HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - PROCLAMATION - 06/04/2019 - PROCLAMATION DECLARING JUNE 7, 2019 AS NATIONAL GUPROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, National Gun Violence Awareness Day is June 7, 2019, and
WHEREAS, every day, 100 Americans are killed by gun violence and on average there
are nearly 13,000-gun homicides every year; and
WHEREAS, Americans are 25 times more likely to be killed with guns than people in
other high-income countries; and
WHEREAS, support for the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens goes
together with keeping guns away from people with dangerous histories; and
WHEREAS, in January 2013, Hadiya Pendleton, a teenager who marched in President
Obama’s second inaugural parade and was tragically shot and killed just weeks later; and
WHEREAS, to help honor Hadiya – and the 100 Americans whose lives are cut short
and the countless survivors who are injured by shootings every day – a national coalition of
organizations has designated June 7, 2019, the first Friday in June, as the 5th National Gun
Violence Awareness Day; and
WHEREAS, anyone can join this campaign by pledging to wear orange; they chose this
color because hunters wear orange to announce themselves to other hunters when out in the
woods and orange is a color that symbolizes the value of human life; and
WHEREAS, we renew our commitment to reduce gun violence and pledge to do all we
can to keep firearms out of the wrong hands and encourage responsible gun ownership to help
keep our children safe.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Kristin Stephens, Mayor Pro Tem of the City of Fort Collins,
do hereby proclaim June 7, 2019 as
NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY
in the city of Fort Collins to prevent the tragic effects of gun violence and to honor and value
human lives.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the City of Fort
Collins this 4th day of June, A.D. 2019.
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ATTEST: Mayor
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City Clerk