth.txt (18760 words)

	American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Facts About Gun Violence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Hundreds of studies of the effects of TV violence on children and teenagers have found that children may become immune to the horror of violence; gradually accepts violence as a way to solve problems; and imitate the violence they observe on TV (AACAP).
		Gun dealers should be required to lock guns in a vault when their store is closed to prevent theft.
		Enforce all gun laws currently in effect, vigorously prosecute felons who attempt to purchase firearms, and support sentencing guidelines requiring increased criminal penalties when a gun is used in the commission of a crime.
	www.aacap.org /info_families/NationalFacts/coGunViol.htm (1314 words)

	Gun Violence
		Yeah, just a bit, and this certainly isn’t a new revelation, but it demands repeating because the media and the gun prohibitionists continue to mistakenly characterize a current societal problem in the United States as “gun violence.” This is a form of scape-goating.
		Guns may make violence easier to commit (as do knives, bats, rocks and sticks), but guns are incapable of violence.
		I think that both gun rights and anti-gun people would agree that senseless human being violence is a bad thing and should be stopped or curtailed as soon as possible.
	www.sightm1911.com /lib/rkba/gun_violence.htm (932 words)

	Center for Problem-Oriented Policing
		In urban areas, gun violence takes a particularly heavy toll, as vastly disproportionate numbers of young minority males are killed and injured, and increasing fear drives out businesses and disrupts community social life.
		However, it is also important to recognize that youth gun violence is often linked to a variety of risk factors beyond the scope of problem-oriented policing.
		They are at high risk of being confronted by gun violence, so they tend to try to protect themselves by getting, carrying, and using guns; forming and joining gangs; acting tough; and so forth.
	www.popcenter.org /Problems/problem-gun_violence.htm (1817 words)

	States United to Prevent Gun Violence
		States United to Prevent Gun Violence Research and Education Fund is an association of independent state-wide gun violence prevention organizations.
		Gun traffickers make use of this flaw in the background check system to obtain guns to sell into the illegal gun market and into the hands of criminals and young people.
		A small percent of gun dealers also are careless or corrupt in their sales and inventory control which leads to more guns moving into the illegal gun market.
	www.supgv.org (392 words)

	Stop Handgun Violence: Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Contact Us Stop Handgun Violence is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization founded in 1995 by a group of businesspeople, including gun owners and survivors of gun violence, who were alarmed by the increasing number of gun deaths and injuries in America.
		Our goal is not to ban guns, but to prevent gun violence through public awareness and advocating for legislation that requires responsibility and accountability on the part of gun owners, dealers, manufacturers and law enforcement.
		We believe the key to reducing gun violence in America is making people aware of the magnitude of the problem and providing an effective vehicle for them to participate in solutions.
	www.stophandgunviolence.com /home.htm (197 words)

	Gun Safety (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Guns are in nearly half of all households in the United States.
		Allowing your child to have a toy gun is a personal decision, as is how to respond to your child's pretend shooting action during the course of play.
		BB guns and pellet guns are not regulated by the government.
	www.kidshealth.org /parent/positive/family/gun_safety.html (697 words)

	Teen Violence
		Violence in Society ~ Violent homes, violence on television, violence in the movies, violence in the schools all contribute to the increasingly violent society we live in.
		The gun must also be kept safe from family members who are depressed, abusive to others or abusing drugs (including alcohol), or who have Alzheimer's disease.
		If you are concerned about your child possibly committing violence, you need to arrange for him or her to be seen by a qualified mental health professional.
	www.focusas.com /Violence.html (1514 words)

	PSR-LA: Gun Violence
		We are presenting information on gun violence to other physicians at hospitals, as well as training our own physicians to be effective advocates for gun safety.
		Children by age 2 are strong enough to pull the trigger of a gun, and by age 9 are still unable to determine a real gun from a toy gun.
		More than half of all gun deaths in the United States are the result of a suicide (58%), followed by homicide (38%), and unintentional deaths (3%).1 It surprises many to find that a firearm is more likely to be used to commit a suicide than a homicide.
	www.psrla.org /program_gun_violence.htm (1149 words)

