youth guns and violent crimes?
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It is a social problem that has in most part come about as a result of the 1960 civil rights legislation and integration of the same era.We have an element of our society that does not believe prudent thought is a necessary part of getting along,or even considering the outcome of their actions in the long run.The family unit has been destroyed by bad legislation and the most valuable element of society"white males"have been degraded to the point of impedance.As long as we allow our school system to degrade,our children to value mindless rap that promotes violence and degradation,and continue to strip white males of any respect this pattern will continue to its ugly conclusion.Good Luck to you!
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270 during  last year.\nMurders were up slightly nationwide during the first six months of the year, and gang violence contributed to more killings in some of the nation's largest cities, the FBI reported Monday. \nThe number of murders rose 1.1% nationwide, while overall violent crime declined 3.1%. New York, Baltimore and Philadelphia were among the cities with an increase in homicides.\n\nThe reasons for the increase in homicides vary by city. But experts said there has been a resurgence in gang activity in some of the cities.\n\n"The question is, what are they fighting over?" said Kenneth Land, a Duke University sociology professor. "Is it retribution homicides, or turf wars over drugs, or is it protecting turf?"\n\nThe FBI's six-month status report, based on reports from state and local law enforcement agencies, is widely viewed as an important indicator of national crime trends each year. \n\nThe report also is considered a good predictor for the bureau's year-end crime analysis.\n\nThe report does not include raw totals for categories of crimes, only percentages. However, the FBI had figures for some large cities.\n\nThe six-month totals for 2003 marked the third consecutive time the FBI has recorded a decrease in overall violent crimes but an increase in murders.\n\nThe FBI said there were 308 murders from January to June of this year in New York City, compared with 270 during the same span last year. Philadelphia had 158 murders in the first half of this year — 20 more than in the first half of 2002. Baltimore had 141 (14 more) and Newark, N.J., had 40 (13 more).\n\nOfficials in Washington declared a crime emergency this summer during a spate of mostly gang-related violence.\n\nOverall, there were 4.3% more murders in the Northeast part of the country during the first half of 2003 compared with last year. There also were slightly more homicides in the South and West; only the Midwest showed a decrease (-1.9%).\n\nMany major cities outside the Northeast had fewer slayings, the report said. Los Angeles was down by 65; it had 258. Detroit had 156 (28 fewer) and Las Vegas dropped by six, from 70 to 64.\n\nEven with the national increase in murder, overall violent crime fell, as it has for most of the past decade. Other violent crimes besides murder that are measured are forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault.\n\nAggravated assaults were down 4.4%. Forcible rapes dropped 4% and robberies less than 1%. \n\nProperty crimes dropped by 0.8% compared with the year before, although motor vehicle thefts were up slightly at 0.9%. Other property crimes are burglary and larceny.\n\nThe number of arsons — measured separately — dropped 10%. Every part of the country saw fewer criminal fires set in the first half of 2003.\n\nThe nation's largest cities, those with more than 250,000 residents, saw violent crime drop slightly more than 4%. \n\nThe drop was most pronounced in rural areas, however, where violent crime fell 5.7%. Violent crime was down 1.1% in the suburbs.\n\nThe rates for property crime changed very little in cities and suburbs in the first half of 2003, but rural counties experienced a 2.5% decrease.\n\nAll regions of the country showed a decrease in motor vehicle thefts from January to June except the West, where they rose by 7.2%.\n\nThe FBI's Uniform Crime Reports for the first six months of the year are based on information collected from 9,908 state and local law enforcement agencies.
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age is less important that maturity, training, and supervision. both of my boys had real guns by age 11 and i never had a problem. they were brought up around guns and taught from a very early age about them and gun safety. i was more comfortable with my young kids behind me with a loaded gun than i was with some adults i know.
