{"title":"Colorado voters back gun tax to support victim assistance","authors":"Gary Enos","doi":"10.1002/mhw.34257","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Colorado voters this month approved a 6.5% excise tax on gun manufacturers and retailers, with much of the anticipated revenue targeting mental health support for crime victims. Some mental health organizations in the state officially backed the measure, although victim assistance more broadly served as the main driver of the initiative.</p>","PeriodicalId":100916,"journal":{"name":"Mental Health Weekly","volume":"34 45","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Mental Health Weekly","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mhw.34257","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Colorado voters this month approved a 6.5% excise tax on gun manufacturers and retailers, with much of the anticipated revenue targeting mental health support for crime victims. Some mental health organizations in the state officially backed the measure, although victim assistance more broadly served as the main driver of the initiative.