Posted: | June 3, 2019 03:52 PM |
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From: | Representative Todd Stephens |
To: | All House members |
Subject: | Gun Violence Awareness Day |
Every day, 100 Americans are killed by gun violence and countless others are wounded. Americans are 25 times more likely to be killed with firearms than people in other high-income countries. I will be introducing a resolution to designate June 7, 2019, to be Gun Violence Awareness Day in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. June 2019 would have marked the 22nd birthday of Hadiya Pendleton, a teenager who was tragically shot and killed. To help honor Hadiya – and the 100 Americans whose lives are cut short and the countless others who are wounded by gun violence every day – June 7, 2019, has been designated as the 5th National Gun Violence Awareness Day. The idea 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. Please join me in cosponsoring this important resolution. |
Introduced as HR376