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From YouTube: Councilmembers, Community Leaders, Police Urge Home Gun Checks, Safe Disposal of Firearms 12-5-2019
Description
City Councilmembers stood with community anti-violence activists, Philadelphia police, religious leaders and victims of gun violence today to unveil a new effort to engage citizens to conduct gun checks in their homes. The purpose is to have individuals exercise personal responsibility in identifying guns in their residences -- and turn them in at safe locations in Philadelphia, no questions asked.
Read more:
http://phlcouncil.com/home-gun-checks-and-safe-disposal/
A
Start
up
another
day
start
up
another
day
when
we're
talking
about
a
young
person
getting
shot
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia.
This
has
been
a
very
challenging
year
when
it's
a
very
challenging
time
during
the
course
of
the
last
several
years
as
gun,
violence
continues
to
spike.
A
number
of
people
have
been
quite
aggressive
and
they're
sure
that
we
fight
this
gun.
A
Violence
in
the
city
and
in
some
of
the
activities
that
have
you
know,
created
a
real
problem
on
the
quality
of
life
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
nor
our
citizen
and
I
want
to
acknowledge
and
recognize
all
the
good
work
that
people
have
done.
The
administration
has
worked
with
councilmembers
Johnson
and
Councilman
Jones,
and
the
advocate
community
to
put
people
on
the
street
to
do
intervention.
A
One
of
reference.
A
couple
of
people,
miss
Denise,
Armstrong.
Member
of
the
press,
was
wrote,
a
very,
very
critical
article
talking
about
personal
responsibility.
I
want
to
talk
about
the
organization,
I
believe
it's
called
man
up.
That
is
encouraging
individuals
in
neighborhoods
to
come
in
and
take
back
their
neighborhoods
to
deal
with
gun
violence,
and
some
of
these
challenging
issues
in
their
neighborhood
and
I
want
to
say
how
much
we
genuinely
appreciate
them.
A
A
Our
neighborhoods
being
responsible
is
probably
one
of
the
most
significant
things
that
we
can
do
as
it
relates
to
ensuring
that
weapons
don't
get
into
the
hands
of
individuals
that
should
not
have
weapons,
make
it
sure
that
weapons
are
safest,
secure,
making
sure
that
individuals
don't
have
access
to
weapons
that
may
harm
young
people.
Unfortunately,
we've
witnessed
a
significant
amount
of
that,
so
I
want
to
talk
about
I'm
gonna
hand
this
over
to
my
good
friend,
the
Lao
Cai.
You
know
my
ex.
A
A
109
take
seven.
Now
individuals
under
the
age
of
18
have
been
shot
in
2019
107
I
mean
that
is
like
a
number
that
is
unfathomable,
so
we
really
have
to
figure
out
a
way
to
get
it.
So
I
want
to
turn
this
over
blough
he's
going
to
talk
about
some
of
the
things
that
we
need
to
be
doing
in
this
new
initiative.
That
will
hopefully
put
us
in
a
position
to
change
some
of
the
dynamics
as
it
relates
to
weapons
in
the
wrong
hand,
miss
Chi
Yong.
B
Thank
You
Ming
councilman
good
morning,
Bulow
Chi
Yong,
president
of
the
files
they
rally
committee.
First
of
all,
I
want
to
thank
the
folks
behind
us
who
were
involved
we're
trying
to
reduce
shootings
and
violence
in
the
City.
Philadelphia
I
know,
there's
representative
here
from
them
like
mayor
of
community
council
Philadelphia,
we
also
have
represented
from
Google
many
parish.
We
also
have
with
us
Reverend
Stewart,
who
would
be
making
some
comments
and
other
individuals
are
joining
us.
I
want
to
put
this
quick
in
content.
B
Last
two
from
the
beginning
of
the
year
to
now
we
have
had
1,350
shootings
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia.
Nationally
there
is
over
450,000
guns
have
been
stolen.
Those
stolen
guns,
most
likely
are
ending
up
in
the
hands
of
someone
who
who
definitely
shouldn't
have
because
they
were
stolen,
but
could
end
up
in
the
hands
of
someone
committing
a
crime
and
Philadelphia,
and
this
number
is
I'm
going
to
talk
about
our
time
from
the
year
2014
to
the
year
2019.
B
We
have
had
robberies
with
guns,
13,000,
308
assault
with
guns,
11,000
143,
total
of
20
4351
in
the
last
five
years.
Individuals
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
with
affected
somewhere,
probably
or
salt,
by
a
gun
we
have
had
since
2007
to
2018
3,780
murders
in
his
City
Philadelphia.
