PRINTER'S NO. 830
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
124
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY HAYWOOD, KEARNEY, HUGHES, STREET, COLLETT, KANE,
COMITTA, FONTANA, SANTARSIERO, CAPPELLETTI, MUTH AND COSTA,
MAY 28, 2021
REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, MAY 28, 2021
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of June 2021 as "Gun Violence Awareness
Month" in Pennsylvania in recognition of this public safety
and public health issue and in commemoration of the lives
lost to gun violence in this Commonwealth.
WHEREAS, Gun violence is a national, state and local problem
affecting Americans in cities, suburbs and rural communities;
and
WHEREAS, An average of 100 Americans are killed with firearms
every day, and seven of those killed each day are children; and
WHEREAS, An average of 200 Americans become direct survivors
of gun violence every day; and
WHEREAS, The number of firearm-related deaths per year in
this Commonwealth exceeds the number of motor vehicle-related
deaths per year in this Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, The National Center for Health Statistics reports
that the firearm-related death rate in this Commonwealth is
higher than the national rate; and
WHEREAS, In this Commonwealth, an individual is killed with a
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firearm every seven hours; and
WHEREAS, This year, "National Gun Violence Awareness Month"
is being observed in June; and
WHEREAS, "Gun Violence Awareness Month" is a nationwide and
Statewide occasion to recognize the impact of gun violence;
therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate designate the month of June 2021 as
"Gun Violence Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania in recognition of
this public safety and public health issue and in commemoration
of the lives lost to gun violence in this Commonwealth.
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