Schools have adopted a surprisingly large and diverse array of activities, curricular programs and security measures to address problem behaviors among students, but many of these are unproven or poorly implemented. This federal National Study of Delinquency Prevention in Schools identifies key characteristics of successful programs and how schools can improve quality and implementation.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, there were approximately 21,840 injuries from BB guns, pellet guns, air rifles, and paintball guns in 2000. Each year about 3.2 million such weapons are sold as toys in stores across the country. Learn more in the new American Academy of Pediatrics report, "Injury Risk of Nonpowder Guns."

For public authorities to make reasonable decisions on gun control and ownership policies, they need reliable data, but this National Academies' National Research Council report says current research and data are too weak to support strong policy conclusions. For example, in the thirty-four states with right-to-carry laws, the committee "found no credible evidence that such policies either decrease or increase violent crime." Similarly, there is no credible evidence that the more than 80 gun violence prevention programs reviewed by the committee have had any effect on children's or teens' attitudes, knowledge, or behavior regarding firearms.

Are there guns in houses where your children will play this summer? The American Academy of Pediatrics urges parents to use Asking Saves Kids (ASK) Day -- Saturday, June 21 -- to find out. Brochures and safety advisories are available to help keep kids safe when the answer--in your home or another's--is yes.

The majority of the guns used in school-related firearm deaths in the 1990s were obtained from perpetrators' homes or from friends or relatives, according to this March 2003 CDC report, 'Source of Firearms Used By Students in School.'

According to the latest report card from the Brady Campaign and others, some states have successfully strengthened their gun laws, but a number of states continue to drag their feet on gun safety measures.

Coverage of the 2001 tragic school shooting in Santee, California included a chorus of voices saying Andy Williams' friends and schoolmates should have reported his threats. We asked some Virginia high school students to give us their thoughts.

The 13th annual PRIDE National Survey of Student Drug Use and Violence found major progress had been made in reducing teen drug use, cigarette and alcohol use and gun carrying.

In May 2000, the Million Mom March brought hundreds of thousands to Washington, DC to take a stand for gun legislation. Here's how a concerned New Jersey mother mobilized moms across the country.

Mother's Day 2000 has passed, but the Million Mom March continues to move forward as the largest, national grassroots organization of "mothers and others" working to change gun laws in America.