Every two hours a child dies from a gunshot wound. Many more children suffer injuries. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, twice as many children are killed by guns as by cancer. Schwab-Stone surveyed 2,536 students in sixth, eighth and 10th grades. More that 40 percent of the youth reported exposure to a shooting or stabbing in the past year, and 74 percent reported feeling unsafe in one or more common environmental contexts.
Guns are part of everyday life for many of our children.
Violent Entertainment Violence as entertainment is an accepted norm for daily fun and games. Ninety-nine percent of American households contain at least one television set. Video games abound in the home, in the arcades and are portable anywhere. The real world is even more terrifying. Our children are frightened, hyperalert, hyperactive and impulsive because the world is threatening and unpredictable.