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...addition, youth aged 15 to 24 years old account for almost a quarter of the annual death toll from gun violence. These statistics clearly show that gun control is particularly important for youth. As the demographic most effected by gun violence, we have the duty to act on the issue. So why hasn't more student activism regarding gun control taken place? Surely the reason doesn't have to do with youth support for the issue. A nationwide survey revealed that up to 80 percent of Americans support moderate gun legislation and youth show even more support. Rather, it seems...
Fortunately, the effort to educate and mobilize youth regarding gun control has started here at Harvard. Youth at Harvard Against Handgun Violence, a new group started by about 15 undergraduates, is beginning to spread the word around campus. Our first meeting, on February 15, featured Mass. State Rep. Cheryl Jacques (D-, our state's leading proponent of gun control. We are now working to inform other students about gun control through lectures, debates and petition drives. We hope that, once faced with the facts about gun violence in America, Harvard students will feel compelled to act on this important issue...
Much of the fate of future gun legislation will be decided in November. It is imperative that we, as students, become active during this election year. We have grown up exposed to gun violence. We have seen our friends die in massacres. Now we have the opportunity to let politicians know what we think about our nation's gun legislation. Let's do away with student apathy and make our voices heard...
Gore was a conservative Southern Democrat during his early career as a congressional representative. As late as the mid-1980s, his positions on gun control and abortion were to the right of his party. Though he once opposed Medicare-funding abortions, he now fully supports them...
Bush's crime platform is based on a "tough love" philosophy. He supports the death penalty and wants to strengthen juvenile crime sentences and sentences for gun offenses. Bush also supports limited forms of gun control, such as gun show background checks and banning guns in school areas. But he is a proponent of the right to carry concealed weapons...