	Gun Violence Statistics
		Americans for Gun Safety produced a 2003 report that reveals that 20 of the nation’s 22 national gun laws are not enforced.
		Ignored are laws intended to punish illegal gun trafficking, firearm theft, corrupt gun dealers, lying on a criminal background check form, obliterating firearm serial numbers, selling guns to minors and possessing a gun in a school zone.
		According to Americans for Gun Safety (December 2002), gun theft is most likely in states without laws requiring safe storage of firearms in the home and where there are large numbers of gun owners and relatively high crime rates.
	neahin.org /programs/schoolsafety/gunsafety/statistics.htm (1096 words)

	Justice and Peace: Violence in our society and world (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Children see murders on the street, witness domestic violence in their homes and are assaulted with a constant stream of violence on the movie screen, on the television and on the radio.
		The climate of violence is the climate of despair.
		Violence is commonly conceived in individual terms with a single perpetrator and a single victim.
	www.ucc.org /justice/jpr.htm (1260 words)

	Addressing Gun Violence
		Gun violence is a public health problem but it does not have a public health solution.
		The gun control organizations will send their lawyers to court to sue gun manufacturers because that is what their lawyers know how to do.
		We, the gun owners, have to function as citizens and decide that we are loyal to this government and abide by its laws.
	www.potowmack.org /addressi.html (2431 words)

	Prevent Gun Violence
		In homes with guns, a member of the household is almost 3 times as likely to be a victim of a homicide compared to gun-free homes.
		"Gun Violence in Our community: Problems and Solutions to the Epidemic" is a ready-to-use presentation available from the Twin Cities chapter of the Million Mom March.
		The purpose of this presentation by the Coalition to End Gun Violence is to build political will to reduce injuries and death caused by guns through suicide, accidents and other violent acts by talking openly about fears and the human cost.
	www.ivff.org /ivff/preventgunviolence.htm (663 words)

	Citizens For A Safer Minnesota -- Helpful Links
		As the largest national, nonpartisan, grassroots organization fighting to prevent gun violence, the Brady Campaign and the Brady Center are dedicated to creating an America where all people are safe at home, at work, and in their communities.
		Their mission is to stop gun violence by fostering effective community and national action.
		The Violence Policy Center (VPC) is a national educational organization working to move beyond the popular but narrow perception of firearms violence as solely a crime issue to place it in its proper perspective: a widespread public health problem of which crime is merely the most recognized aspect.
	www.endgunviolence.com /index.asp?Type=B_LIST&SEC={BE3B782D-41A3-4BF2-A6F9-3AA4F295BCE5} (802 words)

	Gun Violence in Schools
		Gun control advocates think that we could help prevent school shootings by making it tougher for young people to get guns.
		Most of the attackers were able to take guns from their homes or friends, buy them legally or illegally, or steal them.
		The government should not legislate how people store guns in their homes, or tell private gun collectors who they can sell guns to at gun shows.
	www.youthact.org /gunviolence/schools.html (571 words)

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		With statistics such as these, the Long Beach Coalition for Prevention of Gun Violence and the city’s chapter of the Million Mom March — both groups joined forces about a year ago — are on a mission to educate the public about gun violence and lobby for better gun laws.
		While she said California has some of the toughest gun laws in the country, many people can still buy guns out-of-state and then bring them in.
		As part of the national Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, the group spends most of its time lobbying and sitting down one-on-one with politicians.
	www.gazettes.com /gunviolence11232006.html (562 words)

	Gun Violence Statistics
		Americans for Gun Safety produced a 2003 report that reveals that 20 of the nation’s 22 national gun laws are not enforced.
		Ignored are laws intended to punish illegal gun trafficking, firearm theft, corrupt gun dealers, lying on a criminal background check form, obliterating firearm serial numbers, selling guns to minors and possessing a gun in a school zone.
		According to Americans for Gun Safety (December 2002), gun theft is most likely in states without laws requiring safe storage of firearms in the home and where there are large numbers of gun owners and relatively high crime rates.
	www.neahin.org /programs/schoolsafety/gunsafety/statistics.htm (1096 words)

