by Donald Eng CTNewsJunkie
NEW HAVEN, CT — Gun violence may be in the midst of a yearslong decline, but no lives lost is acceptable, Mayor Justin Elicker told a few dozen members of the New Haven Citywide Student Council Monday.
Elicker, Gov. Ned Lamont and representatives from advocacy groups such as Connecticut Against Gun Violence convened for a roundtable discussion at the Metropolitan Business Academy, an interdistrict magnet school.
“We know we have a lot more work to do,” Elicker said. “We’ve lost, in addition to many adults to gun violence, many young people to gun violence as well. You all know some of these names. We have lost too many young people to gun violence.”
Earl Bloodworth, executive director of CAGV, pointed out the positive that homicides and violent crime have been trending down, but lamented the increase in suicides. Older white men, young minorities, veterans, active and retired police officers were especially at risk, he said.
“There is still a lot of work to be done,” he said. “I look forward to the day when we don’t have to do this at all.”
Lamont said government often does things that sound good but ultimately doesn’t matter very much. But gun safety laws, he said, make an enormous difference.
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