Weapon alarm

14th April 2000, 1:00am

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Weapon alarm

https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/weapon-alarm
A THIRD of boys have carried weapons ranging from flick-knives to knuckle-dusters and replica guns, a Scottish study has found. But only 8 per cent of girls have done te same.

The research, published in the British Medical Journal, was carried out in 20 schools in

Central Scotland, Lanarkshire, Perth and Kinross.


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