Maryland Senate votes for Moore’s gun violence prevention center

Maryland would create a new center to foster a statewide partnership with federal and local agencies to reduce gun violence, under a bill approved by the state Senate on Thursday. The measure, proposed by Gov. Wes Moore, would put the Center for Firearm Violence Prevention in the state health department to implement a public health approach to reducing firearms violence. The bill, approved on a 35-11 vote, now goes to the Maryland House, where a similar bill has been introduced.