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Whereas, we ask our Indiana State legislators to craft legislation to close these loopholes <br />in the federal background check system as implemented in Indiana, in light of the present <br />inability of our federal legislators to support these bipartisan bills. <br />Whereas, we also ask our Governor to support and sign into law such legislation. 89% of <br />Hoosier citizens (insert citation) and 74% of the NBA's own members support <br />background checks. The citizens of Indiana deserve safer communities in which to live <br />and work. <br />Whereas, we ask our elected officials in the Hoosier state to strengthen state laws to keep <br />guns out of the hands of domestic abusers. Domestic violence often involves firearms, <br />and when it does women and children are more likely to die or suffer severe injury. Many <br />states have passed their own laws prohibiting domestic abusers from owning or <br />purchasing firearms. We ask our state representatives to pass laws protecting those who <br />suffer domestic violence, and our congressional representatives to vote for bills like <br />Senator Klobuchar's (D -MN) Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of <br />2013 (S.1290), which would close the loopholes in federal law that allow certain <br />domestic abusers and stalkers to possess guns. <br />Now, therefore, be it resolved by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, <br />Indiana, as follows: <br />We in South Bend invite our Indiana lawmakers and representatives to an honest <br />dialogue about the responsible solutions to gun violence that are available to those who <br />are willing to work together. We ask them to sit down with our South Bend officials, <br />civic leaders and survivors of gun violence and see what they are willing to do to <br />strengthen our gun laws and at the same time protect our Second Amendment rights. <br />Tim Scott, 1St District <br />Regina Williams Preston, 2nd District <br />Randy Kelly, 3rd District <br />Jo M. Broden, 4th District <br />Dr. David Varner, Sth District <br />Kareemalh N. Fowler, City Clerk <br />.PRE4�LINITEti <br />NOT APPROd'E , <br />apoP (, <br />Oliver J. Davis, 6th District <br />John Voorde, At Large <br />Gavin Ferlic, At Large <br />Karen L. White, At Large <br />Council Attorney <br />Pete Buttigieg, Mayor <br />Filed in Clerk's Office <br />f SoL tF Bend <br />MAR 2 0 2017 <br />KAREEMAH FOWLER <br />CITY CLERK, SOUTH BEND, IN <br />