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"A .22 For Christmas"

How the Gun Industry Designs and Markets Firearms for Children and Youth

Table of Contents

Introduction

"Sized for the Next Generation"

"How Old is Old Enough?"

"Pop Picks up the Tab"

"It's a Neat Little Starter Gun"

"Shooting Teaches Young People Good Things"?

Conclusion

Appendix: Youth Model Firearms

Endnotes


This is the full text of the December 2001 Violence Policy Center study "A .22 for Christmas"—How the Gun Industry Designs and Markets Firearms for Children and Youth. For information on how to order a hard copy of this study, please return to the publications page.

 

 

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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.