Wednesday, April 24, 2024

The DOJ is raising awareness.

Nearly 43,000 people died from gun violence in 2023

A few American cities with populations approximately 43,000:

Niagara Falls, New York
Florence City, Alabama
Hutchinson City, Kansas
Apache Junction City, Arizona
Momence City, Illinois
Cape Girardeau City, Missouri
Grove City, Ohio
Lebanon City, Tennessee
Charleston City, West Virginia
Wauwatosa City, Wisconsin

April 23, 2024

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris (click here) visits the memorial outside a dance studio where a mass shooting took place on Lunar New Year’s Eve on Jan. 25, 2023, in Monterey Park, Calif. 

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland (click here) and Director Steven M. Dettelbach of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) dedicated a new “Faces of Gun Violence” exhibit today at a ceremony hosted during ATF’s Inaugural Gun Violence Survivors’ Summit. The exhibit honors and memorializes those whose lives have been tragically lost to gun violence.

“As we remember those we have lost to gun violence, the Justice Department promises that we will strive every single day to honor their lives in our work,” said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland. “We promise that we will not rest until every family, every law enforcement agent, and every community is safe from the devastation of gun violence. As our dedicated ATF agents pass by the ‘Faces of Gun Violence’ exhibit every day, it will stand as a powerful monument to those they are fighting for.”