The week of October 16-22, 2011 is National Safe Schools Week (NSSW). According to the Centers for Disease Control, over 1 million students across America take a weapon to school each month, and over 1.3 million students are injured or threatened with a weapon each year.
National Safe Schools Week provides an opportunity to empower students to keep their schools safe by encouraging them to speak up against school violence.
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Guns kill more than 1,000 North Carolinians every year
Approximately one NC Child is killed by a gun every week.
In NC Guns account for 58% of all child violent deaths.
In 2007 in North Carolina 40% of youth suicides were committed with a firearm.
Almost 50% of Domestic Violence homicides are firearm related.
A UNC Study found that 43% of NC gun owners with small children leave their weapon unlocked
83.7% of North Carolinians support restricting handgun ownership to people who may be a danger to themselves or others.
The leadership of the National Rifle Association is unaccountable and reflect poorly upon the majority of responsible gun owners.
