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1	1	88R13251 CJM-F
2	2	By: Morales of Harris H.C.R. No. 60
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5	5	CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
6	6	WHEREAS, Federal law protects firearms manufacturers and
7	7	dealers from being held liable when crimes have been committed with
8	8	their products; and
9	9	WHEREAS, The foundational premise of American law is that
10	10	victims of harm may seek redress in court against wrongdoers, and in
11	11	every state a business or an individual can be sued for negligence
12	12	when their conduct lacks reasonable care that foreseeably results
13	13	in harm to others; and
14	14	WHEREAS, There were more than 4,000 gun-related deaths in
15	15	Texas in 2020, and gun violence in Texas costs $16.6 billion per
16	16	year; more guns are purchased in Texas than in any other state, and
17	17	Texans purchased more than 1.6 million guns in 2021, about one gun
18	18	for every 14 adults in the state; Texas leads the United States in
19	19	the number of firearm mortalities, and from 1999 to 2000, 4,090
20	20	Texas children died from gun-related injuries; and
21	21	WHEREAS, Texas also leads the nation in mass shootings; on
22	22	May 24, 2022, 19 school children and 2 teachers were murdered during
23	23	the attack on Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, where the attacker
24	24	used a weapon manufactured by Daniel Defense; and
25	25	WHEREAS, Gun manufacturers like Daniel Defense advertise
26	26	their product to children and young men using incendiary marketing
27	27	that appeal to consumers based on hyper-masculinity, sexuality, and
28	28	militarism; like many other firearm companies, Daniel Defense also
29	29	sought placement of its products in movies and video games; the
30	30	company took special pride in alerting its followers to the
31	31	appearance of one of its DDM4 V7 rifles, the same weapon that would
32	32	be used in the murders at Robb Elementary School, in the new Call of
33	33	Duty: Modern Warfare game; and
34	34	WHEREAS, At a 2022 gun industry trade show in Las Vegas, Wee 1
35	35	Tactical used cartoons to market JR-15s (Junior AR-15s) to kids;
36	36	customers flocked to its booth, and the company was named on some
37	37	"best of" show lists; and
38	38	WHEREAS, Six of the nine deadliest mass shootings in the
39	39	United States since 2018 were by people who were 21 or younger, and
40	40	these perpetrators fit in a critical age range--roughly 15 to
41	41	25--that law enforcement officials, researchers, and policy
42	42	experts consider a hazardous crossroads for young men, a period
43	43	when they are in the throes of developmental changes and societal
44	44	pressures that can turn them toward violence in general, and in the
45	45	rarest cases, toward mass shootings; and
46	46	WHEREAS, These horrible tragedies will continue as long as
47	47	gun manufacturers and gun dealers are not held accountable for
48	48	their irresponsible marketing and dangerous advertisements, which
49	49	have helped to provoke some of the worst gun-related violence that
50	50	this state has endured since its inception; now, therefore, be it
51	51	RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas
52	52	hereby respectfully urge the United States Congress to repeal the
53	53	Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA); and, be it
54	54	further
55	55	RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
56	56	copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to
57	57	the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of
58	58	Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the
59	59	members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that
60	60	this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a
61	61	memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.