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From the Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council held Thursday, October 8, 2020:
Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson (2nd District) discusses the City's lawsuit against the Commonwealth over preemption of gun safety laws.
Read more: http://phlcouncil.com/city-officials-announce-major-legal-action-against-commonwealth-over-preemption-of-gun-safety-laws/
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A
I
want
to
thank
the
following
individuals
for
being
sponsors
of
this
violent
question:
councilman
thomas
councilman,
councilwoman,
kim
councilman,
squealer,
councilmember,
green
councilmember,
brooks
council,
member
gilmore,
councilman
jones
council,
president
darryl
clark.
I
thank
you
for
being
supportive
of
the
legislation
and
I
don't
know
if
it's
misinformation,
I
know
on
the
state
level,
there's
concern
that
how
the
state
operates.
A
They
have
taken
more
of
a
punitive
approach
regarding
advocating,
as
it
relates
to
the
rights
of
victims,
but
nevertheless
this
valid
question
has
been
the
result
of
a
year
of
work
with
the
special
committees
on
gun,
violence,
specifically
subcommittee
of
victims
and
co-victims
of
gun
violence,
and
so
there
are
a
group
of
mothers
who
have
lost
sons
and
daughters
to
gun
violence.
There
are
a
group
of
mothers
and
fathers
who
will
never
ever
never
ever
have
that
opportunity
to
have
dinner
breakfast
or
lunch
with
their
children.
A
They
will
never
ever
have
a
chance
to
spend
a
holiday,
a
birthday
with
their
children,
and
so
this
is
the
results
of
me
sitting
down
organizing
and
working
with
those
mothers
to
make
sure
that
they
have
a
voice
and
they
see
at
the
table
a
lot
of
times.
We
talk
about
the
issue
of
criminal
justice
reform
that
directly
from
their
mouths
our
interests,
our
voices
are
always
put
to
the
side,
and
so
we
want
to
make
sure
they
have
a
seat
at
the
table
as
it
relates
to
trauma
support.
A
We
want
to
make
sure
they
have
a
seat
at
the
table
that,
when
a
loved
one
is
lost
and
they
need
a
place
to
go
for
a
referral,
they
can
come
and
feel
like
they.
They
have
a
necessary
support
that
they
need,
as
well
as
when
they're
trying
to
put
their
lives
back
together.
This
office
will
not
duplicate
any
other
services
that
are
being
done
out
there.
I
either
district
attorney's
office,
I.e
victim
service
organizations
across
the
city
of
philadelphia.
A
This
will
be
a
hub
that
specifically
deals
with
advocacy
policy
legislation,
training
and
supporting
and
uplifting
other
organizations
like
mothers.
In
church,
the
national
justice
homicide
alliance-
and
there
are
other
grassroots
boots
on
the
ground-
organizations
that
are
doing
this
work
day
to
day
assisting
and
helping
families
of
murdered
victims,
families
that
are
shooting
victims
and
other
violent
crimes
that
need
our
support.
So
I
just
want
to
educate
everyone
because
there's
a
lot
of
misinformation
about
the
upcoming
ballot
question.
My
office
was
never
consulted,
I'm
not
one
time
regarding
any
recommendations.