Most
of
those
murders
were
committed,
the
instrument
that
was
involved
in
those
murders
with
guns.
So
with
that
thing
we
understand
importance
of
of
how
we
got
addressed
this
gun
issue
we
feel
is
very
important.
B
There's
a
lot
of
criticism
about
what
government
is
not
doing
Council
or
the
police,
but
we
really
believe
at
this
point
is
really
up
to
the
community,
so
we're
calling
for
parents
to
do
room
checks
of
your
house
and
if
there's
any
guns
that
you
find
you
could
turn
those
guns
in
to
the
police.
No
questions
asked
our
first
initiative
would
be
this
Saturday
for
the
gun
turn
in
and
you
could
turn
it
in
an
individual
in
the
city
for
up.
You
can
turn
in
that
gun.
B
No
questions
asked
at
every
murder
is
real
and
Germantown,
and
also
Bible
Way
Church
in
West
Philadelphia.
Next
Saturday
individuals
in
the
city
filled
up.
You
can
turn
in
guns
and
mother.
Bethel
Church
runs
in
Center
City
of
South
Philly
and
also
Taylor
Memorial
Baptist
Church
in
the
Germantown
North
up
in
Northfield
of
the
area.
Once
again,
a
individual
can
come
turn
in
that
gun.
No
questions
asked
we're
asking
parents
to
take
responsibility.
B
Is
your
house,
not
your
children's
house,
not
your
boyfriend's
house,
not
your
friend's
house.
Is
your
house
you're
paying
the
mortgage.
You
could
search
any
room.
You
can
want
to
search
any
way
around
your
house
once
again.
If
you
find
a
gun
turn
it
in.
We
want
to
get
as
many
guns
off
the
street
as
possible.
Let
me
just
end
by
saying
I've
been
involved
in
gun
turn
back
for
many
years.
B
B
Of
individuals
who
shouldn't
have
it,
we
wouldn't
I,
know
we're
definitely
with
these
shootings
going
down.
Does
this
work?
Yes,
when
I
was
involved
in
a
gun
turning
program
before
one
of
the
guns
was
turned
in
by
mother
who
went
to
work,
came
home,
tired,
cooked
the
dinner
four
kids
decide
she
was
gonna,
relax
and
look
at
television
when
in
her
living
room
sat
down
and
she
felt
something
hard
under
her
on
the
sofa.
She
lifts
up
the
sofa
the
pillow
and
it
was
a
gun
under
she
found
out.
B
It
was
her
16
year
old
son
who
had
the
gun.
She
turned
that
gun
in
that
gun,
most
likely
would
have
been
used
at
some
point,
maybe
in
a
shooting,
so
gun
turnings
do
work.
So
there's
argument,
I've
done
turnings
on
work.
I
could
give
you
statistics
in
an
example
as
an
example.
So,
with
that,
once
again
we
will
kick
off
turning
asking
parents
and
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
and
this
is
a
citywide
thing,
so
it
could
be
anyway.
In
this
section
of
the
city,
a
person
can
turn
in
a
gun
starting
this
Saturday.
C
Good
afternoon
or
good
morning
to
say,
everyone
we're
excited
that.
Tell
me
more
about
this
church
to
come
alongside
of
City
Council
as
well
as
Father's
Day
Raleigh
committee.
We
do
see
that
this
is
an
issue
in
our
city,
so
I
spend
here
on
behalf
of
the
faith
community
and
as
pastor
tell
more
Baptist
Church
to
open
our
doors
as
one
of
the
sites
next
week,
and
our
church
was
located
at
38,
19,
Germans
and
Avenue
in
the
nice
town,
togas
section
of
the
city.
We
want
a
partner.
C
But
beyond
this
next
week,
open
up
our
doors,
I
challenge
every
faith
leader
in
the
city
to
get
out
into
the
community
engage
with
men
and
women
who
are
in
the
streets
who
are
on
the
corners,
talk
to
young
people
and
see
how
we
can
work
together
and
partner
with
elected
officials
as
well
as
other
faith
organizations
and
grassroot
organizations
to
address
the
issue
of
gun
violence
in
our
city
and
to
get
as
many
guns
off
the
street
as
possible.
We
appreciate
all
the
work
that's
happening
at
the
police
department.
C
We
appreciate
all
the
work
that's
happening
here
at
Council
and,
amongst
you
know,
our
elected
officials,
but
I
agree
with
Belacqua
home
is
time
for
us
as
a
community
to
take
back
our
streets
to
take
back
our
community
and
do
what's
necessary
to
get
to
the
young
people
and
to
get
to
the
men
and
women
who
are
doing
these
crimes.
