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Gun ownership among some adolescents is on the rise

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A dozen guns have been found in Boston Public Schools since September, including two at Charlestown High School last week.

The number of kids owning guns nationwide increased by nearly half in the last decade, according to researchers at Boston College. The biggest increases were among "white, wealthy and rural adolescents." Rates of ownership among Black kids, low-income kids and some other kids of color were down.

This segment aired on May 23, 2022.

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