I thought NPR's piece on Harper High in Chicago was an interesting look into a culture where, despite strong gun control laws, many young people feel it's a nec

I thought NPR's piece on Harper High in Chicago was an interesting look into a culture where, despite strong gun control laws, many young people feel it's a necessity to carry guns for defense. Do they NEED guns? I don't know, but how do you convince them that they don't? What would motivate these kids to disarm when they know the people they're afraid of are possessing/carrying firearms illegally? (Ironically, the gun laws cause people to keep their guns in abandoned buildings and under bushes, where kids can and do find them.) http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/488/harper-high-school-part-two http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/488/h... (Act 3 in particular looks at how kids obtain guns)