Access To Guns NPR's Debbie Elliott looks into the issue of kids' access to guns. In many mostly rural parts of the country, guns are part of the fabric of life. Many kids begin hunting at an early age, and may be given their first gun as young as 10 or 11. Many become accomplished marksmen at a relatively young age. But despite the wide access to guns, violence of the sort that happened yesterday in Jonesboro is quite rare.

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Access To Guns

March 25, 199812:00 AM ET

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Access To Guns

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NPR's Debbie Elliott looks into the issue of kids' access to guns. In many mostly rural parts of the country, guns are part of the fabric of life. Many kids begin hunting at an early age, and may be given their first gun as young as 10 or 11. Many become accomplished marksmen at a relatively young age. But despite the wide access to guns, violence of the sort that happened yesterday in Jonesboro is quite rare.