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Maryland governor Wes Moore said that he is ‘answer[ing] President Biden’s call’.
Democratic Maryland governor Wes Moore signed a bill establishing the first statewide gun violence prevention center earlier this week.
The project, which is called the Center for Firearm Violence Prevention and Intervention, will operate within the Maryland Department of Health. Its mission is to “consolidate and better coordinate Maryland’s public health approach to preventing gun violence,” according to a press release published by the governor’s office on Thursday.
“The center will partner with local governments, advocates, and medical professionals engaged in violence intervention programs to build upon the critical gun violence intervention programs that were pioneered in Maryland and help ensure that they are adequately funded and informed by the best available data,” the statement explained.
Moore follows in the footsteps of President Biden, who established the Office of Gun Violence Prevention in September 2023. The Old-Line State is the first to adopt a statewide agency against gun violence, Moore said.
“Maryland became the first state in the nation to officially answer President Biden’s call,” the governor told reporters.
Moore also signed the Growing Apprenticeships and the Public Safety Workforce (GAPS) Act, which is aimed at better funding police departments in the state…
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