| R 343 |
| 2019 -- S 0947 Enacted 06/05/2019 |
| S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N |
| COMMEMORATING JUNE 7, 2019, AS "NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY" IN RHODE ISLAND |
| Introduced By: Senators Goldin, Miller, Ruggerio, Lombardi, and Bell |
| Date Introduced: June 05, 2019 |
| WHEREAS, Every day, 100 Americans are killed by gun violence and countless others |
| are wounded; and |
| WHEREAS, Americans are 25 times more likely to be killed with guns than people in |
| other high-income countries; and |
| WHEREAS, Protecting public safety in the communities they serve is among a |
| legislator's highest responsibilities; and |
| WHEREAS, Support for the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens goes |
| hand-in-hand with keeping guns away from people that should not have them; and |
| WHEREAS, June 7 of 2019 would have marked the 22nd birthday of Hadiya Pendleton, |
| a teenager who marched in President Obama's Second Inaugural Parade and was tragically shot |
| and killed just weeks later; and |
| WHEREAS, To help honor Hadiya, and the 100 Americans whose lives are cut short |
| daily, and the countless others who are wounded by gun violence every day, June 7, 2019, has |
| been designated as the 5th annual National Gun Violence Awareness Day; and |
| WHEREAS, The idea for this day was inspired by a group of Hadiya's friends, who asked |
| their classmates to commemorate her life by wearing orange. They chose this color because |
| hunters wear orange to protect themselves and others, and orange is a color that has been |
| embraced by the gun safety movement because it symbolizes the value of human life; and |
| WHEREAS, By wearing orange and commemorating National Gun Violence Awareness |
| Day on June 7, 2019, Americans will raise awareness about gun violence, and honor the lives and |
| lost human potential of Americans stolen by gun violence; now, therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
| hereby honors and remembers all victims and survivors of gun violence and declares that we as a |
| nation must do more to reduce gun violence; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That this Senate hereby renews its commitment to reduce gun violence and |
| pledges to do all it can to help keep firearms out of the wrong hands, to encourage responsible |
| gun ownership, and to help keep our children safe; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That this Senate hereby commemorates June 7, 2019, as "National Gun |
| Violence Awareness Day" in the State of Rhode Island; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
| transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the Honorable Donald J. Trump, President of |
| the United States, the Honorable Gina M. Raimondo, Governor of the State of Rhode Island, and |
| to the Rhode Island Congressional Delegation. |
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