Numbers: Mar. 21, 2005

8 hr. 33 min. Average amount of media content U.S. children age 8 to 18 are exposed to each day, up from 7 hr. 29 min. in 2000

1 hr. 2 min. Average amount of time kids spend each day on computers (not counting homework), up from 27 min. in 2000

47 Number of people on a government terrorism watch list who were approved by the FBI to buy guns last year

24 hr. Length of time within which the FBI is required by law to destroy the record of a gun-ownership application after it has been approved

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