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Sharon L.McBride -DAti M.JONES
President CITY CLERK,SOUTH BEND, IN
South Bend Common Council
Sheila Niezgodski
Vice-President 4th Floor, County-City Building
Canneth Lee South Bend, IN 46601
Chairperson,Committee
of the Whole Re: A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SOUTH BEND,INDIANA, CALLING FOR COMMON SENSE GUN
Canneth Lee REFORM IN FEDERAL AND STATE JURISDICTIONS
First District
Dear Council Members:
Henry Davis,Jr.
Second District It has happened again. And again. And again. And it continues to happen.
Gun violence kills and injures. And not just gun violence,but mass
Sharon L.McBride shootings. And not just mass shootings, but mass shootings in schools.
Third District
When will our state and federal legislators take some action to stop the
Troy Warner carnage?
Fourth District
We are submitting a resolution asking for our state and federal legislators to
Eli Wax take action on common sense gun reform. We are also asking that
Fifth District community members join us in demanding such action.
Sheila Niezgodski We ask that this resolution be added to the Health and Public Safety
Sixth District Standing Committee for its June 13, 2022, meeting and on the Common
Karen L.White Council's agenda for later that evening.
At Large Thank you for your consideration.
Rachel Tomas Morgan
At Large Sincerely yours,
Lori K.Hamann
At Large
Henry Davis, Jr., South Bend Common
Council, Second District
Lori K. Hamann., South Bend Common
Council, Member At Large
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
WHEREAS, another proposal would be the reinstatement of the ban on assault weapons,
like AR -15s, and the ban on high-capacity magazines, similar to the federal ban passed by
Congress in 1993 and signed into law in 1994, but which was allowed to expire on September
13, 2004; and
WHEREAS, if such bans are not reinstated, the minimum age for purchase of such
weapons should be raised from 18 years to 21 years; and
WHEREAS, mental health issues also play a large part in mass shootings and other gun
violence and more focus must be devoted to addressing these issues, including additional funding
for more school counselors and other mental health services for students and teachers.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IS RESOLVED, by the Common Council of the City of South
Bend, Indiana, as follows:
Section I. To anyone not shocked by the sheer numbers, look at the following
photographs of the dead from the Uvalde, Texas school shooting that occurred on May 24, 2022.
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Section II. The next set of photographs of victims could include your sons, daughters,
brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers or close friends.
Section III. The Common Council also encourages all residents to contact their federal
and state legislators and demand that they enact common sense gun control measures to cut
down the carnage in our country.
Section IV. Silence is no longer acceptable.
Section V. Doing nothing is no longer acceptable.
Section V. This resolution shall become effective upon the date of passage.
Dated this 13th day of June 2022.
Sharon McBride, President,
South Bend Common Council
Attest:
Dawn M. Jones, City Clerk
Office of the City Clerk
Presented by me, the undersigned Clerk of the City of South Bend, to the Mayor of the
City of South Bend, Indiana on the day of June 2022 at _ o'clock _. m.
Dawn M. Jones, City Clerk
Office of the City Clerk
Approved and Signed by me, on the day of June 2022, at _ o'clock _. m.
James Mueller, Mayor
City of South Bend