Thank
you.
D
Good
morning,
one
of
the
most
positive
things
that
has
happened
recently
is
speaking
with
council
president
Clark
and
looking
at
how
we
can
work
together,
not
as
police
or
City
Council
or
elected
officials,
but
as
philadelphians
people
who
care
about
our
neighborhoods
care
about
our
children.
I
live
for
the
day
that
you
folks
aren't
in
my
spot
in
the
morning
to
talk
about
somebody
being
shot
overnight.
I
come
in
most
days.
We
have
those
conversations
and
every
time
it's
more
heartbreaking
than
the
time
before.
D
I
now
have
situations
where
we
have
the
employees
Assistance
Program
responding,
because
police
officers
are
dealing
with
children
who
are
being
shot
on
regular
basis.
Those
folks
are
parents
too.
They
struggle
with
seeing
a
child
get
shots
just
like
anybody
in
the
community
does
but
I
think
in
order
to
do
this
and
I
think
this
is
a
great
idea.
I,
don't
weigh
in
on
gun
buybacks.
D
The
places
that
and
elected
officials
City
Council
are
not
present
and
saying
that
we
want
to
make
sure
that
no
one
gets
harmed
by
that
gun.
So
I'm
thrilled
that
we're
partnering
with
this
I
think
that
well,
Cayenne
has
a
very
good
idea
moving
forward
and
it's
not
something.
That's
going
to
be
a
one-time
deal.
It's
gonna
continue
until
we
know
that
we
have
people
who
have
legitimately
checked
and
got
rid
of
guns,
so
we're
happy
to
partner
with
them.
I
assure
you
that
the
deal
is
exactly
what
they're
saying
it
is.
There
will
be.
D
No
questions
asked
we're
not
looking
to
take
people
into
custody,
especially
people
who
are
doing
the
right
thing
by
turning
in
a
gun.
So
we
look
forward
to
moving
this
rolling
it
out
this
weekend
and
then
continuing
that
push
until
every
gun
that
should
not
be
in
the
hands
of
people
who
awfully
possess.
It
will
do
some
harm
with
it.
It's
taken
off
the
street.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
so
much,
commissioner,
and
during
the
course
of
the
conversation
with
the
commissioner,
it
was
understood
that
a
lot
of
parents
and
I
talked
about
this.
A
lot
of
parents
don't
want
to
turn
in
a
gun
that
would
put
at
risk
their
their
particular
child
for
some
possible
prosecution.
So
we
structured
the
program
to
allow
that
parent
to
turn
the
gun
in
to
a
third
party,
and
then
the
police
will
pick
the
weapon
up
from
that
third
party
does
theirs
know.
A
A
lot
of
people
realistically
are
not
going
to
call
the
police
department
and
ask
them
to
come
pick
up
a
gun
or
they're
not
going
to
take
the
gun
to
the
police
department.
If
it's
going
to
put
their
child
at
risk,
that's
just
a
simple
reality:
we
have
to
recognize
that
so
to
have
a
third
party
source,
be
the
conduit
to
making
sure
we
get
that
weapon
out
of
the
way
I
wanna
acknowledge.
Councilman.
Heenan
is
also
here
these
two
individuals
that
I
want
to
recognize.
A
First
of
councilman
Jones
councilman
Johnson,
you
have
known
all
the
work
they
have
done
and
they've
been
pushing
the
needle
on
every
imaginable
initiative
to
make
sure
that
we
get
guns
off
the
street
and
I
just
want
to
recognize
them
and
recognize
their
awesome
awesome
working
guys.
Thank
you
all
for
so
much
and
continue
to
push
the
needle
back
when
it
wasn't
fashionable.
Also
Thank
You,
councilman
Johnson
tells
me.
E
First
thing
we
do
is
pray
for
the
souls
that
are
impacted,
hopefully
that
they
survived
those
wounds,
but
soon
thereafter
we
try
to
find
out
where,
where
did
this
happen,
and
why
did
this
happen
in
the
lexicon
of
language?
I,
never
thought
I
would
use
in
council
fratricide,
where
a
brother
shoots
their
actual
kinship
brother.
E
We
have
to
remind
ourselves
every
day
that
we're
not
our
kids
friend
we're
their
parent
and
we
have
to
step
up
to
that
plate,
even
when
it
is
difficult.
I
appreciate
what
the
commissioners
going
to
do.
