PRINTER'S NO. 3124
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
662
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY BULLOCK, KIM, DONATUCCI, FRANKEL, CIRESI, MURT,
HOWARD, KORTZ, HILL-EVANS, SCHLOSSBERG, FREEMAN, KINSEY,
WILLIAMS, ULLMAN, HOHENSTEIN, SANCHEZ, A. DAVIS, BURNS, SIMS,
McCARTER AND GAINEY, JANUARY 14, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 14, 2020
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the week of February 1 through 8, 2020, as "Gun
Violence Survivors Week" in Pennsylvania and recognizing Moms
Demand Action and other gun violence prevention organizations
for their efforts in addressing gun violence and pursuit of
building safer communities for the citizens of this
Commonwealth and country.
WHEREAS, Every year, more than 36,000 Americans are killed as
a result of gun violence and 73,000 more are shot and wounded;
and
WHEREAS, More than 1,600 Pennsylvanians are killed and many
more injured as a result of gun violence each year; and
WHEREAS, A gun violence survivor is anyone who has personally
experienced gun violence, whether as a witness of an act of gun
violence, someone who was threatened or wounded with a gun or as
a family member or friend of someone who was wounded or killed
as a result of gun violence; and
WHEREAS, Forms of gun violence can include, but are not
limited to, gun suicides, gun homicides, domestic violence
involving a gun, shootings by law enforcement, mass shootings
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