Gun Violence: Live By The Gun, Die By The Gun

In Los Angeles, California, every week 17 kids under 20 are shot dead. The "Brady Law" imposes a 5 day waiting period before someone can buy a handgun, so that a background check can be done. If you carry a gun, you're twice as likely to become the victim of gun violence. One in eight teens reports carrying a weapon for protection; in at-risk neighborhoods, that number skyrockets to two in five. If current trends continue, firearms will surpass cars as the #1 cause of injury-related death in the U.S. by the year 2003.