Bill Text: IL SR0820 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates May 10, 2010 as "Protecting Young People from Gun Violence" Awareness Day in the State of Illinois.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-04 - Referred to Assignments [SR0820 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SR0820-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, There have been 113 homicides in Chicago in 2010, | ||||||
3 | with 16 of those victims being children; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Over the past 2 years, nearly 1,000 Chicagoans | ||||||
5 | were murdered, including 129 youths under the age of 18; and
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6 | WHEREAS, 369 Illinoisans under the age of 25 were killed by | ||||||
7 | firearms in 2006 alone; and
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8 | WHEREAS, 16-year-old Reggies Washington was just blocks | ||||||
9 | from his home when he was struck by a bullet around 7:30 P.M. | ||||||
10 | on April 2, 2010; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Police found the Chicago high school student in | ||||||
12 | the middle of the street with a gunshot wound in his back; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Reggies died approximately one hour later from his | ||||||
14 | injuries; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Blake Munie, age 19, was in his car on April 9, | ||||||
16 | 2010 when another teen approached the vehicle and opened fire; | ||||||
17 | and
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18 | WHEREAS, Blake was able to drive away from the scene with a |
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1 | gunshot wound to the chest, only to hit a utility pole blocks | ||||||
2 | away; and
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3 | WHEREAS, Blake later died at the hospital from his | ||||||
4 | injuries; and
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5 | WHEREAS, A 17-year-old Lakeland High School student named | ||||||
6 | Michael Lee was at a party in January of 2010 when a fight | ||||||
7 | spilled out onto the street; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Lee, an honor student and football player at his | ||||||
9 | high school, was shot and killed during the altercation; and
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10 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are committed | ||||||
11 | to protecting children from gun violence; therefore, be it
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12 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | ||||||
13 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we raise awareness of | ||||||
14 | gun violence amongst our youth by designating the date of May | ||||||
15 | 10, 2010 as "Protecting Young People from Gun Violence" | ||||||
16 | Awareness Day; and be it further
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17 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
18 | presented to the Washington, Munie, and Lee families as an | ||||||
19 | expression of our sympathy.
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