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2017 SESSION

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(HJ548)

AMENDMENT(S) PROPOSED BY THE HOUSE

DEL. SIMON [Ruled Not Germane]

    1. After line 19, introduced,

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        WHEREAS, almost 50 percent of all successful suicide attempts involve a firearm, such attempts being successful more than 82 percent of the time, making suicide by firearm the most common and most lethal means nationwide; and

DEL. SIMON [Ruled Not Germane]

    2. After line 29, introduced,

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        WHEREAS, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention endorses incorporating suicide prevention education as a basic tenet of firearm safety and responsible gun ownership, and recently announced a partnership with the National Shooting Sports Foundation to launch a new firearms and suicide prevention education program nationwide in 2017; and