ATTORNEY’S CLAIM THAT THE SUBSTANCE IS ILLEGAL. THE STATE IS CALLING ATTENTION TO YORK, SAYING IT’S MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN COMBATING GUN VIOLENCE. LET’S GO TO ED WEINSTOCK. HE JOINS US LIVE NOW FROM POLICE HEADQUARTERS WITH MORE ON WHO STOPPED BY TODAY AND YEAH, IT WAS A LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND HE STOPPED BY YORK AS PART OF HIS STATEWIDE RIDE, SAFER COMMUNITIES TOUR. AND HE IS HIGHLIGHTING EFFORTS TO STOP GUN VIOLENCE. AND HE SAYS YORK IS DOING A GOOD JOB NO MATTER WHAT. YOU LOOK LIKE OR WHERE YOU LIVE. EVERY PENNSYLVANIAN DESERVES THE RIGHT TO BE SAFE. AND FEEL SAFE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. PENNSYLVANIA LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AUSTIN DAVIS CALLS GUN VIOLENCE AN EPIDEMIC. BUT HE SAYS YORK IS STARTING TO TURN THE BATTLE AROUND. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU’RE SAVING LIVES AND THE WORK THAT YOU’RE DOING THAT WORK INCLUDES WHAT IS KNOWN AS GVI, A GROUP VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM THAT IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE. IT REACHES OUT TO THOSE INVOLVED IN GROUP VIOLENCE AND OFFERS THEM A WAY OUT. YORK IS DOING PHENOMENAL WORK BECAUSE THEY’RE REACHING FOLKS ON THE GROUND WHERE THEY’RE AT, AND THEY’RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES THAT LEAD TO VIOLENCE. BUT DAVIS SAYS MORE MUST BE DONE. HE SAYS THE STATE BUDGET, WHICH STILL NEEDS TO BE SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR, CONTAINS $40 FOR VIOLENCE, INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION. AS LONG AS THERE IS ONE HOMICIDE IN THE CITY, PARTICULARLY A HOMICIDE BY YOUNG PERSON. WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO DO MORE FOR GUN RELATED HOMICIDES IN THE CITY OF YORK WAY DOWN OVER LAST YEAR. ONLY FOUR SO FAR THIS YE