MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - The state of Vermont is going to be participating in a program to help communities prevent deaths and injuries caused by firearms used in domestic abuse cases.
The office of Attorney General T.J. Donovan says Vermont is one of seven locations across the country and the only state chosen to participate in the Firearms Technical Assistance Project.
Rather than financial support, the grant provides two years of intensive support from experts.
Statistics show that between 1994 and 2017 half of the homicides in Vermont were related to domestic violence and 55% of those were committed with firearms.
The project is a program of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women.
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