theft) when compared to male gun carriers, male non-gun carriers, and female non-gun carriers. Delinquency, drug use, and drug sales among gun carriers also varied by ethnicity. Native American gun carriers, followed closely by African American and Hispanic gun carriers, were the most likely to have been arrested and to have stolen a vehicle six or more times in the past year. African American gun carriers were more than twice as likely, when compared to all other ethnic groups, to have attacked someone with the intention of hurting them six or more times in the past year. Likewise, African American gun carriers were the most likely of any ethnic group to be chronic users of marijuana and cocaine, and to have sold drugs. However, many Hispanics and Nativecompared to non-gun carriers, gun carriers were more likely to have skipped school and been suspended. Similarly, they were more likely to have taken a weapon to school in the past 30 days, taken a gun to school in the past 12 months, been threatened or injured with a weapon at school, been drunk or high at school, and been in a fight at school. Schools with serious gun problems were also more likely than schools with minor or moderate gun problems to have students missing school, engaging in delinquency and drug use, and being threatened or injured with a weapon at school. Students attending schools with serious gun problems were
49 also more likely to not feel safe at school and to have missed multiple days of school