Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the new, first in the nation Office of Gun Violence Prevention to deal with the growing crisis.
Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the new, first of its kind"We are in a full on crisis, a full on state of emergency," Bonta said. "In order to fight this it’s going to take new efforts, creative approaches and new action."
It also aims to expand efforts to reduce gun violence from crisis prevention to firearm availability. He said while prosecutions and accountability for gun crimes are important, more strides need to be made to collaborate and stop the cycle of crimes from happening.was launched to provide resources to reduce gun violence., a violence prevention organization on Howard Street. Several advocates and victims’ family members joined alongside the attorney general armed with a message.
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