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District Of Columbia Council Bill CER25-0237

District Of Columbia 2023-2024 Regular Session

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6-A CEREMONIAL RESOLUTION
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9-IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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11- June 11, 2024
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13-To recognize the month of June 2024 as “Gun Violence Awareness Month” in the District
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15-WHEREAS, Hadiya Pendleton, a teenager from Chicago who marched in the presidential
16-inaugural parade in January 2013 and was tragically shot and killed weeks later, should be
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6+Chairman Phil Mendelson Councilmember Brooke Pinto 4
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10+Councilmember Janeese Lewis George Councilmember Christina Henderson 8
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14+Councilmember Charles Allen Councilmember Zachary Parker 12
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18+Councilmember Robert C. White, Jr. Councilmember Trayon White, Sr. 16
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22+Councilmember Matthew Frumin Councilmember Anita Bonds 20
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26+Councilmember Brianne K. Nadeau Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie 24
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30+Councilmember Vincent C. Gray 28
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33+A CEREMONIAL RESOLUTION 31
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37+IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 35
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41+To recognize the month of June 2024 as “Gun Violence Awareness Month” in the District 39
42+ of Columbia. 40
43+WHEREAS, Hadiya Pendleton, a teenager from Chicago who marched in the presidential 41
44+inaugural parade in January 2013 and was tragically shot and killed weeks later, should be 42
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20-WHEREAS, to help honor Hadiya and to raise awareness of the epidemic of gun violence
21-in the United States, a national coalition of organizations has designated the first Friday in
22-June as National Gun Violence Awareness Day and the month of June as Gun Violence
23-Awareness Month;
24-WHEREAS, there are an average of nearly 60 gun homicides across the country each
25-day, and nearly 100 Americans are harmed by guns e very day;
26-WHEREAS, in the District of Columbia in 2023, 235 people were ki lled by gunfire and
27-749 more were injured;
28-WHEREAS, in the District of Columbia in 2023, 16 children were killed by gunfire and
29-93 more were injured;
30-WHEREAS, gun violence is a disease and public health crisis and “prevention” means
31-the absence of that disease; and
32-WHEREAS, t he Council of the District of Columbia encourages all District residents to
33-look for ways to support their local communities’ efforts to prevent the tragic effects of gun
34-violence and honor and value precious human life.
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36-RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
37-resolution may be cited as the “Gun Violence Awareness Month Recognition Resolution of
38-2024.”
39-Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia declares the month of June 2024 as “Gun
40-Violence Awareness Month” in the District of Columbia. 2
41-Sec. 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
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49+WHEREAS, to help honor Hadiya and to raise awareness of the epidemic of gun violence 44
50+in the United States, a national coalition of organizations has designated the first Friday in 45
51+June as National Gun Violence Awareness Day and the month of June as Gun Violence 46
52+Awareness Month; 47
53+WHEREAS, there are an average of nearly 60 gun homicides across the country each 48
54+day, and nearly 100 Americans are harmed by guns every day; 49
55+WHEREAS, in the District of Columbia in 2023, 235 people were killed by gunfire and 50
56+749 more were injured; 51
57+WHEREAS, in the District of Columbia in 2023, 16 children were killed by gunfire and 52
58+93 more were injured; 53
59+WHEREAS, gun violence is a disease and public health crisis and “prevention” means 54
60+the absence of that disease; and 55
61+WHEREAS, the Council encourages all District residents to look for ways to support 56
62+their local communities’ efforts to prevent the tragic effects of gun violence and honor and 57
63+value precious human life: 58
64+RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 59
65+resolution may be cited as the “Gun Violence Awareness Month Recognition Resolution of 60
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67+Sec. 2. The Council declares the month of June 2024 as “Gun Violence Awareness 62
68+Month” in the District of Columbia. 63
69+Sec. 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon the first date of publication in 64
70+the District of Columbia Register. 65