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Thurston County Board of Health proclaims June 2025 Gun Violence Awareness Month
Summary
The Thurston County Board of Health read and adopted a proclamation recognizing June 2025 as Gun Violence Awareness Month and heard from county staff and local advocates about safe-storage outreach and free gun-lock distribution programs.
The Thurston County Board of Health on June 10 read a proclamation declaring June 2025 as Gun Violence Awareness Month and heard brief remarks from county staff and local advocates about safe-storage outreach and free gun-lock distribution.
The proclamation cites state data and local surveys showing increases in firearm deaths and notes that more than half of the 4,677 firearm deaths in Washington state between 2019 and 2023 were suicides. It also states that between 2019 and 2023 there were 620 stolen-firearm incidents in the state. The board read the text of the proclamation during the meeting and moved…
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