Arizona 2025 Regular Session

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1	1	REFERENCE TITLE: gun violence; public health crisis State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025 HR 2002 Introduced by Representatives Sandoval: Abeytia, Aguilar, Austin, Blattman, Cavero, Contreras L, Garcia, Liguori, Mathis, Peshlakai, Simacek, Stahl Hamilton, Tsosie, Villegas; Senators Kuby, Miranda, Ortiz A RESOLUTION declaring gun violence a public health crisis in Arizona. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
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9	9	REFERENCE TITLE: gun violence; public health crisis
10	10	State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025
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46	46	Representatives Sandoval: Abeytia, Aguilar, Austin, Blattman, Cavero, Contreras L, Garcia, Liguori, Mathis, Peshlakai, Simacek, Stahl Hamilton, Tsosie, Villegas; Senators Kuby, Miranda, Ortiz
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78	78	Whereas, the United States is in the midst of a troubling crime wave. 2019 to 2020 saw the single largest year-to-year increase in murders in our nation's history, a trend that continued into 2021. Nonfatal shootings and other aggravated assaults have also dramatically increased in many jurisdictions; and Whereas, according to the latest statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more Americans died of gun-related injuries in 2021 than in any other year on record; and Whereas, gun violence is a daily scourge that threatens our most fundamental right: the right to life. More than 600 people die every day as a result of firearms violence, which is driven in part by easy access to firearms; and Whereas, gun ownership is consistently correlated with rates of firearm suicides, homicides and accidental shootings; and Whereas, Americans are 25 times more likely to be killed in a gun homicide than residents of high-income peer countries; and Whereas, the American Medical Association has formally recognized gun violence as a public health crisis; and Whereas, firearms cause devastating injuries that result in lasting consequences on physical and mental health for individuals, families and communities. Some gunshot victims need intensive, lifelong care. Others may lose their ability to work. Many have little or no access to programs that offer adequate long-term care and rehabilitation; and Whereas, the impact of gun violence extends beyond physical injuries and fatalities, including emotional trauma, economic burdens and long-lasting suffering for affected individuals and their families; and Whereas, beginning in 2014, firearm death rates began significantly increasing in Arizona; and Whereas, gun violence is one of the leading causes of death in both adults and children in this state; and Whereas, in 2020 alone, 1,265 Arizonans were killed due to firearms; and Whereas, in 2022, according to Arizona's child fatality review, firearm deaths surpassed drug overdoses and car accidents as the number one cause of death of children 15 to 17 years of age; and Whereas, our human rights are not protected if our leaders fail to tackle and end the epidemic of gun violence and gun deaths. Therefore Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Arizona: That the Members of the House of Representatives declare gun violence a public health crisis in this state.
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80	80	Whereas, the United States is in the midst of a troubling crime wave. 2019 to 2020 saw the single largest year-to-year increase in murders in our nation's history, a trend that continued into 2021. Nonfatal shootings and other aggravated assaults have also dramatically increased in many jurisdictions; and
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82	82	Whereas, according to the latest statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more Americans died of gun-related injuries in 2021 than in any other year on record; and
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84	84	Whereas, gun violence is a daily scourge that threatens our most fundamental right: the right to life. More than 600 people die every day as a result of firearms violence, which is driven in part by easy access to firearms; and
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86	86	Whereas, gun ownership is consistently correlated with rates of firearm suicides, homicides and accidental shootings; and
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88	88	Whereas, Americans are 25 times more likely to be killed in a gun homicide than residents of high-income peer countries; and
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90	90	Whereas, the American Medical Association has formally recognized gun violence as a public health crisis; and
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92	92	Whereas, firearms cause devastating injuries that result in lasting consequences on physical and mental health for individuals, families and communities. Some gunshot victims need intensive, lifelong care. Others may lose their ability to work. Many have little or no access to programs that offer adequate long-term care and rehabilitation; and
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94	94	Whereas, the impact of gun violence extends beyond physical injuries and fatalities, including emotional trauma, economic burdens and long-lasting suffering for affected individuals and their families; and
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96	96	Whereas, beginning in 2014, firearm death rates began significantly increasing in Arizona; and
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98	98	Whereas, gun violence is one of the leading causes of death in both adults and children in this state; and
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100	100	Whereas, in 2020 alone, 1,265 Arizonans were killed due to firearms; and
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102	102	Whereas, in 2022, according to Arizona's child fatality review, firearm deaths surpassed drug overdoses and car accidents as the number one cause of death of children 15 to 17 years of age; and
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104	104	Whereas, our human rights are not protected if our leaders fail to tackle and end the epidemic of gun violence and gun deaths.
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108	108	Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Arizona:
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110	110	That the Members of the House of Representatives declare gun violence a public health crisis in this state.