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- Nationwide Violence & Local ResponsesGun violence prevention advocates across the nation struggle to understand the increased gun violence that we are experiencing and what to do about it. Media reports assure us that what we see locally is not unique to Indiana, as cities nationwide share contributors to violence. Long familiar issues compounded by COVID-19 get most of the blame: people out of work, …
- February 23, 2020 – To the Indianapolis Star Editor“Gun Violence in the Crosshairs”, Indianapolis Star February 20, reported the city’s efforts to decrease gun violence. Their strategy is to place primary focus on guns that are illegally possessed and on those who carry them, including adding four police detectives, one sergeant and additional staff to the Gun Crime Intelligence Center.We applaud community interventions such as the Voice program described in …
- January 27, 2020 – To the Indianapolis Star EditorTwo bills before the Indiana General Assembly are not scheduled for committee hearings even though they address matters urgently important to Hoosiers. Both are assigned to the Senate’s Corrections and Criminal Law Committee. SB 28 would close critical gaps in background checks for purchase of firearms. SB 29 would require guns in homes to be stored securely to keep them …