Page R M, Hammermeister J
Division of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance, University of Idaho, Moscow 83844, USA.
Adolescence. 1997 Fall;32(127):505-13.
Weapons, and firearms in particular, are widely available in the United States and are at the heart of youth violence. Many schools and communities throughout the nation have identified weapon-carrying among youth as a substantial health, educational, and social problem. In fact, one of the national health objectives for the year 2000 is to substantially reduce the incidence of weapon-carrying among adolescents. This paper reviews the prevalence of weapon-carrying by youth, reasons they carry weapons, ways that firearms are obtained, firearms and violence (especially youth violence), and the controlling of weapons in schools.
武器，尤其是枪支，在美国随处可得，并且是青少年暴力的核心问题。全国许多学校和社区都将青少年携带武器视为一个严重的健康、教育和社会问题。事实上，2000年的一项国家健康目标就是大幅降低青少年携带武器的发生率。本文回顾了青少年携带武器的普遍程度、他们携带武器的原因、获取枪支的途径、枪支与暴力（尤其是青少年暴力）以及学校中的武器管控情况。
