Violence In Philadelphia
Pending Legislation On Violence
The state supreme court ruled on Philadelphia's gun ordinances on June 11, 2010.
These laws basically state:
• The city is allowed to force its citizens to report a lost or stolen gun within 24 hours.
• Police are allowed to seize guns from those “considered to pose a risk to themselves or others.”
• Those subject to a protection-from-abuse order may not own a firearm within the city.
• Need to purchase more than one gun a month then you can.
Things seem to be on hold with the law. Dwight Evans lost his title holding the positiong of chairman of the Appropriations Committee, which he held for almost 20 years. Dwight evans has had a succesful outcome with his projects such as support are the Pennsylvania Convention Center, the creation of the Ogontz Avenue Revitalization Corp. in West Oak Lane, shaping how Pennsylvania’s share of the stimulus package was spent, school reform, education funding and creating the Fresh Food Financing Initiative. With someone taking his title, it seems like all his work will be put on hold or won't be acknowledged.
The law is still pending. Much hasn't changed since June.This is an article
that is an overview of what is going on with the pending law.There are
several elected officials working on this issue, such as Mayor Nutter,
Dwight Evans, Donna Reed Miller, Walter M. Phillips Jr, Babette Josephs
and many more. This is one of the first laws I have ever seen with
almost every official coming to an agreement. Considering this there
aren't people opposing this law.These laws basically state:
• The city is allowed to force its citizens to report a lost or stolen gun within 24 hours.
• Police are allowed to seize guns from those “considered to pose a risk to themselves or others.”
• Those subject to a protection-from-abuse order may not own a firearm within the city.
• Need to purchase more than one gun a month then you can.
Things seem to be on hold with the law. Dwight Evans lost his title holding the positiong of chairman of the Appropriations Committee, which he held for almost 20 years. Dwight evans has had a succesful outcome with his projects such as support are the Pennsylvania Convention Center, the creation of the Ogontz Avenue Revitalization Corp. in West Oak Lane, shaping how Pennsylvania’s share of the stimulus package was spent, school reform, education funding and creating the Fresh Food Financing Initiative. With someone taking his title, it seems like all his work will be put on hold or won't be acknowledged.
Others Working on this
Who can you influence?
Can you help me find a job? Can you get me an internship?' " This shows that children and or teens are the main target for influence. They are the ones who are pressed to get jobs and internships. If they understand that supporting Dwigh, joseph, Miller, and the others who are working to stop gun violence could help then get jobs and internships, I am sure they would be all for it.
Key Date
December 2, 2010“We will suffer,” said Council Majority Leader Marian Tasco. “It is truly a sad time for Philadelphians to lose their strongest voice,” she said, pointing out work Evans had done to bring money for grocery stores, museums, arts and recreation to the city. There will be a meeting on December 2, 2010, this meeting isn't completely on the Law about violence, but the conditions Philadelphia is in now that we have " lost our strongest voice. This meeting will be used to discuss issues tax increases, no union contracts and health care spending emergencies. There hasn't been anything that happened with the gun laws since June 11, 2010. 2010 was a good year for this law. It made a lot of progress in the beginning of the year but towards the end nothing productive has been done. Hopefully after the scheduled meeting on December 2 the gun law will get back on the right track.
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http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/phillynow/2010/11/18/council-mad-as-hell-about-dwight-evans/
http://tonypayton.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11:forums-at-city-hall-take-on-philas-gun-violence&catid=2:news&Itemid=5
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