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Children and Firearms: A Gunshot Injury Prevention Program in New Mexico.
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Becker, Thomas M.; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1993
Describes a statewide childhood gun safety program in New Mexico aimed at reducing the availability of loaded guns at home. Focusing on increasing safety awareness of communities, health care professionals, parents, and gun owners, the program will be continued with a new three-year funding grant. (SLD)
Descriptors: Accidents, Child Health, Child Safety, Children
Children Carrying Weapons: Why the Recent Increase, Hearing on the Possession of Weapons among Children and the Presence of These Weapons in Our Schools, before the Committee on the Judiciary, United State Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session (October 1, 1992).
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. – 1993
These transcripts feature statements and testimony from a Senate hearing on gun-related violence among school children. Opening statements by judiciary committee members Joseph R. Biden, Paul Simon, Herbert Kohl, Strom Thurmond, and John H. Chaffee offer statistics and anecdotes about the increasing presence of guns on school campuses, the…
Descriptors: Accidents, Adolescents, Child Health, Children