1,900 Virginians take advantage of tax credit to encourage safe firearm storage

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1,900 Virginians take advantage of tax credit to encourage safe firearm storage

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) – New data from the Virginia Department of Taxation shows that, during tax year 2023, 1,905 Virginians took advantage of a new tax credit designed to help offset the cost of life-saving gun storage devices like gun safes, gun locks and more. “Easy access to firearms facilitates injury and death in those impulsive moments. In those moments of reaction without thought,” Lori Haas with the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence …