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- Proclamation 7049--National Day of Concern About Young People and Gun Violence, 1997. Clinton, William J. // Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents;11/10/97, Vol. 33 Issue 45, p1745
Presents the President of the United States' proclamation of November 6, 1997 as a National Day of Concern About Young People and Gun Violence. Law enforcement priorities of the government; Call to students and community groups to celebrate the day with programs and activities.
- Duck and Take Cover. Strasburger, Victor C. // Clinical Pediatrics;Jan99, Vol. 38 Issue 1, p41
Shows that increasing number of schoolchildren are being forced go through a drill to escape gunfire. Country with the highest rate of homicides; Impact of firearms on children; Factors influencing youth violence. INSET: Editor's Note.
- Project Exile: Combating Gun Violence in America. Monahan, Brian A.; Burke, Tod W. // FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin;Oct2001, Vol. 70 Issue 10, p2
Focuses on Project Exile, a program developed and implemented in Richmond, Virginia aimed toward combating handgun violence and homicides. Background of the project; Program structure; Advantages and disadvantages of the project. INSET: Virginia Exile.
- Guns, more guns. // Christian Century;03/15/2000, Vol. 117 Issue 9, p293
Stresses the need for trigger locks and other ways to prevent children from using guns to hurt themselves or other people. Why parents are blamed when a child commits a crime; Responsibility of gun manufacturers; Significance of safe storage laws which hold gun owners responsible when their...
- It Is Time to Act to Protect Children Against Gun Violence. Edelman, Marian Wright // La Prensa San Diego;12/28/2012, Vol. 36 Issue 52, p6
In this article, the author discusses the gun violence related issues surrounding the U.S. children.
- Government, Not Guns, Is the Problem. Coulter, Ann // Human Events;05/07/99, Vol. 55 Issue 17, p6
Ponders on the issue of guns and violence in the United States (US). Reference to a prediction made by Nietzsche in 1888; Recurring characteristics to the demand for new restrictions on guns in the US; Role of the US government in the prevention of violence.
- Firearm Homicide and Firearm Suicide: Opposite but Equal. Branas, Charles C.; Richmond, Therese S.; Schwab, C. William // Public Health Reports;Mar/Apr2004, Vol. 119 Issue 2, p114
Objective. Homicide and suicide are intentional acts of violence that disproportionately involve firearms. Much more effort has been devoted to the ecological study of homicide; methods that have been developed to better understand and subsequently prevent homicide may be applicable to suicide....
- Taking aim at workplace violence. Snyder, Eric // Inside Tucson Business;11/08/99, Vol. 9 Issue 33, p4
Shows that educating employees about gun use will ensure that there will be no shootings in the workplace. Prevalence of workplace shootings; Effort aimed at spotting warning signs and dealing with violence after the event; description of people who shoot up rooms full of unarmed persons as...
- Gun play. Buchanan, John M. // Christian Century;5/17/2003, Vol. 120 Issue 10, p3
Addresses the issue of gun violence in the U.S. Passage of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act; Incidents of gun violence; Implications for gun control.
