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From the Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council held Thursday, October 8, 2020:
Councilmember Cindy Bass (8th District) discusses the need to support victims of gun violence in Philadelphia.
More info on the Commonwealth Gun Law Preemption Lawsuit:
http://phlcouncil.com/city-officials-announce-major-legal-action-against-commonwealth-over-preemption-of-gun-safety-laws/
More info on the election ballot questions: https://seventy.org/publications/elections-voting/build-your-ballot#PHL%20BALLOT%20QUESTIONS
A
Well,
thank
you,
mr
president,
and
I
just
wanted
to
speak
very
very
briefly
and,
as
we
all
know,
we
woke
up
this
morning.
You
know
we
had
the
event
yesterday
in
germantown,
in
which
we,
you
know,
are
proceeding
and
trying
to
control
our
own
destiny
and
saying
that
we
want
to
have
a
stay
in
terms
of
how
you
know
gun
gun.
A
Violence
is
happening
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
and
that
for
those
who,
you
know,
represent
the
entire
commonwealth
of
pennsylvania,
whether
it's
the
state
reps
in
in
philadelphia
who
are
very
supportive
for
the
most
part.
You
know
just
completely
on
board
to
those
who
are
in
the
hinterlands
or
as
councilman
jones
mentioned,
the
mississippi
part
of
pennsylvania.
A
Maybe
that
will
sort
of
shake
their
consciousness
if
you
will,
if
they
think
of
it
as
not
philadelphian
but
as
pennsylvanians,
because
they
have
an
obligation
and
a
duty
to
ensure
that
we
are
all
protected,
that
we
are
all
you
know
under
the
best
of
care
and
living
in
the
best
of
circumstances,
and
so
the
failure
that
you
see
here
in
philadelphia
with
the
gun
violence
is
a
failure
across
the
commonwealth
and
every
county
in
every
state,
rep
district
in
every
state
senate
district.
It's
not
just
a
philadelphia
problem.
A
It's
not
just
a
state
problem,
it's
a
problem
throughout
the
entire
country,
and
so
we
need
to
get
a
handle
on
him.
We
all
woke
up,
as
I
said
this
morning,
to
the
reports
of
what
happened
in
germantown
as
council
president,
as
you
said,
not
even
a
half
mile
away
from
where
we
were
yesterday,
and
it's
absolutely
outrageous.
I
just
can't
even
imagine
that
you
know
this.
A
This
person
had
an
assault
weapon
which
was
laying
on
the
ground
on
germantown
avenue
and
news
reports
this
morning
after
he
had
committed
a
homicide
with
that
assault,
weapon
and
attempted
homicide
with
with
two
others,
and
so
you
know
I
I'm
just
flabbergasted
and
don't
know
really
exactly
what
to
say,
except
that
I
thank
you.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
mr
president,
and
to
all
the
powers
to
be
that
really
have
worked
on
this
piece
of
legislation
on
this
lawsuit,
to
make
sure
that
those
in
harrisburg
know
that
they
have
a
responsibility
and
a
duty
to
all
of
us,
so
I
just
really
wanted
to
put
that
out
there.
Thank
you,
mr
president,
thank
you
to
all
of
my
colleagues
we're
all
going
through
this,
and
I
really
appreciate
you
and
also
really
quickly,
councilman
johnson,
on
your
your
ballot
initiative.
We
want
to
support
that.
A
I
can't
tell
you
how
many
homes
I've
been
into
where
somebody's
been
killed
in
a
neighborhood
and
I'm
I'm
sitting.
You
know
on
somebody's
sofas,
their
mama
sofa
their
grandmama
sofa.
You
know
everybody's
a
morning
and
nobody
knows
what
to
do.
We
need
this
office.
I
wish
we
didn't
need
it,
but
we
need
this
office
if
we
don't
need
any
other
office
right
now
we
need
this
office,
and
so
I'm
a
thousand
percent
with
you
councilman.