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      88(R) SCR 11 - Introduced version - Bill Text
      
		By:  Gutierrez, et al.
            S.C.R.  No.  11
         
               SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
            
                          WHEREAS, Federal law protects firearms manufacturers and 
         
            dealers from being held liable when crimes have been committed with 
         
            their products; and
         
                          WHEREAS, The foundational premise of American law is that 
         
            victims of harm may seek redress in court against wrongdoers, and, 
         
            in every state, a business or an individual can be sued for 
         
            negligence when their conduct lacks reasonable care that 
         
            foreseeably results in harm to others; and
         
                          WHEREAS, There were more than 4,000 gun-related deaths in 
         
            Texas in 2020 and gun violence in Texas costs $16.6 billion dollars 
         
            per year; and
         
                          WHEREAS, More guns are purchased in Texas than in any other 
         
            state, and Texans purchased more than 1.6 million guns in 2021, 
         
            about one gun for every 14 adults in the state; and
         
                          WHEREAS, Texas also leads the United States in the number of 
         
            firearm mortalities, from 1999-2020, 4,090 Texas children died from 
         
            gun-related injuries; and
         
                          WHEREAS, Texas also leads the Nation in mass shootings; and
         
                          WHEREAS, On May 24, 2022, 19 school children and two teachers 
         
            were murdered during the attack on Robb Elementary in Uvalde Texas  
         
            using a weapon manufactured by Daniel Defense; and
         
                          WHEREAS, Gun manufacturers like Daniel's Defense advertise 
         
            their product to children and young men using incendiary marketing 
         
            that appeal to consumers based on hyper-masculinity, sexuality, and 
         
            militarism; and
         
                          WHEREAS, Like many other firearms companies, Daniel Defense 
         
            also sought placement of its products in movies and video games, and 
         
            Daniel Defense took special pride in alerting its followers to the 
         
            appearance of one of its DDM4 V7 rifles in the new Call of Duty: 
         
            Modern Warfare game, and this is the same weapon used by the 
         
            attacker on Robb Elementary; and
         
                          WHEREAS, In 2022 gun industry trade show in Las Vegas Wee1 
         
            Tactical used cartoons to market JR-15s (Junior AR-15s) to kids and 
         
            customers flocked to its booth, and the company was named on some 
         
            "best of" show lists; and
         
                          WHEREAS, Six of the nine deadliest mass shootings in the 
         
            United States since 2018 were by people who were 21 or younger, and 
         
            these perpetrators fit in a critical age range - roughly 15 to 25 - 
         
            that law enforcement officials, researchers and policy experts 
         
            consider a hazardous crossroads for young men, a period when they 
         
            are in the throes of developmental changes and societal pressures 
         
            that can turn them toward violence in general, and, in the rarest 
         
            cases, mass shootings; and
         
                          WHEREAS, Horrible gun-violence tragedies will continue as 
         
            long as gun manufacturers and gun dealers are not held accountable 
         
            for their irresponsible marketing and dangerous advertisements 
         
            that, in part, lead to some of the worst gun-related tragedies that 
         
            this State has endured since its inception; now, therefore, be it
         
                          RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas, 
         
            hereby respectfully urge the Congress of the United States to 
         
            repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA); and, 
         
            be it further
         
                          RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official 
         
            copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to 
         
            the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of 
         
            Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the 
         
            members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that 
         
            this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a 
         
            memorial.



	SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
	WHEREAS, Federal law protects firearms manufacturers and
	dealers from being held liable when crimes have been committed with
	their products; and
	WHEREAS, The foundational premise of American law is that
	victims of harm may seek redress in court against wrongdoers, and,
	in every state, a business or an individual can be sued for
	negligence when their conduct lacks reasonable care that
	foreseeably results in harm to others; and
	WHEREAS, There were more than 4,000 gun-related deaths in
	Texas in 2020 and gun violence in Texas costs $16.6 billion dollars
	per year; and
	WHEREAS, More guns are purchased in Texas than in any other
	state, and Texans purchased more than 1.6 million guns in 2021,
	about one gun for every 14 adults in the state; and
	WHEREAS, Texas also leads the United States in the number of
	firearm mortalities, from 1999-2020, 4,090 Texas children died from
	gun-related injuries; and
	WHEREAS, Texas also leads the Nation in mass shootings; and
	WHEREAS, On May 24, 2022, 19 school children and two teachers
	were murdered during the attack on Robb Elementary in Uvalde Texas
	using a weapon manufactured by Daniel Defense; and
	WHEREAS, Gun manufacturers like Daniel's Defense advertise
	their product to children and young men using incendiary marketing
	that appeal to consumers based on hyper-masculinity, sexuality, and
	militarism; and
	WHEREAS, Like many other firearms companies, Daniel Defense
	also sought placement of its products in movies and video games, and
	Daniel Defense took special pride in alerting its followers to the
	appearance of one of its DDM4 V7 rifles in the new Call of Duty:
	Modern Warfare game, and this is the same weapon used by the
	attacker on Robb Elementary; and
	WHEREAS, In 2022 gun industry trade show in Las Vegas Wee1
	Tactical used cartoons to market JR-15s (Junior AR-15s) to kids and
	customers flocked to its booth, and the company was named on some
	"best of" show lists; and
	WHEREAS, Six of the nine deadliest mass shootings in the
	United States since 2018 were by people who were 21 or younger, and
	these perpetrators fit in a critical age range - roughly 15 to 25 -
	that law enforcement officials, researchers and policy experts
	consider a hazardous crossroads for young men, a period when they
	are in the throes of developmental changes and societal pressures
	that can turn them toward violence in general, and, in the rarest
	cases, mass shootings; and
	WHEREAS, Horrible gun-violence tragedies will continue as
	long as gun manufacturers and gun dealers are not held accountable
	for their irresponsible marketing and dangerous advertisements
	that, in part, lead to some of the worst gun-related tragedies that
	this State has endured since its inception; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas,
	hereby respectfully urge the Congress of the United States to
	repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA); and,
	be it further
	RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
	copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to
	the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of
	Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the
	members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that
	this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a
	memorial.