Introduced Version

HOUSE

RESOLUTION No. ___

Introduced by: DeLaney

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A HOUSE RESOLUTION urging the legislative council to establish an interim study committee to study gun violence and the associated health effects.

Whereas, More than 100,000 individuals a year are injured by guns, including more than 30,000 people a year who die through homicides, suicides, and accidental deaths;

Whereas, America has suffered massacres including 12 in 2012 and the recent tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, in which 20 first graders and six educators were shot;

Whereas, There is growing public concern about the effect of mental health problems on gun violence;

    Whereas, There is concern about the effectiveness of current legislation on gun ownership, sales, and registration; and

    Whereas, It behooves the State of Indiana to consider all

possible solutions to gun violence throughout the United States: Therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the

General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SECTION 1. That the legislative council is urged to establish an interim study committee to study gun violence and the associated health effects.
SECTION 2. That the committee, if established, shall operate under the direction of the legislative council, and that the committee shall issues a final report when directed to do so by the council.