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Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater developments and greater riches and so on, so that children have very little time for their parents.  Parents have very little time for each other, and in the home begins the disruption of the peace of the world.

 

(Mother Teresa of Calcutta)

Statistics:

 

-  Homicide is the leading cause of death for young people in California.

 

 

- An estimated 525,000 attacks, shakedowns, and robberies occur in public high schools each month.  Each year nearly three million crimes are committed on or near school property – 16,000 per school day.

 

 

-    Of the 184 people killed by guns in San Francisco during 2005, half of the suspects and one third of the victims were between 19 and 24 years old.

 

 

  The young person who learns how to save their life could be your child, sibling, or friend.

 

 

  Sources:

-   Bureau of Justice Statistics

- Center for Disease Control and Prevention

-  S.F. Chronicle, “More Guns, Younger Gunmen…,”pg. A1, 1/31/06.

-  Kilpatrick, William, Why Johnny Can’t Tell Right From Wrong, pg. 14

The Conflicts They Face