	VPC - Gun Violence
		Public health research has shown that firearms violence is directly related to firearms availability and density.
		In 2004 alone, 29,569 Americans died by gunfire: 16,750 in firearm suicides, 11,935 in firearm homicides, 649 in unintentional shootings, and 235 in firearm deaths of unknown intent, according to the National Center for Health Statistics.
		These numbers reveal that while most Americans view gun violence solely as a crime issue, it is, in fact, a broad-based public health issue of which crime is merely the most recognized aspect.
	www.vpc.org /gunviolence.htm (299 words)

	Section I: Gun Violence in the United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The impact of gun violence is especially pronounced among juveniles and adolescents.
		A more recent survey reported that guns had been stolen by 13 percent of all arrestees, 25 percent of all juvenile arrestees, 29 percent of the gang members, and 30 percent of the drug sellers.
		One leading survey reveals that between 1994 and 1996, the percentage of 12th grade males that reported carrying a gun to school in the previous 4 weeks increased from 4.8 to 6.3, or roughly 1 in 17.
	ojjdp.ncjrs.org /pubs/gun_violence/sect01.html (1427 words)

	Amazon.com: Gun Violence : The Real Costs: Books: Philip J. Cook,Jens Ludwig (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The effects of gun violence in the United States go far beyond the costs borne by the legal system, according to the authors (both experts on pubic policy and gun violence) of this convincing, if technical, study.
		When gun deaths are posted, no one has any idea how many are criminals are shot by police, how many criminals are killed and captured by citizens, and how many criminals are killed by criminals.
		Gun control and gun violence are two different issues altogether despite the NRA's and the rightwing attempts to lump them together.
	www.amazon.com /Gun-Violence-Philip-J-Cook/dp/0195137930 (3108 words)

	GUN VIOLENCE
		President, we strove for a way to deal with illegal gun sales, which we determined was, in fact, the most important contributory factor to crime.
		President, what we did was we added to the list of violent crimes rape, arson, crimes of violence, that if you committed those crimes and were convicted, you would not be allowed to purchase a firearm.
		We had a very difficult time trying to find out, for example in the crime of homicide, whether it was committed with a gun, by poison, whether there was a conviction, what was the age of the individual committing the crime, what was the age of the victim.
	www.fumo.com /Floor_Speeches/GunViolence.htm (1666 words)

	Stop Gun Violence Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Orange County Citizens for the Prevention of Gun Violence is a county-wide grassroots organization dedicated to the belief that all gun injuries and deaths are preventable.
		We approach this epidemic of gun violence from a public health and safety perspective.
		We provide education and advocate for prevention of gun violence at the local, state and national levels.
	www.stopgunviolence.org /index.htm (123 words)

	Juvenile Justice Evaluation Center: Program > Gun Violence
		Gun violence programs are not like other juvenile justice programs discussed here.
		The class was oriented towards five main goals: making gun violence personal, increasing knowledge of the problem, developing techniques for avoidance of violence, discussing culturally specific features of gun violence, and completing a vow of nonviolence (optional).
		The Seattle Police Department Youth Handgun Violence Project attempted to increase the criminal justice response to youths with guns.
	www.jrsa.org /jjec/programs/gunviolence (634 words)

	SafeYouth.org - Teen Facts - Teen Firearm Violence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		More than 1 in 5 gun owners with children under 18 said that they stored their weapons loaded, and about 1 in 11 said that their weapons were stored loaded and unlocked.
		Guns are the number one way that teens take their own lives.
		Along with the increase in the number of teens carrying guns in the late 1980's and early 1990's came a sharp increase in teen gun-related homicides.
	www.safeyouth.org /scripts/teens/firearm.asp (1394 words)

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		Most gun violence studies of the past two decades are based on flawed methodology and unduly influenced by political agendas, leading to biased and incorrect conclusions.
		Gun violence is NOT the leading accidental cause of death in children.
		For example, studies on women and handguns claim that a woman is up to 100 times more likely to be killed by handgun than to fire one for protection.
	www.mercola.com /2001/apr/28/gun_violence.htm (593 words)

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