"A .22 For Christmas"
How the Gun Industry Designs and Markets Firearms for Children and
Youth
Table of Contents
Introduction
"Sized
for the Next Generation"
"How
Old is Old Enough?"
"Pop
Picks up the Tab"
"It's
a Neat Little Starter Gun"
"Shooting
Teaches Young People Good Things"?
Conclusion
Appendix:
Youth Model Firearms
Endnotes
This is the full
text of the December 2001 Violence Policy Center study "A .22
for Christmas"�How the Gun Industry Designs and Markets Firearms
for Children and Youth. For information on how to order a hard copy
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All contents � 2001 Violence Policy Center
The Violence Policy Center is a national non-profit educational foundation
that conducts research on violence in America and works to develop violence-reduction
policies and proposals. The Center examines the role of firearms in America,
conducts research on firearms violence, and explores new ways to decrease
firearm-related death and injury.
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