FLORIDA – A new study reveals a sharp increase in the number of Florida teens who say they carry handguns, with middle schoolers and girls leading the trend.
According to research published in the journal Pediatrics, 6% of middle and high school students in Florida reported carrying a handgun in 2022, up from just 3.7% in 2002. T
he data, gathered from over 700,000 students through the Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey, marks a 65% rise over two decades…