Bill Text: TX HR1796 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing June 7, 2019, as National Gun Violence Awareness Day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-22 - Reported enrolled [HR1796 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR1796-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1796 |
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WHEREAS, Every day, approximately 100 Americans are killed | ||
and countless others are injured by gun violence; and | ||
WHEREAS, Statistics show that nearly 40,000 people died from | ||
firearm injuries in the United States in 2017 alone; moreover, the | ||
gun homicide rate in this country is 25 times that of other | ||
developed nations; and | ||
WHEREAS, One tragic example of the devastating consequences | ||
of gun violence is found in the death of Hadiya Pendleton; a | ||
teenager from Chicago, she was tragically shot and killed in | ||
January 2013, just a week after marching in President Barack | ||
Obama's second inauguration parade; to honor Hadiya, and the many | ||
others who are killed or wounded by gun violence every day, June 7, | ||
2019, is being observed as the fifth annual National Gun Violence | ||
Awareness Day; and | ||
WHEREAS, The idea for the annual event was inspired by a group | ||
of Hadiya's friends, who asked classmates to commemorate her life | ||
by wearing orange; the color was chosen because of its use by | ||
hunters to protect themselves from accidental shootings, and it has | ||
since been embraced by the gun safety movement as a symbol for the | ||
value of human life; and | ||
WHEREAS, By wearing orange on June 7, Americans can show | ||
their support for National Gun Violence Awareness Day and | ||
demonstrate their commitment to building a safer future for all; | ||
now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby recognize June 7, 2019, as National Gun Violence | ||
Awareness Day. | ||
Dutton | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1796 was adopted by the House on May | ||
22, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||