BUCK Squad and Charlottesville businesses team up to prevent violence

BUCK Squad, a Charlottesville-area nonprofit, is calling on support to stop gun violence at school and home.

Now, Charlottesville businesses are in on the action to stop violence before it happens.

“The incidents that happen in Buffalo and Texas, this is all one problem. It’s a gun problems. It’s gun violence. In our community, we have been affected by this continuously. It hasn’t stopped, it’s been a continuous thing, and that’s why we’re here, because we understand it. We were once a product of it,” BUCK Squad member Bryan Page said.

BUCK Squad is stepping in, helping spot the signs of distress and gang activity before people get hurt.

Read the original publication on N here: https://www.nbc29.com/2022/05/26/nobody-is-excluded-where-gun-violence-can-be-buck-squad-charlottesville-businesses-team-up-prevent-violence-among-area-youth/