Hooked on Violence - New York Times:Bob Herbert -4/26/07
"Those who are interested in the safety and well-being of
children should keep in mind that only motor vehicle accidents
and cancer kill more children in the U.S. than firearms. A study
released a few years ago by the Harvard School of Public Health
compared firearm mortality rates among youngsters 5 to 14
years old in the five states with the highest rates of gun ownership
with those in the five states with the lowest rates.
The results were chilling. Children in the states with the highes
t rates of gun ownership were 16 times as likely to die from an
accidental gunshot wound, nearly seven times as likely to commit
suicide with a gun, and more than three times as likely to be
murdered with a firearm.
Only a lunatic could seriously believe that more guns in more
homes is good for America’s children."
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