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Hemenway said that if there were more studies done on factors that affect gun violence, school counselors and clinicians would be better able to assess students' problems and help them. If counselors can better understand the warning signs for those with the potential for violence, they may be able to stop them...
...thing is that what we really need is better data on what is happening and why," Hemenway said, "Anytime someone dies in a motor vehicle accident, we have lots of information on it, and this is not true in gun fatality. In the motor vehicle area, there are a lot of evaluation studies...
...think that what's happened in the last 10 to 15 years is that the public community had become aware of what a serious problem gun violence is," Hemenway said. "Better studies and powerful organizations are pushing for changes. This is just one study, and you need a lot of studies...
...survey was given to a random sampling of 3153 students at the 59 schools, and measured several factors in relation to a student's tendency to carry a gun in school. These included age, race, gender, gang membership and propensity for being involved in fights with other students...
There were also many other factors that were found in common among gun-carrying students. These included an larger-than-average number of male students, smokers, students who used drugs or alcohol or who had been involved in criminal activity in the past...