2018 05 15 National Gun Violence Awareness Day Proclamation

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PROCLAMATION NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY JUNE 2, 2017 WHEREAS, every day, 96 Americans are killed by gun violence and more than 300 have sustained non -fatal firearm injuries over the last 5 years; and WHEREAS, Americans are 25 times more likely to be killed with guns than people in other developed countries; and WHEREAS, June 2nd, 2018 would have been the 21st birthday of 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 96 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 2nd, 2018, as the fifth annual National Gun Violence Awareness Day; and WHEREAS, the idea was inspired by a group of Hadiya's friends, who asked their classmates to commemorate her life by wearing 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, by wearing orange on June 2, 2018, Americans will raise awareness about gun violence and honor the lives and lost human potential of Americans stolen by gun violence; 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, Robert P. Muckle, Mayor of Louisville, Colorado do hereby proclaim June 2, 2018 to be National Gun Violence Awareness Day. I urge every resident to take time to honor and remember all victims and survivors of gun violence and to declare that we as a country must do more to reduce gun violence. DATED this 15t" day May, 2018 ATTEST: Meredyth Muth, City Clerk SEA obert P. Muckle, Mayor