I
appreciate
what
all
of
these
credible
messengers
are
doing,
but
at
the
time
when
it
comes
in
your
life
and
in
your
house,
you
have
to
make
that
tough
decision
about
how
you
will
parent
your
child,
because
the
worst
thing
in
the
world
has
been
in
a
homicide
trial,
we're
the
victims
and
the
perpetrators
actually
knew
each
other.
E
Now
are
forced
not
to
be
friends
again.
Everybody
in
there
is
a
loser.
Somebody
died
somebody's
going
to
jail
for
life.
There
are
no
winners.
The
only
opportunity
we
have
is
to
be
the
best
parent
we
could
be
at
that
moment
and
make
that
decision
on
behalf
of
not
only
our
children
but
our
neighbors
children.
So
this
is
a
good
effort,
big
brother
Quan,
but
it
is
one
in
many
that
we
will
take
over
the
course
of
these
years.
E
F
It
was
in
1998
when
a
cousin
of
mine
was
murdered
and
the
streets
of
South,
Philadelphia
and
I
took
that
hurt
in
that
anger
and
organized
that
peace,
not
guns
rally
and
prayer
vigil
in
my
neighborhood,
because
I
knew
no
matter
how
many
retaliation
that
would
want
to
take
place
as
a
result
of
my
cousin
being
murdered.
The
wasn't
want
to
bring
him
back
to
life,
and
one
of
the
first
people
are
called
to
help
me
organize.
F
That
rally
was
allow
Caillou
and
that
was
in
1998
and
since
that
time
period
we
have
consistently
been
in
communication.
We
have
consistently
there
prayer
vigils.
We
have
consistently
did
marches.
He
has
at
times
challenged
us
as
members
of
City
Council
and
members
of
city
government
to
step
my
efforts
to
make
sure
that
we're
providing
resources
for
the
credible
messengers
who
are
out
on
the
street
trying
to
change
the
lives
of
these
young
people
are
picking
up
their
guns.
We've
always
stepped
up
to
the
plate.
F
Our
Police
Commissioner,
the
Philadelphia
Police
Department,
are
doing
their
part
on
my
district
attorney's
office,
they're
doing
their
part
and
the
City
Council.
We
see
this
pass
the
transport
ordinance
of
5
million
dollars
to
make
sure
that
we're
providing
resources
for
these
NAM
for
these
violence
prevention
programs
to
be
out
on
the
street
to
address
this
issue.
F
What
a
part
of
that
puzzle
of
the
community
we
want
to
address
this
issue
into
the
community
says
enough
is
enough,
but
we
get
sick
inside
of
being
sick
and
tired
of
seeing
our
young
people
being
shot
down
and
murdered
on
the
streets.
The
hearings
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia
and
so
I
stand
behind
on
this
initiative.
110%
I,
don't
believe
you
should
have
to
give
out
a
card
for
people
to
go
shopping
in
order
for
them
to
do
the
right
thing.
F
F
A
You
Thank
You
councillor
I,
want
to
thank
everybody
because
everybody's
in
this
you
know-
and
this
is
probably
one
of
the
most
significant
issues
that
we
have
to
deal
with
in
the
future
and
I
just
want
to
say
how
much
I
appreciate
Lao
and
all
of
these
individuals.
Here
you
know
most
of
them.
They
have
advocated
and
they're
out
here
in
the
vineyards
and
I'll
guarantee
you
that
most
of
them
are
not
getting
paid
for
this
right.
They're
doing
this
because
it's
the
right
thing.
So
this
is
about
personal
responsibility.
Alright,
this
is
about.
A
If
you
have
a
gun
all
right
and
you
have
children
in
the
house.
So
if
you
don't
lock
the
gun
up
when
it's
not
in
use,
it
counts
me,
that's
kind
of
heavy.
Can
you
stronger
than
me?
Alright?
If
you
got
a
gun,
put
it
in
the
lockbox
all
right
all
right,
you
should
not
have
a
situation
where
tools
and
have
access
to
these
weapons.
If
you
have
a
gun
that
was
lost
or
stolen
report,
it
report
it.
You
report
it
when
your
car
gets
stolen.
You
report
it
when
you
lose
your
credit
card.
A
If
your
gun
gets
lost
or
stolen
report
it,
this
is
about
personal
responsibility,
and
today
we're
standing
here,
we're
saying
if
you're
a
parent
be
a
parent
a
lot.
You
are
absolutely
right.
You
can
be
the
friend
on
the
side
right
with
your
children,
but
you've
got
to
be
a
parent.
You
know
so
make
sure
that
if
you
know
about
these
weapons
and
believe
me
you're
a
parent,
you
know
if
your
child
has
a
weapon,
and
you
know
what
your
child
is
involved
with.
