9 billion dollars – the cost of gun violence in the state of Tennessee, with $433 million of that cost paid by taxpayers. 39,707 – the number of Americans killed by firearms in the United States in 2019 (from CDC statistics). 1,762 – the number of Ohioans who died from
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Elizabeth Newby Named to Wilmington College Board of Trustees
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