So, take a step toward safety. Learn about this issue, talk to your friends, and join or create local groups. Vote, register others to vote. Call your elected officials and candidates. Recent US surveys show that the majority of Americans support a range of policies that would reduce gun deaths.
Adults are fearful of being alone in parking garages and in downtown areas or public parks at night.
Teens are exquisitely aware of guns, perhaps because today boys age 15 and older are more likely to die from guns than drunken driving, accidents or any other cause. Fear permeates to grade school. According to a Weekly Reader survey, even fourth graders report that their biggest fear is that a gun might hurt them or their family.