All
right.
A
You
got
to
be
responsible,
so
I
just
want
to
thank
all
of
you
guys
so
much
for
participating
in
this
program,
pushing
the
initiative
on
Commissioner.
Thank
you
for
participating
in
this
all
my
colleagues
for
the
continued
moosh
push
forward.
We
got
to
deal
with
this
just
want
to.
Thank
you
all
very
much
for
being
here
today.
Any
questions.
A
B
Good
question,
but
that's
one
of
those
I
was
couch
in
a
long
term.
We
got.
We
really
got
his
team
change.
The
mindset,
particularly
of
the
young
males
in
the
city
of
Phillip
and
I,
would
say
with
the
hesitation
that
involved
with
shootings
my
my
interaction
with
a
lot
of
young
males
and
I
know.
People
saying
behind
me
can
back
me
up
on
this.
A
lot
of
them
have
gone
to
access
to
guns
because
they're
scared
and
they
think
that
you
got
a
gun.
I
got
a
gun.
I
want
to
have
a
gun.
B
In
case
you
try
to
shoot
me.
That's
that
long-term
effort
that
we
have
to
continue
during
educating
and
and
getting
to
our
young
folks
to
teach
them
that
you
can
resolve
conflict
about
guns.
So
I
guess
that's
the
best
way.
I
mean
it
is
no.
Let
me
just
say
this
quickly:
there's
no
silver
bullet
and
I
know.
Anybody
behind
me
would
agree
with
me
on
this.
How
we
gonna
reduce
shootings
immediately
long-term
education,
providing
jobs
and
opportunities
will
help
so
and
changing
the
mindset
of
folks.
That's
why
we're
pushing
parents
to
take
responsibility?
B
I
use
example.
Arrow
young
I
have
my
baby
daughter
living
with
me
and
she
pays
rent
I
go
in
her
room
all
the
time
she
wants
to
know
dad.
We
doing
my
room
I'm,
paying
rent
I
said
no,
but
I'm
paying
the
mortgage.
This
is
my
house,
so
parents
have
to
take
that
responsibility
and
really
begin
to
step
up
and
be
parents.
D
Right
and
that's
a
very
valid
point
that
we'll
be
going
through
parents
minds,
but
this
whole
design
is
they
don't
have
to
give
us
identification.
We
don't
have
to
know
who's
submitting
the
gun.
We're
not
gonna,
ask
they're
gonna
go
to
a
third
party,
so
we're
gonna.
Take
the
gun,
we're
gonna,
make
sure
it
never
sees
the
street
again,
but
it's
all
part
of
the
whole
long-term
plan
of
building
that
trust.
That
people
say
when
we
say
we're
gonna
do
something
we're
gonna.
D
Do
it
we're
not
looking
to
lock
up
somebody
who's
thinking
about
using
a
gun,
we're
looking
to
stop
making
sure
that
people
don't
use
the
gun
to
begin
with,
so
there's
no
trick
involved
here.
This
is
truly
a
partnership
to
say,
if
we're
all
in
it
together
and
we're
asking
parents
to
step
up.
Believe
me
one
time
we
go
back
on
that.
D
That
ends
any
possibility
of
doing
this,
and
we
understand
that
we
understand
that
if
we
make
a
commitment
to
not
be
looking
to
lock
somebody
up
for
trying
to
do
the
right
thing,
we
will
discourage
people
in
the
future.
So
it's
going
to
go
through
a
third
party.
It's
then
gonna
be
turned
over
to
police
who
the
police
wouldn't
even
know
that
it
was
mrs.
Jones
or
mrs.
D
D
But
if
the
efforts
that
we're
taking
here
today
that
people
are
securing
their
guns,
they're
not
leaving
them
available,
because
some
of
them
do
get
to
the
street,
be
a
burglary
being
left
in
a
car
and
all
that
to
comes
back
to
responsibility.
We
have
policies
that
police
officers
can't
leave
a
gun
in
a
car.
It's
happened,
people
who
should
know
better.
It
happens
at
every
level,
but
the
more
education
that
we
can
get
out.
D
The
more
people
understand
that
that
may
just
seem
like
a
minor
transgression,
but
how
will
you
feel
when
that
gun
is
used
in
the
murder
of
a
child
that
you
left,
unsecured
left
unattended?
So
it's
about
the
illegal
guns
in
the
home,
but
it's
also
about
the
responsible
gun
owners
making
sure
that
their
guns
are
secure
and
not
going
to
be
used
against
anybody
for
those
unlawful
purposes.