April 10, 2022
Annotated Bibliography: Mass Shootings in School
Coker, Ann L., et al. “Frequency of guns in the households of high school seniors.” Journal of school health 87.3 (2017): 153-158.
The complex study by Coker and his associates aims at examining the frequencies of how household gun ownership leads to gun handling by adolescents and teens. Based on the study about 65% reported having at least one gun in their household. Glaring data exhibits the demographic differences, which had a showed a high possibility that many races were in the culture of owning guns and one may have more guns than any other demographically characterized group. However, owning a gun was not related to increased symptoms of depression along with any current negative physical and mental health. Gun ownership among students in grade school, at high risk for violence may pose some safety challenges for communities and their schools. Although, many firearm owners claim they look after their guns, by ensuring that they are locked, do not have any ammo near by and is inaccessible to teens, the access to unprotected firearms remains the single biggest cause of teen firearm injury and death. The youth always will have a way of accessing these firearms.
Swahn, Monica H., Bart J. Hammig, and R. M. Ikeda. “Prevalence of youth access to alcohol or a gun in the home.” Injury Prevention 8.3 (2002): 227-230.
The study by Swahn aims at differentiating the global stature of youth access to a gun, alcohol or both. Subsequently, the study aims to identify the demographic features related to access of alcohol or a gun. The findings from the national surveys show that most of the youth in study, had the perception that guns were available. The availability of alcohol and gun in the home for a country wide representative sample of adolescents from the US in middle school through high school.
