Rural kids carrying handguns is ‘not uncommon’ and starts as early as sixth grade

Jake Ellison — Sat, 25 Jan 2020 01:00:19 +0000

Roughly one-third of young males and 1 in 10 females in rural communities have carried a handgun, reports a new �� study. And, the study found, many of those rural kids started carrying as early as the sixth grade. “This is one of the first longitudinal studies of rural adolescent handgun carrying across multiple states in the U.S. It provides evidence that youth handgun carrying in these settings is not uncommon,” said lead author Dr. Ali Rowhani-Rahbar, a UW...

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Martie Skinner – UW News

Rural kids carrying handguns is ‘not uncommon’ and starts as early as sixth grade