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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
RECOGNIZING THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE HIGHLAND PARK SHOOTING
WHEREAS, the Fourth of July is traditionally celebrated with parades and festivities; and
WHEREAS, last year, tragedy struck as a gunman utilized a high-powered rifle to open fire on the crowd gathered to celebrate the holiday in Highland Park; and
WHEREAS, in a matter of moments this horrific event took the lives of seven individuals, and injured dozens more; and
WHEREAS, we remember the names of those whose lives were taken too soon: Katherine Goldstein; Irina and Kevin McCarthy; Jacquelyn Sundheim; Stephen Straus; Nicolas Toledo-Zaragoza; and Eduardo Uvaldo. May their memory be a blessing; and
WHEREAS, we recognize the first responders who sprung into action without a moment's hesitation, tending to the wounded and working to secure the premises; and
WHEREAS, we laud the trauma surgeons, nurses, and doctors at Highland Park Hospital, who have sadly had to train for moments like this one, and who worked tirelessly to aid those coming in through their doors; and
WHEREAS, we lift up the Highland Park community, under the leadership of Mayor Nancy Rotering, who banded together in the face of tragedy to help strangers and neighbors alike, both on the day of the shooting, and in the weeks and months ahead; and
WHEREAS, it is a tragic fact that horrific gun violence happens on a daily basis in Chicago, in Cook County, and throughout our nation - and sadly in stark contrast quite often without garnering a similar sympathetic response. Per the Gun Violence Archive, there have been 311 mass shootings through mid-June alone; and
WHEREAS, we cannot continue to stand idly by as we lose community members to entirely preventable gun violence at parades, in their homes, at the grocery store, on the playground, in movie theaters, at schools, or in their places of worship; and
WHEREAS, we must commit to enacting common sense gun laws, expanding access to mental health care, a...
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