State efforts to advance evidence-based, community-supported intervention and gun violence prevention strategies gain national attention

State efforts to advance evidence-based, community-supported intervention and gun violence prevention strategies gain national attention

Washington’s Office of Firearm Safety and Violence Prevention reports progress, recommendations, next steps in addressing gun violence in Washington communities OLYMPIA, WA — Firearm violence is a persistent health and safety threat for communities and families in Washington state, where a person is killed with a gun every 12 hours (The State of Gun violence in Washington – 2020). These deaths and injuries are preventable. One year into its work…