Staff Writer
One year after being established as a measure to help curb gun violence in the state, the Pennsylvania Office of Gun Violence Prevention held its first advisory group meeting with key stakeholders on Sept. 9 in Harrisburg to discuss possible measures that will continue to ratchet down the number of gun-related incidents in the Commonwealth.
In 2019, Pennsylvania was one of the first states in the country to designate a state-level Office of Gun Violence Prevention. In the years since, more than a dozen states – in addition to numerous cities and municipalities – across the United States have established dedicated Offices of Violence Prevention…