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10 The Harris poll … Ibid., 12.
11 A University of North Carolina … Laura S. Sadowski, “Firearm Ownership Among Nonurban Adolescents,” American Journal of Diseases of Children 143 (December 1989): 1412.
12 From 1965 to 1990 … “Crime in the United States,” FBI, Uniform Crime Reports, 279.
13 Anyone inclined … Baltimore Sun, July 20, 1993, 1.
14 In 1985 stray … New York Times, December 31, 1990, A25.
15 In 1987, America’s … Lois A. Fingerhut, “International and Interstate Comparisons of Homicide Among Young Males,” JAMA 263:24 (June 27, 1990): 3292–93.
16 A landmark study … Arthur L. Kellermann and Donald T. Reay, “Protection or Peril?” New England Journal of Medicine 314:24 (June 12, 1986): 1557–60.
17 A Pittsburgh … David A. Brent, et al., “The Presence and Accessibility of Firearms in the Homes of Adolescent Suicides,” JAMA 266:21 (December 4, 1991): 2989–95.
18 In 1987, Dr. Garen … Garen J. Wintemute, “Firearms as a Cause of Death in the United States, 1920–1982,” Journal of Trauma 27:5 (May 1987): 535.
19 A 1986 study … Jeffrey H. Boyd, “Firearms and Youth Suicide,” American Journal of Public Health 76:10 (October 1986): 1240–42.
20 He established … Franklin E. Zimring, “Firearms, Violence and Public Policy,” Scientific American (November 1991): 50.
21 In one of … John H. Sloan, et al., “Handgun Regulations, Crime, Assaults, and Homicide,” New England Journal of Medicine 319 (1988): 1256.
22 “WHAT WILL IT TAKE …” National Rifle Association advertisement, 1992.
23 The story described … Ed Magnuson, “Do Guns Save Lives,” Time, August 21, 1989, 25–26.
24 The American Rifleman does not … Associated Press, “Woman Shot in Face With Gun Kept Under Pillow,” Los Angeles Times, October 24, 1991.
25 A controversial Colt ad … Colt’s Manufacturing Co. advertisement, July 1992.
26 Even Davis Industries … Davis Industries Inc. advertisement, May 1992; Wall Street Journal, February 28, 1992, 1.
27 A Smith & Wesson ad … Smith & Wesson advertisement, February 1993.
28 The company produced … Herschel C. Logan, “The Smith & Wesson Ladysmiths,” American Rifleman, April 1954, 47–48.
29 “We’re seeing …” Garen Wintemute, interview.
30 Joyce Mays-Rabbitt … Joyce Mays-Rabbitt, interview.
31 In fact, she was … Anne Pallie, interview.
32 “By getting over …” Paxton Quigley, interview.
33 One of Quigley’s … Noelle Stettner, interview.
34 Her choice of … Paxton Quigley, interview.
35 “The first time …” Michelle Sullivan, interview.
36 “I didn’t know …” Sean Smith, police tape.
37 “In other words …” Paxton Quigley, Armed & Female (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1990), 139.
38 A study of accidental … Garen J. Wintemute, et al., “When Children Shoot Children,” JAMA 257:22 (June 12, 1987): 3107–9.
39 In fact, she told … Wayne King, “Target: The Gun Lobby,” New York Times Magazine, December 9, 1990, 42.
40 A June 1993 … Louis Harris, “A Survey of the American People on Guns as a Children’s Health Issue,” (June 1993): 20.
41 Another study … Douglas S. Weil and David Hemenway, “Loaded Guns in the Home,” JAMA 267:22 (June 10, 1992): 33–37.
42 Dr. Kellermann … Arthur L. Kellermann, interview.
43 A 1991 study by … “Accidental Shootings: Many Deaths and Injuries Caused by Firearms Could be Prevented,” GAO, March 1991, 2.
44 The GAO began … Ibid., 3, 12, 28.
45 The GAO report … Ibid., 30–32.
46 “There’s just so many …” Joanne Welsh, interview.
47 From 1980 through … FBI, FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin (May 1991): 2–5.
48 “The typical NRA …” Leonard Supenski, interview.
49 Police officers involved … Leonard Supenski, interview.
50 One of its members … Confidential source, interview.
51 Lisa Hilliard, the … Lisa Hilliard, interview.
52 “What people believe …” W. Eugene Hollon, Frontier Violence: Another Look (New York: Oxford University Press, 1974), 195.
53 For the average resident … Ibid., 197; Frank Richard Prassel, The Western Peace Officer (Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, 1972), 20, 22.
54 People