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(Photo: Shafkat Anowar, Deseret News)Īttention on gun violence has grown throughout the years as mass shootings throughout the country continue.

People listen to a speaker during a daffodil-planting event Wednesday honoring the 429 Utahns who lost their lives to gun violence in 2020. Utah has had a higher fatal firearm mortality rate than the United States since 2009, according to data provided by the gun violence prevention center. Utah's firearm mortality rate includes homicides, fatal domestic violence shootings, police intervention, firearm suicides, unintentional shootings and shootings where the intent is undetermined.

The daffodils were planted at the Ogden Botanical Gardens after comments from the League of Women Voters, the Gun Violence Prevention Center of Utah, Ogden Police Chief Eric Young and Ogden School District Superintendent Luke Rasmussen. Utahns deserve a better public safety response from our lawmakers to this public health crisis," said Terri Gilfillan, board chairwoman for Gun Violence Prevention Center of Utah. Each year the number of people and families ravaged by gun violence goes up in Utah. "Over the past 10 years, Utah has seen a steady increase in gun violence. OGDEN - Community leaders in Ogden and Utah gun violence prevention advocates planted daffodils Wednesday to honor the 429 Utahns who lost their lives to gun violence in 2020, calling for legislative change as the rate continues to rise.