“KIDS

AND

GUNS”

How Politicians, Experts,

and the Press

Fabricate Fear of Youth

By Mike Males

c2000 online book (free)

Common Courage Press, Monroe, Maine

Updated by author, September 2004

Chapters

1 Down These Mean Equestrian Trails

2 The Crime Scene

3 The “School Violence” and “Kids and Guns” Hoaxes

4 Rare Crimes, Mass Punishments

5 Defusing Fear

Sources

Related Resources

* Fear of youth

* Scapegoating the youth

* When worlds collide

* Hidden Cameras

* Hidden Visual Aids capture youth

* Investigative Journalism questionable?