Issue Position: Gun Safety

Issue Position

Increase funding for suicide prevention initiatives: fund the implementation of suicide prevention awareness programs among gun owners, including in communities, such as rural communities, where there is potentially a greater prevalence of gun ownership and decreased access to healthcare.[1]

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Incentivize firearms owners to comply with safe storage practices, and to report theft of firearms: Georgia ranks 4th among states for total firearm deaths -- deaths that particularly impact communities of color.[2] Such deaths include those from not just violent crimes, but also suicides and accidents.​

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Repeal law barring localities from regulating firearms: one of the most pernicious firearms laws is the so-called "preemption" law, which prevents local municipalities from imposing their own regulations on firearms, and gives near-total control of firearms law to the state legislature.

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Ensure that law and code enforcement are equipped to provide proactive, culturally inclusive, community-based policing

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