Full Text of HR0342 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Every day, more than 120 Americans are killed by | 3 | | gun violence, and more than 200 are shot and wounded, with an | 4 | | average of more than 17,000 gun homicides every year; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Americans are 26 times more likely to die by gun | 6 | | homicide than people in other high-income countries; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Protecting public safety in the communities they | 8 | | serve is among a legislator's highest responsibilities; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Support for the Second Amendment rights of | 10 | | law-abiding citizens goes hand-in-hand with keeping guns away | 11 | | from people that should not have them; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Gun violence prevention is more important than | 13 | | ever as there has been an increase in firearm homicides and | 14 | | nonfatal shootings across the country, an increase in calls to | 15 | | domestic violence hotlines, and an increase in city gun | 16 | | violence; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, In January of 2013, Hadiya Pendleton was | 18 | | tragically shot and killed at the age of 15; to acknowledge her | 19 | | 26th birthday, people across the United States will recognize | 20 | | National Gun Violence Awareness Day on June 2, 2023 and wear |
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| 1 | | orange in tribute to Hadiya Pendleton and other victims of gun | 2 | | violence as well as
the loved ones of those victims; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, The idea was inspired by a group of Hadiya | 4 | | Pendleton's friends who asked their classmates to commemorate | 5 | | her life by wearing orange; they chose this color because | 6 | | hunters wear orange to announce themselves to other hunters | 7 | | when out in the woods and because orange is a color that | 8 | | symbolizes the value of human life; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Anyone can join this campaign by pledging to wear | 10 | | orange on June 2nd, the first Friday in June of 2023, to help | 11 | | raise awareness about gun violence; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, By wearing orange on June 2, 2023, Americans will | 13 | | raise awareness about gun violence and honor the lives of gun | 14 | | violence victims and survivors; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, To help keep families sand communities safe, it | 16 | | is of the utmost importance to make a commitment to reduce gun | 17 | | violence, to pledge to do all that is possible to keep firearms | 18 | | out of the hands of people who should not have access to them, | 19 | | and to encourage responsible gun ownership; therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 21 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| 1 | | we declare June 2, 2023 as "Gun Violence Awareness Day" in the | 2 | | State of Illinois; and be it further | 3 | | RESOLVED, That we encourage all citizens to support their | 4 | | communities' efforts to prevent the tragic effects of gun | 5 | | violence and to honor and value human lives.
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