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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
May 14, 2021 - Introduced by Representatives Andraca, Hong,
Baldeh, Conley,
Drake, Moore Omokunde, Ortiz-Velez, S. Rodriguez, Shelton, Snodgrass,
Anderson, Bowen, Brostoff, Considine, Emerson, Hebl, Hesselbein,
Neubauer, Ohnstad, Riemer, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Subeck, Vining, Vruwink
and Cabrera, cosponsored by Senators Johnson, Agard,
Bewley, Carpenter,
Erpenbach, Larson, Ringhand, Roys, Smith and L. Taylor. Referred to
Committee on Rules.
AJR55,1,2
1Relating to: proclaiming June 4, 2021, as Gun Violence Awareness Day in
2Wisconsin.
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Whereas, every day in the United States, approximately 300 people are injured
4or killed with guns in murders, assaults, suicides, and accidents; and
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Whereas, in Wisconsin, approximately 600 men, women, and children are
6killed with guns each year, including the 70 percent who die as a result of suicide;
7and
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Whereas, in Wisconsin, there are over 1,000 people each year wounded by guns;
9and
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Whereas, gun deaths devastate families in urban, rural, and suburban areas,
11while Wisconsin's urban areas are disproportionately impacted by homicides and the
12state's less populated areas experience greater rates of gun suicide; and
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Whereas, gun violence costs our country $229 billion in combined direct and
14indirect expenses annually; and
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1Whereas, studies show that gun safety laws save lives and are associated with
2lower firearm death rates; and
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Whereas, the U.S. Supreme Court has recognized that the Second Amendment
4allows for reasonable restrictions on firearms, including who can have them and
5under what conditions, where they can be carried, and what types of firearms are
6permissible; now, therefore, be it
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7Resolved by the
assembly, the senate concurring, That the legislature
8hereby proclaims June 4, 2021, as Gun Violence Awareness Day in Wisconsin.
