PRINTER'S NO. 502
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.57
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY KAZEEM, VENKAT, VITALI, NEILSON, HOHENSTEIN,
GIRAL, SANCHEZ, SCHLOSSBERG, KINKEAD, HOWARD, BURGOS, KHAN,
SHUSTERMAN, FREEMAN, KENYATTA, DONAHUE, HILL-EVANS, FRANKEL,
O'MARA AND GREEN, FEBRUARY 5, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 5, 2025
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of June 2025 as "Gun Violence Awareness
Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Gun violence is a national, State and local problem
affecting Americans in cities, suburbs and rural communities;
and
WHEREAS, An average of 116 Americans are killed with firearms
every day and an additional 210 are injured with firearms; and
WHEREAS, An average of 22 children are shot, 5 of them
fatally, each day in America; and
WHEREAS, In 2020, firearms were used in 79% of all homicides
in America and 53% of all suicides; and
WHEREAS, Among American adults, 21% have been personally
threatened with a firearm, 19% report that a family member was
killed by firearm, 17% have personally witnessed someone being
shot with a firearm and 4% have been injured with a firearm; and
WHEREAS, Gun violence is the leading cause of death for
children under 18 years of age; and
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firearm every five hours; and
WHEREAS, A law enforcement officer in this Commonwealth is
fatally shot every six months; and
WHEREAS, This year, "National Gun Violence Awareness Month"
is being observed in June; and
WHEREAS, "Gun Violence Awareness Month" is a nationwide and
Statewide occasion to recognize the impact of gun violence;
therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
month of June 2025 as "Gun Violence Awareness Month" in
Pennsylvania; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives acknowledge this
public safety and public health issue; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives memorialize the
lives lost to gun violence in this Commonwealth.
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