PRINTER'S NO. 2166
No. 139 Session of 1993
INTRODUCED BY McCALL, PESCI, NYCE, DENT, B. SMITH, BEBKO-JONES,
DeWEESE, BUXTON, DERMODY, PLATTS, FICHTER, PRESTON, DeLUCA,
M. N. WRIGHT, GORDNER, STURLA, COY, BAKER, JAROLIN, ARGALL,
D. W. SNYDER, VEON, HERSHEY, SATHER, DALEY, BELFANTI,
STEIGHNER, FREEMAN, RUDY, SANTONI, STABACK, PISTELLA,
LAUGHLIN, L. I. COHEN, ROONEY, DRUCE AND GEIST, JUNE 16, 1993
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, JUNE 16, 1993
A RESOLUTION
1 Directing the Education Committee to investigate the causes of
2 firearm violence in our schools.
3 WHEREAS, The United States Justice Department estimates that
4 100,000 children take guns to school every day and that 160,000
5 more stay home because of fear; and
6 WHEREAS, The Center to Prevent Handgun Violence estimates
7 that 18% of school gun incidents are related to drugs or gangs,
8 15% involve longstanding disagreements and 10% result from
9 fights over personal property; and
10 WHEREAS, This Commonwealth is not immune to this national
11 problem--recently, a Montgomery County youth was slain in a gun-
12 related incident; therefore be it
13 RESOLVED, That the Education Committee undertake an
14 investigation of the causes and extent of the school violence
15 problem in this Commonwealth; and be it further
16 RESOLVED, That the committee may hold hearings, take
1 testimony and make its investigations at such places as it deems
2 necessary in this Commonwealth. Each member of the committee
3 shall have power to administer oaths and affirmations to
4 witnesses appearing before the committee; and be it further
5 RESOLVED, That the committee shall make a report of its
6 findings and of any recommendations for possible remedies to
7 this urgent problem within six months of the passage of this
8 resolution.
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