H.R. No. 3636

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The Wear Orange campaign and its partners across the
	nation are urging Americans to join together in observance of the
	first annual National Gun Violence Awareness Day on June 2, 2015;
	and
	WHEREAS, Since the late 1990s, deaths caused by firearms in
	our nation have averaged more than 30,000 a year, which includes
	some 11,500 homicides, 18,000 suicides, and 650 accidental deaths;
	moreover, another 60,000 people are seriously injured by guns each
	year; and
	WHEREAS, The national Wear Orange campaign was founded by
	classmates of Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year-old girl in Chicago who
	was shot and killed on January 29, 2013, only a week after she had
	performed at the second inauguration of President Barack Obama; in
	her honor, her classmates began urging others in the community to
	wear orange, the color hunters wear for safety; and
	WHEREAS, On the first annual National Gun Violence Awareness
	Day, the Wear Orange campaign is being joined by nearly 50 partner
	organizations to encourage individuals to wear orange on June 2 in
	remembrance of those who died in firearms incidents and to support
	the goal of ending gun violence in our communities; and
	WHEREAS, By turning the color orange into a symbol of the
	value of human life, the Wear Orange campaign is inspiring
	Americans to work toward the worthwhile goal of transforming our
	country into one where every person can live free from gun violence;
	now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
	Legislature hereby recognize June 2, 2015, as National Gun Violence
	Awareness Day in Texas.
	Martinez Fischer
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	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 3636 was adopted by the House on June
	1, 2015, by a non-record vote.
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	Chief Clerk of the House