ENROLLED
2019 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 184
BY REPRESENTATIVE DUPLESSIS
A RESOLUTION
To recognize Friday, June 7, 2019, as National Gun Violence Awareness Day in Louisiana.
WHEREAS, every day, one hundred Americans are killed by gun violence, and
countless others are injured by guns; and
WHEREAS, Americans are twenty-five times more likely to be murdered with a gun
than people in other developed countries; and
WHEREAS, protecting public safety 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 dangerous people; and
WHEREAS, June 2, 2019, would have been the twenty-second birthday of Hadiya
Pendleton, a teenager who marched in President Obama's second inaugural parade and who
was shot and killed just weeks later; and
WHEREAS, to help honor Hadiya and the one hundred Americans whose lives are
cut short and the countless Americans who are injured by shootings every day, a national
coalition of organizations has designated Friday, June 7, 2019, as the fourth annual National
Gun Violence Awareness Day; and
WHEREAS, the idea for such a day was initiated by a group of Hadiya's friends, who
asked their classmates to commemorate her life by wearing orange, a color they chose
because hunters wear orange to make their presence known to other hunters, and orange is
a color that symbolizes the value of human life; and
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WHEREAS, by wearing orange and commemorating National Gun Violence
Awareness Day on June 7, Americans will raise awareness about gun violence and honor the
lives and human potential of Americans stolen by gun violence; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable for citizens and public servants of the state of Louisiana
to renew their commitment to reduce gun violence, to pledge to do all they can to keep
firearms out of the wrong hands, and to encourage responsible gun ownership so as to help
keep everyone safe.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby recognize Friday, June 7, 2019, as National Gun
Violence Awareness Day in Louisiana, and further encourages all citizens of the great state
of Louisiana to support efforts to honor and value human lives by preventing the tragic
effects of gun violence.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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