{"id":58125,"date":"2016-05-27T12:20:03","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T16:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=58125"},"modified":"2016-05-27T12:20:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T17:43:58","slug":"lawmakers-propose-make-june-2nd-gun-violence-awareness-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/lawmakers-propose-make-june-2nd-gun-violence-awareness-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmakers Propose to Make June 2nd \u2018Gun Violence Awareness Day\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_58127\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58127\" title=\"Lawmakers Propose to Make June 2nd \u2018Gun Violence Awareness Day\u2019\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-58127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/0505-wear-orange-wcegv-banner-2-400x267.png\" alt=\"(Photo: Everytown for Gun Safety)\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/0505-wear-orange-wcegv-banner-2-400x267.png 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/0505-wear-orange-wcegv-banner-2-150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/0505-wear-orange-wcegv-banner-2.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-58127\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(<em>Photo: Everytown for Gun Safety<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At the behest of at least one\u00a0gun-control organization, lawmakers in the House and Senate have proposed a resolution to make June 2nd \u201cNational Gun Violence Awareness Day\u201d and the month of June \u201cNational Gun Violence Awareness Month.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The resolution was spearheaded by Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin (D) and Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D), who were undoubtedly swayed to introduce the measure by Everytown for Gun Safety, the gun-control organization funded by billionaire business magnate Michael Bloomberg.<\/p>\n<p>Everytown has been pushing to make June 2nd \u201cNational Gun Violence Awareness Day\u201d since 2014. Every year since then, Everytown has been asking its members and followers to \u201cwear orange\u201d to acknowledge, as the <a href=\"https:\/\/wearorange.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"lawmakers-propose-make-june-2nd-gun-violence-awareness-day\" title=\"Lawmakers Propose to Make June 2nd \u2018Gun Violence Awareness Day\u2019\">website says<\/a>, \u201cthere\u2019s more we can do to end gun violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wear orange on June 2 to honor on that day the people whose lives are affected everyday by gun violence in America. We have communities where parents are afraid to let their kids outside to play, to sit on their own front porches or even walk to the corner store. No one in America, no matter your region or zip code, should ever have to live this way,\u201d said Kelly, in a <a href=\"https:\/\/robinkelly.house.gov\/media-center\/press-releases\/kelly-durbin-resolution-establishing-national-gun-violence-awareness-day\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"lawmakers-propose-make-june-2nd-gun-violence-awareness-day\" title=\"Lawmakers Propose to Make June 2nd \u2018Gun Violence Awareness Day\u2019\">press release.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The wear orange concept was inspired by Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year-old girl who was fatally shot in the back while standing with friends in a Chicago park on January 29, 2013. On her birthday that year, June 2, 2013, friends and family members of Pendleton gathered in the park where she was gunned down to promote non-violence by wearing orange, a nod to hunters who wear bright orange for safety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe determination of Hadiya\u2019s family and friends to find purpose in their pain in working to make all communities safer is an inspiration to me and to all who believe in the right of every child to live free from the threat of gun violence,\u201d added Kelly.<\/p>\n<p>The two men who were connected to the shooting of Pendleton, Michael Ward, 18, and Kenneth Williams, 20, were known gang members. Ward, the gunman, was on probation at the time of the shooting after pleading guilty to aggravated unlawful use of a weapon. In addition to that charge, Ward was arrested for breaking into vehicles, misdemeanor trespassing, and as a minor, arrested for robbery, battery and marijuana possession.<\/p>\n<p>The two men told police that Pendleton was not the intended target. The men apparently confused the group she was standing with as rival gang members.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps, \u201cNational Gun Violence Awareness Day\u201d misses the mark. Perhaps instead of focusing on the hardware, Bloomberg\u2019s group and these lawmakers ought to launch a \u201cGang Violence Awareness Day.\u201d After all, gangbangers are responsible for much of the violence that is perpetrated in this country, whether that be with guns or baseball bats or knives or chains or any object that can be used to cause harm.<\/p>\n<p>If we shut down the gangs, gang violence will disappear. If we ban guns like so many of these advocates would like, gang violence will still be prevalent.<\/p>\n<p>Senators cosponsoring the resolution include: U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Edward Markey (D-MA), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Al Franken (D-MN), Chris Coons (D-DE), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Bob Casey (D-PA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Patty Murray (D-WA), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Jack Reed (D-RI).<\/p>\n<p>Representatives cosponsoring the resolution include: Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (NY), Rep. Charles B. Rangel (NY), Rep. Mike Thompson (CA), Rep. Brenda Lawrence (MI), Rep. Joyce Beatty (OH), Rep. Tammy Duckworth (IL), Rep. Alcee Hastings (FL), Rep. Barbara Lee (CA), Rep. Watson Coleman (NJ), Rep. 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