Job training and employment programs, for example, are focused on the 16- through 30-year-olds committing and victimized by most of New Orleans’ gun violence. Previously, he ran Ceasefire New Orleans, which, in 2021, morphed into the city’s current Office of Gun Violence Prevention. Nationally, the American Public Health Association and Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence have convened a diverse coalition of organizations to tackle gun violence and share information and tactics to prevent gun deaths and injuries. She sees that treating gun violence as a public health issue also will lead to more data and research on the topic. Funding to ramp up researchEarlier this year the Biden Administration proposed a multi-disciplined initiative to address gun violence, to the tune of $5 billion.

Source: ABC News August 12, 2022 11:07 UTC