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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: June 4, 2024 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8-d <br /> SUBJECT: National Gun Violence Awareness Day Proclamation <br /> DEPARTMENT: Board of County <br /> Commissioners <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Jamezetta Bedford, Chair, Board of <br /> Proclamation County Commissioners, 919-245- <br /> 2130 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider approval of a proclamation recognizing June 7, 2024 as National Gun <br /> Violence Awareness Day. <br /> BACKGROUND: Every day, more than 120 Americans are killed by gun violence and more than <br /> 200 are shot or wounded. Americans are 26 times more likely to be murdered with guns than <br /> people in other developed countries. North Carolina ranks 23rd amongst states for gun deaths in <br /> the United States with an average of 1,636 deaths every year with 54% of gun-related deaths by <br /> suicide. Orange County supports efforts to enact commonsense gun safety laws and educate the <br /> community on gun safety. By wearing orange on June 7, 2024, Americans will raise awareness <br /> about gun violence and honor the lives and lost human potential of Americans stolen by gun <br /> violence. <br /> The annual Gun Violence Awareness Day gathering is scheduled for June 7, 2024 at 12:00 pm <br /> at the Peace and Justice Plaza in Chapel Hill. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact applicable to consideration of the attached <br /> proclamation. <br /> SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: There is no Orange County Social Justice Goal impact applicable <br /> to consideration of the attached proclamation. <br /> ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: There is no Orange County Environmental Responsibility Goal <br /> impact applicable to consideration of the attached proclamation. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the proclamation <br /> and authorize the Chair to sign. <br />