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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF KARINA'S BILL
WHEREAS, in June of 2023, Karina Gonzalez filed a complaint with the Ogden district police station and said her husband, Jose Alvarez, had a gun and had threatened to kill her; and
WHEREAS, in the days that followed, Gonzalez was granted an order of protection against Alvarez banning him from their home; and
WHEREAS, Chicago police filed a clear and present danger report on him, and Illinois State Police revoked and confiscated his firearm owner's identification (FOID) card; and
WHEREAS, however, Alvarez was still in the home and still had his Glock 9mm handgun when on July 3, 2023, prosecutors say he fatally shot Gonzalez and his 15-year-old daughter while wounding his 18-year-old son; and
WHEREAS, according to the Cook County Sheriff's Office report "A Firearm Regulation Crisis", in Cook County, 39,719 FOIDs were revoked or suspended at the end of 2023, and 27,043 (68%) had not turned in the required Firearm Disposition Record; and
WHEREAS, according to the 2003 study "Risk Factors for Femicide in Abusive Relationships", abusers with firearms are five times more likely to kill their female victims; and
WHEREAS, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 2019 National Violent Death Reporting System, an average of 70 women are shot and killed by an intimate partner every month; and
WHEREAS, in domestic violence cases, the presence of a gun in the home increases the risk of a homicide by 500%, according to a 2022 report from the Network; and
WHEREAS, according to The Network's analysis of statistics compiled by the Gun Violence Archive, Illinois saw a near-doubling of domestic violence shooting deaths from 2020 to 2023; and
WHEREAS, under current state law, there is still no clear process for removing a gun after an order of protection has been issued, according to domestic violence prevention advocates; and
WHEREAS, Illinois House Bill 4469 (HB 4469) and Senate Bill 2...
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