REPORT: Washington’s Office of Firearm Safety and Violence Prevention emerging as national leader in evidence-based, community-supported strategies

REPORT: Washington’s Office of Firearm Safety and Violence Prevention emerging as national leader in evidence-based, community-supported strategies

2023 Legislative Report details 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 (Office of Firearm Safety and Violence Prevention Dashboard). These deaths and injuries are preventable. Three years into its work to support and coordinate the implementation…

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…