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Hennepin County board designates gun violence a public-health priority
Summary
The county board unanimously approved a resolution to recognize gun violence as a public-health priority, directing coordinated prevention, victim services expansion and annual reporting; commissioners cited rising local firearm deaths and a need for data-driven prevention beyond enforcement.
Hennepin County's board voted on Jan. 13 to formally designate gun violence as a public-health priority and to adopt a framework for coordinated prevention, survivor services and annual reporting.
The resolution, introduced as an R1 amendment by Commissioner Edelson, noted that firearm-related deaths in the county rose nearly 70% over roughly a decade — from 79 deaths in 2014 to 133 in 2023 — and called for a sustained, data-driven public-health response…
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