Bill Text: TX HR216 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizing Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America for the organization's efforts to prevent gun violence.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-19 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HR216 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR216-Introduced.html
86R9546 SME-F | ||
By: Hinojosa | H.R. No. 216 |
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WHEREAS, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America | ||
volunteers from across Texas are gathering in Austin on February | ||
13, 2019, to promote public safety measures that can protect people | ||
from gun violence; and | ||
WHEREAS, Moms Demand Action advocates devote countless hours | ||
to educating parents on the importance of safely storing firearms, | ||
distributing cable locks, honoring victims and survivors of gun | ||
violence, and raising awareness of the gun violence epidemic; and | ||
WHEREAS, Data indicates that almost 100 people in the United | ||
States are killed by gun violence each day, and each year there are | ||
approximately 13,000 gun homicides; Americans are 25 times more | ||
likely to be killed with guns than those in other developed | ||
countries; and | ||
WHEREAS, Protecting public safety in our communities is among | ||
legislators' most important responsibilities, and support for the | ||
Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens goes hand in hand | ||
with keeping guns away from dangerous people; and | ||
WHEREAS, Citizens and public servants of Texas should renew | ||
their commitment to reducing gun violence, pledge to do all they can | ||
to keep firearms out of the wrong hands, and encourage responsible | ||
gun ownership to help keep everyone safe; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby recognize Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in | ||
America for the organization's efforts to reduce gun violence and | ||
call on all Texans to support efforts to prevent the tragic effects | ||
of gun violence. |