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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIO N 50 |
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| 5 | 5 | | June 7, 2023 - Introduced by Senators L. JOHNSON, CARPENTER, ROYS, SPREITZER, |
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| 6 | 6 | | AGARD, LARSON, HESSELBEIN, TAYLOR and S MITH, cosponsored by |
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| 7 | 7 | | Representatives ANDRACA, STUBBS, C. ANDERSON, J. ANDERSON, BALDEH, BARE, |
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| 8 | 8 | | CABRERA, CONLEY, CONSIDINE, DONOVAN, DRAKE, EMERSON, GOYKE, HAYWOOD, |
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| 9 | 9 | | JACOBSON, JOERS, MADISON, MCGUIRE, MOORE OMOKUNDE, MYERS, NEUBAUER, |
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| 10 | 10 | | OHNSTAD, ORTIZ-VELEZ, PALMERI, RATCLIFF, SHELTON, SINICKI, SNODGRASS, |
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| 11 | 11 | | SUBECK and VINING. Referred to Committee on Senate Organization. |
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| 12 | 12 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 13 | 13 | | Relating to: proclaiming June 2, 2023, as Gun Violence Awareness Day in |
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| 14 | 14 | | Wisconsin. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Whereas, the U.S. Supreme Court has recognized that the right to bear arms |
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| 16 | 16 | | under the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is not unlimited and allows |
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| 17 | 17 | | for reasonable restrictions on firearms, including who can have firearms and under |
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| 18 | 18 | | what conditions, where firearms can be carried, and what types of firearms are |
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| 19 | 19 | | permissible; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | Whereas, firearms have become the number one cause of death for children in |
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| 21 | 21 | | the United States and Wisconsin; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | Whereas, on average, every day in the United States approximately 316 people |
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| 23 | 23 | | are injured or killed with guns in murders, assaults, suicides, and accidents; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | Whereas, in Wisconsin, approximately 600 men, women, and children are |
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| 25 | 25 | | killed with guns each year, and 70 percent of whom die as a result of suicide by |
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| 26 | 26 | | firearm; and |
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| 27 | 27 | | Whereas, in Wisconsin, over 1,000 people are wounded each year by guns; and |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2023 - 2024 Legislature |
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| 46 | 46 | | Whereas, gun deaths devastate families in urban, rural, and suburban areas; |
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| 47 | 47 | | and |
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| 48 | 48 | | Whereas, while Wisconsin's urban areas are disproportionately affected by gun |
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| 49 | 49 | | homicide, the state's less populated areas experience greater rates of gun suicide; |
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| 50 | 50 | | and |
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| 51 | 51 | | Whereas, gun violence costs our country $557.2 billion in combined direct and |
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| 52 | 52 | | indirect expenses annually; and |
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| 53 | 53 | | Whereas, studies show that gun safety laws save lives and are associated with |
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| 54 | 54 | | lower firearm death rates; and |
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| 55 | 55 | | Whereas, Wisconsin has a long tradition of responsible gun ownership, safe gun |
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| 56 | 56 | | usage, and training to hunt with firearms; now, therefore, be it |
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| 57 | 57 | | Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That the legislature |
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| 58 | 58 | | hereby proclaims June 2, 2023, as Gun Violence Awareness Day in Wisconsin. |
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| 59 | 59 | | (END) |
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