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An article titled, "The 7 Myths of Gun Control" addresses this topic. It's in the magazine, "America's Freedom 1st", put out by the NRA. The issue of the article is December 2001, written by Richard Poe.\n\nThe myths addressed in this article are as follows:\n1- "guns increase violent crime"\n\n2- "pulling a gun on a criminal endangers you more than the criminal"\n3- "guns pose a special threat to children"\n4- "the 2nd Amendment applies only to militiamen"\n5- "the 2nd Amendment is an obsolete relic of the frontier era"\n6- "we should treat guns the same way we treat cars, requiring licenses for all users"\n7- "reasonable gun control measures are no threat to law-abiding gun owners".\n\nAbout myth #7, all one has to do is check out how home invasion robberies have sky-rocketed in England & Australia, since the implentation of their respctive gun control policies.  In England, a citizen is required to flee the house during a break in, rather than defend the home, or face criminal charges if the burglar is harmed. How messed up is that?\n\nAnd, in states that have passed 'right-to-carry' laws, the spokespeople for the Brady bill, and other anti-gun entities have predicted there would be "blood in the streets" after these laws are passed.  Each time, they've been proven wrong.\nAfter Florida had passed their own "right to defend yourself" law, again, these people predicted that motorists will be shooting each other in mass road-rage incidents.  Again, they've been wrong.
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Crime and violence only effects children if they personally see it take place within their homes and schools. eg. Brother steals cars or parents fight.
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You can't be serious.........you have heard about how many children are killed by accidents involving guns, haven't you?
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Children's Sports--The New Epidemic of Violence \nhttp://www.watchtower.org/library/g/2002/12/8a/article_01.htm
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Sadly, people do not feel safe without them. If we made hand guns illegal, only crimminals would still have them. There would be no means of defending ourselves if we were attacked. People figure If bad  guys have them, we should be able to protect ourselves and have them! Otherwise MORE people will be killed. Sad yet true.
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In toddlers, they mimic the violence assuming its something they can mimic like hitting. In older kids...practically nothing. This is just an agenda pushed by the political right.
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I believe that depends on the state you are in but in my state you only have to be 16 to buy a gun.
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Shock and outrage. Where would my child have access to a lethal weapon to take to school? I would be really upset with myself, if I was a gun owner, that my child would not respect the power and force of a firearm. I would also be upset at myself for allowing my child to have access to this, and that as a responsible gun owner, I was doing a diservice to other responsible gun owners by allowing them access to my guns.
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No. Around here a big deal crime is drunk driving or petty vandalism. Around the nearest big city it is drive-by gang shootings setting new highs in the murder rate.
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Yes, it is probably too harsh. On the other hand, it may be a way to get some type of intervention for the child and the family. Having a loaded gun in school is very dangerous, not just to the kid but to all the other kids. In order to get the gun at home the parents had to be very negligent. So, maybe the parents will get some assistance with this.\n\nThe bad part about this is if the kid is kicked out of school. He really needs the structure of school, so I hope he can get into some kind of school. He is clearly too young for "jail" and even for most juvenile correctional facilities.\n\nRight now the kid needs a very good attorney.
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yes it is they sell weapons to any stupid out there u know. dont ever go out for not reason in the night alone allways try to take someone whit u atleast .\n\nAmerica America the pleace where i do live . they shot u they rape u for not aparent reason.\nmmmm mmmmm mmmmm mmm mmm mm mm .
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Ignoring the Constitutional complications that would arise from such a law, it would not be effective in keeping weapons out of the hands of the "bad guys."  It would, however, make it more difficult for "good guys" who are conscientious about obeying the law to defend themselves.\n\nYou point out that there are already laws against possession of drugs, and yet our prisons are filled with drug offenders.  This demonstrates that laws are not 100% effective at controlling behavior.  Even if all weapons were illegal, those who want them would find ways to get them.  Unfortunately, a large percentage of "those who want them" will be the bad guys out to do harm.\n\nThere will always be people who have weapons.  If you feel threatened by them, you might want to study how to defend yourself against them.  Warning:  this might mean you will have to take up a weapon yourself.  But at least you won't have to be scared anymore.\n\nIt is also important to teach children what to do in the presence of weapons.  It is far easier to teach your children not to touch weapons than it is to prevent them from ever coming in contact with one.
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You know what DOES stop urban youth crime?\n\nPrison.
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Your facts are true.  The criminals will get guns whether they are legal or not.  We have a right under the constitution to bear arms. Period.