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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, Every day, 100 Americans are killed by gun 
3violence and countless others are wounded; and
  
 
4    WHEREAS, Americans are 25 times more likely to be killed 
5with guns than people in other high-income countries; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Protecting public safety in the communities they 
7serve is among a legislator's highest responsibilities; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Support for the Second Amendment rights of 
9law-abiding citizens goes hand-in-hand with keeping guns away 
10from people that should not have them; and
 
11    WHEREAS, June 2019 would have marked the 22nd birthday of 
12Hadiya Pendleton, a teenager who marched in President Obama's 
13second inaugural parade and was tragically shot and killed just 
14weeks later; and
 
15    WHEREAS, To help honor Hadiya and the 100 Americans whose 
16lives are cut short and the countless others who are wounded by 
17gun violence every day, June 7, 2019 has been designated as the 
185th National Gun Violence Awareness Day; and
  
 
19    WHEREAS, The idea was inspired by a group of Hadiya's 
 
 
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1friends who asked their classmates to commemorate her life by 
2wearing orange; they chose this color because hunters wear 
3orange to protect themselves and others, and orange is a color 
4that has been embraced by the gun safety movement because it 
5symbolizes the value of human life; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, By wearing orange and commemorating National Gun 
7Violence Awareness Day on June 7, Americans will raise 
8awareness about gun violence and honor the lives and lost human 
9potential of Americans stolen by gun violence; therefore, be it
  
 
  
10    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL 
11ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare June 7, 2019 
12as Gun Violence Awareness Day in the State of Illinois and 
13encourage all citizens to support their communities' efforts to 
14prevent the tragic effects of gun violence and to honor and 
15value human lives; and be it further
 
16    RESOLVED, That we renew our commitment to reduce gun 
17violence and pledge to do all we can to keep firearms out of 
18the wrong hands and encourage responsibility in gun ownership 
19to keep our children safe.