Bill No. 22-28 Resolution for Common Sense Gun Reform in Federal and State Jurisdictions

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BILL NO. 22-28 RESOLUTION NO. Filed in Clerk's Office JUN 08 2022 DAWN M. JONES CITY CLERK, SOUTH BEND, IN A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, CALLING FOR COMMON SENSE GUN REFORM IN FEDERAL AND STATE JURISDICTIONS WHEREAS, one definition of "mass shooting" is a shooting in which four or more people are shot in the same place; and WHEREAS, as of 12:00 p.m. EST on June 7, 2022, there have been at least 246 mass shootings in the United States this year, including twenty-seven mass school shootings; and WHEREAS, in 2021, there were 692 mass shootings: and WHEREAS, these numbers represent more than one mass shooting each and every day; and WHEREAS, between Friday evening, June 3, 2022, and Sunday evening June 5, 2022, there were at least thirteen mass shootings in the United States leaving more than a dozen dead and seventy wounded; and WHEREAS, overall gun violence has killed at least 18,823 people in the United States this year; and WHEREAS, gun violence does not discriminate, it affects all races, colors, religions, creeds, sexual orientations and socioeconomic classes, the only common factor of the victims is death and injury; and WHEREAS, the statistics well known, they are similar to the statistics from 2021, and 2022; and WHEREAS, polls show that an overwhelming number of Americans are in favor of common-sense gun control measures; and WHEREAS, federal and state legislators continue to fail to pass any meaningful gun reform measures and, in some cases, have actually made access to guns, including assault style weapons, easier; and WHEREAS, among the proposals being considered at the federal level is the strengthening of background checks, including such checks at gun shows and for online sales, enactment of storage and red flag laws and the repeal of the immunity that protect gun manufacturers from liability; and