Members of the Fargo (North Dakota) Parent Teacher Association helped launch an effort to set up a citywide safety patrol program. A safety committee did research on safety patrols, circulated petitions, and helped win legislative support for a passage of a law providing for school patrols in the state. (PP)

Violence in all settings has reached epidemic proportions. Most shootings are committed by friends or relatives following an argument or when playing with guns. The public needs education about nonviolent ways of coping with anger and about the high cost of gun violence. Suggestions for avoiding gun violence and the PTA position on firearms are…