PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. — Pierce County is putting $300,000 toward expanding a public health effort aimed at preventing gun violence by getting more firearm lockboxes into residents’ hands and increasing education about safe storage.
County Executive Ryan Mello announced the investment during a press event at the Eastside Family Resource Center in Tacoma during Gun Violence Awareness Month.
The funding will expand the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department’s gun lockbox distribution and education work…