In Indiana, minors are allowed to possess firearms if they are at an adult-supervised range or at their own home.

In this series, five Y-Press journalists explore the relationships between minority youth and the police in the Indianapolis area. Over the last several months, the team interviewed teens involved with 100 Black Men, the Latino Collective and teens participating in the four-year-old Our Kids (OK) program. In addition, local police officers told of us about the issue from their vantage point.

Chris Lytle, 34, is an Indianapolis firefighter and father of four. Aerial Womock, 7, is a second grader at Hattie B. Stokes Elementary in Lebanon and is interested in art. Both participate in mixed martial arts, a sport that is growing in popularity among professionals and youth alike.

T hroughout history, humans have fought over everything from food to status, fueled by jealousy, need or just plain meanness. So how can we suppress our inherent impulse toward conflict? The answer lies in an idea as ancient as conflict itself -- conflict mediation. The Bible is filled with passages in which God acts as mediator to warring tribes and relatives. In modern times, Mahatma Gandhi succ

Zachary Bowman, Sam Jacobi, Drake Jellison, Brooke Sawyer and Tyler Sharpe are among a trend- setting group these days. Each of these Indianapolis youths is an only child, and families such as theirs are the fastest-growing family group in the country. According to the U.S. Census, the percentage of women having only one child rose from about 10 percent to 23 percent from 1980 to 2000.