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Kids in the Line of Fire

Children, Handguns, and Homicide

Table of Contents

Introduction

Appendix One: State Ranking by Rate of Child Victims Murdered With a Handgun, 1995-1999

Appendix Two: State Ranking by Rate of Children Who Murdered With a Handgun, 1995-1999

Appendix Three: State Ranking by Percentage of Homicides With Child Victims in Which a Handgun Was Used, 1995-1999

Appendix Four: Additional Information on the 15 States with the Highest Rates of Child Victims Murdered With a Handgun, 1995-1999

Maryland

Louisiana

Illinois

California

Nevada

Arizona

Missouri

Tennessee

Alabama

Georgia

Oklahoma

Mississippi

Pennsylvania

New Mexico

Texas

Endnotes


This is the full text of the November 2001 Violence Policy Center study Kids in the Line of Fire: Children, Handguns, and Homicide. For information on how to order a hard copy of this study, please return to the publications page.

 

 

  All contents � 2001 Violence Policy Center

 


The Violence Policy Center is a national non-profit educational foundation that conducts research on violence in America and works to develop violence-reduction policies and proposals. The Center examines the role of firearms in America, conducts research on firearms violence, and explores new ways to decrease firearm-related death and injury.