olent criminals turn to property crimes instead of violent assaults, caused by fear of confronting an individual with a concealed weapon. There is much concern for personal safety in todays world. This is because a lot of todays youth is growing up within a gun infested society. However, kids between the ages 16 and 19 have the highest handgun victimization rate among all age groups (Economist, 38). Its not hard to understand why, since there are on average more than one gun per household, kids are likely to find firearm and in some cases even use it. In a study made across high schools in Seattle, 47% of males and 22% of females reported that they had easy access to handguns and 11.4% were gun-owning males (Economist, 39). The access to guns might prove to be a deadly for both innocent bystanders and the holder of the gun. One of the prerequisites for owning a gun should be that the person is responsible enough to own a firearm. Since there are no guarantees for that, guns should only be issued in extensively controlled forms otherwise the government jeopardizes the safety of the people they've sworn to protect. In ages 10-14 (72%), and in the ages 15-19 (85%) of all homicides are committed with firearms. In addition to that 60 % of all suicides among youths is committed with a handgun. The total firearm death rate concerning white males in their teens now exceed natural causes (Economist, 39). These are alarming statistics show the brutal reality of firearms in the U.S. These startling facts brings the Economist article to its conclusion that children should be trained in firearms use for either sport or personal security. It is believed that the knowledge these individuals absorb through training and/or lessons will help drop these death rates dramatically. Unfortunately, it is impossible to write about guns for children in a way that does not assume that youth have an incredible maturity level of thinking and behaving. Yet by doing...
