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VOICES FOR PEACE
Diocesan Task Force for the Prevention of Gun Violence
San Francisco Deanery Meeting Saturday May 10, 2014
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There is a Gun Violence Crisis/Epidemic in America Today
30,500 lives lost each year:
11,000 homicides, 19,000 suicides 500 unintentional shootings
75,000 gun-related injuries
62 mass shootings in the last 30 years
Since 1968, 1.3 million Americans have died from gun violence. That is more than from ALL wars in American history combined
Since Newton, over 2,600 American lives lost (equivalent of 100 more Newtown shootings)
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The Cost of Gun Violence
Firearm-related deaths and injuries result in medical and lost productivity expenses of about $37 billion each year
Factoring in lost quality of life, emotional trauma, decline in property values, and other societal consequences, the cost of gun violence in the U.S. is closer to $100 billion each year
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What is Causing the Problem?
The U.S. has a huge supply of firearms: 270,000,000 guns, enough for each adult citizen
to have one
Gun laws in the United States are extremely weak:• No universal background checks• No assault weapons ban• No registration or licensing requirements• No regulation of ammunition sales• No federal punishments for illegal trafficking• No resources to enforce existing laws• The few states with stronger gun laws (California) are subject
to trafficking from nearby states with weak laws (Nevada
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Some Current Proposals to Reduce Gun Violence
Universal Background Checks Assault Weapons Ban Ban of Large-Capacity Ammunition
Magazines Regulation of Ammunition Sales Divestment of State Funds in Firearm
Manufacturers Increased Punishment for Illegal
Trafficking Licensing and Safety Training for Gun
Owners
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Task Force Background
October 2013 Convention-The Resolution on Gun Violence Prevention Task Force was approved
Paula Hawthorne sponsored by St. Paul’s Oakland proposed and is Chairperson for the task force
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Task Force Members
Mary-Jane Wood-St Giles, Moraga Steve Sayles, St Francis Novato Martha Korienek, Associate Rector, St
Paul’s Burlingame Ken Parris, Deacon, St James, Fremont Krista Fergoso, Associate Rector, St John’s
Oakland Este Cantor, Vicar, Good Shepherd,
Berkeley Mary Balmana, St James, San Francisco
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Timeline of Events
January 30,2014-Task Force Commissioned at Grace Cathedral
Lent 2014-St Paul’s Oakland adapts the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship’s “Our Neighbors & Gun Violence” for a Lenten Program
April 19, 2014 Paula met with Bishop Marc regarding Gun Prevention Program to be implemented in the Diocese and convocation for St Francis Day agreed upon
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What You Can Do to Spread
Saint Francis Day-October 4th
Plan is to meet at Saint Francis in San Francisco and march to City College of SF, convene at the Bufano Statue of St Francis (made of recycled bullets). Planned guests: Bishop Marc, local politicians, inter-faith leaders, all of you!
If this is something you feel strongly about, consider joining the Task Force, we are recruiting new members
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Get Informed!Get Involved!
Check into the Voices for Peace link on Diocal, available soon for resources and any Gun Prevention related events in the Bay Area
Check the http://www.diomass.org/bpeace for potential ideas for DioCal and provide feedback and ideas to Task Force
Read “Reducing Gun Violence in America” presentation to get background info Microsoft
PowerPoint Presentation
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Resources
Websites: Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence:
www.smartgunlaws.org The Brady Campaign: http://www.bradycampaign.org
Books: The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know , Phil
Cook and Kristen Goss Reducing Gun Violence in America: Informing Policy
with Evidence and Analysis, Daniel W. Webster and Jon S. Vernick
Private Guns, Public Health, David Hemenway Don’t Shoot: One Man, A Street Fellowship and the End
of Violence in Inner-City America, David M. Kennedy
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Programs Addressing Gun Violence Prevention
Documentary: A Confused WarRichmond, CA has long been one of the state’s most dangerous cities. In 2007, this city of 100,000 logged 47 homicides, one of the highest murder rates in the country. By 2012, numbers had dropped from 47 to 18. This short documentary examines the city’s bold, and surprisingly successful, efforts to tame the violence. www.aconfusedwar.com/
Reducing Violent Crimes: The 3C’s Model: Communication, Collaboration & Coordination, David Muhammad, Solutions Inc.
www.solutionsinc.us
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Questions/Comments
Mary Balmana, San Francisco Deanery Task Force Member