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Local Groups Working to Prevent Gun Violence to Lead Wear Orange Peace Walk Saturday

Published on Saturday, June 4, 2022 | 5:52 am
 

A photo of gun violence victim Ernesto Ramos Jimenez, 27, of Pasadena, is superimposed over a picture of the memorial to him made by his family shortly after his death in November 2020. Jimenez will be honored with other gun violence victims during a ‘wear orange peace walk’ on Saturday, June 4, 2022. [Images courtesy of his family members]
A coalition of anti-gun violence activist groups plan a Saturday march to decry the mass shootings which plague American campuses and communities and to promote agendas working towards solutions.

The march will take place on the heels of “National Gun Violence Awareness Day,” as Friday was designated by the City of Pasadena.  It comes as the nation mourns the mass shooting at a Texas elementary school and a gun attack at a Tulsa, Oklahoma medical center.

Saturday’s neighborhood peace walk will honor victims of gun violence including Ernesto Ramos Jimenez, a Pasadena resident killed in 2020.m It will start at 6 p.m., at 623 N. Marengo Ave.

The organizers are San Gabriel Valley Moms Demand Action, Students Demand Action and the All Saints Committee to End Gun Violence.

Cindy Montoya from Moms Demand Action urged for government action amid the recent mass shooting. 

“We’re all feeling that enough is enough. And also we have had enough of the thoughts and prayers by our politicians. They aren’t doing anything for us right now. And the thoughts and prayers are not doing anything without any action.” 

“We deserve to feel safe in school, at the grocery store, at our place of work, in our neighborhood, no matter our race, our immigration status or our zip code,” said Montoya, who is a gun violence survivor. 

Pasadena Police Special Services Lieutenant Marcia Taglioretti said in 2021, Pasadena recorded 73 acts of gun violence in which victims were either killed, shot, shot at, or in which gunfire occurred. 

Pasadena police also recovered 344 guns from the community in the same year. Of the total, 13% or 46 guns were identified as “ghost guns” — unserialized and untraceable firearms. 

Taglioretti said from January to June 1, 2022, 24 shootings were recorded in Pasadena. There were 26 shootings recorded from January to May 2021. 

This year, two gun-related homicides have been recorded so far, according to Taglioretti. 

Taglioretti said the Police Department’s Criminal Intelligence Unit has partnered with the California Department of Justice’s Bureau of Firearms to combat gun violence in the community. 

The enforcement arm is utilizing records to locate persons who are prohibited from possessing firearms in the community. 

According to Taglioretti, in one week, the partnership removed 114 firearms from communities around Los Angeles, including nine weapons, ammunition and high-capacity magazines from Pasadena. 

Taglioretti said future collaboration is developing to ensure the safety of community members and eliminate future crimes of violence.

Pasadena Police Department representatives are scheduled to present to the Public Safety Committee an informational piece on Criminal Storage of Weapons and a Ghost Gun Ordinance on June 22.

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One thought on “Local Groups Working to Prevent Gun Violence to Lead Wear Orange Peace Walk Saturday

  • I have never seen a gun get violent. Have you? I have seen people get violent. Have you?

 

 

 

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