HR 57 — A Resolution designating the month of June 2025 as "Gun Violence Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.

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
 1   Designating the month of June 2025 as "Gun Violence Awareness
 2      Month" in Pennsylvania.
 3         WHEREAS, Gun violence is a national, State and local problem
 4   affecting Americans in cities, suburbs and rural communities;
 5   and
 6         WHEREAS, An average of 116 Americans are killed with firearms
 7   every day and an additional 210 are injured with firearms; and
 8         WHEREAS, An average of 22 children are shot, 5 of them
 9   fatally, each day in America; and
10         WHEREAS, In 2020, firearms were used in 79% of all homicides
11   in America and 53% of all suicides; and
12         WHEREAS, Among American adults, 21% have been personally
13   threatened with a firearm, 19% report that a family member was
14   killed by firearm, 17% have personally witnessed someone being
15   shot with a firearm and 4% have been injured with a firearm; and
16         WHEREAS, Gun violence is the leading cause of death for
17   children under 18 years of age; and
 1      WHEREAS, In this Commonwealth, an individual is killed with a
 2   firearm every five hours; and
 3      WHEREAS, A law enforcement officer in this Commonwealth is
 4   fatally shot every six months; and
 5      WHEREAS, This year, "National Gun Violence Awareness Month"
 6   is being observed in June; and
 7      WHEREAS, "Gun Violence Awareness Month" is a nationwide and
 8   Statewide occasion to recognize the impact of gun violence;
 9   therefore be it
10      RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
11   month of June 2025 as "Gun Violence Awareness Month" in
12   Pennsylvania; and be it further
13      RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives acknowledge this
14   public safety and public health issue; and be it further
15      RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives memorialize the
16   lives lost to gun violence in this Commonwealth.




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