Northam proposes $27 million for center on gun violence roanoke.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from roanoke.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Gov. Ralph Northam said Friday that his outgoing budget will include $27.4 million to establish and staff a Center for Firearm Violence Intervention and Prevention at the Department of Criminal
Since Virginia's new red flag law was signed by the governor last year, law enforcement officials across Virginia have issued 170 emergency substantial risk orders temporarily removing firearms from people who courts have determined to be dangerous. That includes 32 in Fairfax County, 16 in Prince William County and 13 in Virginia Beach.
In the past few years, Democrats have implemented a host of new gun violence prevention measures.Now that Republicans are moving into positions of power in Richmond, many of those new laws may be reevaluated.