Handgun Control In The United States

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19) These were not isolated incidents. All
across America, the number of kids using- and being harmed by-guns is rising at
an alarming rate. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, more than 27,000
youths between 12 and 15 were handgun victims in 1985, up from an average of
16,500 for each of the previous years (Stanza 19). The increase in gun use
often stems from urban crack trade. Many crack gangs have more firepower than
a small police department. Whatever the cause, authorities are finding the use
of handguns by youngsters an extremely diff-icult trend to stop ( Stanza 19).
As long as pistols are as easily accessible as candy, people of all ages will
continue to be on both ends of the barrel.

Kids in America have reached a new level of criminal violence that seems
linked to the nation's ever-expanding arsenal of handguns. Guns are everywhere,
and they are being used in increasingly horrific ways (Morganthau 33).
According to Thomas Morganthau, author of Why Not ...

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