Efforts to create a state firearm violence intervention and prevention center, given the number of related killings and suicides in Virginia every year, are straightforward and innocuous. The center would be a positive step in getting at the roots of gun crimes around the state. It should help reduce the number of people killed and […]
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Signs are posted around Virginia’s Capitol Square saying guns and explosives are banned in the area. (Photo by Graham Moomaw/Virginia Mercury)
Efforts to create a state firearm violence intervention and prevention center, given the number of related killings and suicides in Virginia every year, are straightforward and innocuous.
The center would be a positive step in getting at the roots of gun crimes around the state. It should help reduce the number of people killed and injured by guns.
