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Kyle Hutton
3-21-01
Gun Control

Each year, guns end the lives of thousands of young people. Families and friends
are left to cope with the loss of a life lived and to have a future overshadowed by the
violence. Nearly 80% of all teenage deaths are the result of violence like homicides,
suicides motor vehicle crashes and other unintentional injury( "Risk and
Protective").Teenage violence has gone up almost 300% in the last thirty years ("Teenage
Violence in America",1) and it is still rising. Protection, Precaution and warning sign are
what this world needs to be informed of, so here you go.
In 1998, among youth ages 10 to 19 in the United States, there were 2,601
homicide deaths, and homicide was the second leading cause of death for the age group
(" Youth Violence Statistics"). Also in 1999, 1,763 youth under 18 were arrested for
homicide in the United States ( "Youth Violence Statistics"). After reading these two
statistics there is only one......

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