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    Amherst Board of Health Letter to Select Board

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    Town of Amherst Massachusetts BOARD OF HEALTH Phone: 413-259-3077 Bunge Community Center ae A5-2592404 {0 Bale Wale eka gor Aer, MA 01002 April 20, 2016 Deer Select Board Members: Like many public health organizations across the Nation, the Amberst Board of Health has turned its attention to gun violence as a public heath issue as part ofits responsibility for protesting and promoting ‘the health ofthe residents of Amherst. Our research has revealed several areas in which we fee] we ean hhave an impact through education and advecacy. Particular areas of eoncem include: role of guns in acci- dental shootings by young children having access to improperly stored guns; guns and domestic violence; and unintentional and intentional selF-inflicted gun wounds by troubled adults. ‘Our research has also revealed that thousands of top elected municipal officals inthe U.S. have engaged ‘with this issue though Everytown.org, a union of "Mayors Against llegal Guns" and "Moms Demand ‘Action For Gun Sense,” led by Michael Bloomberg, former Mayor of NYC. ‘The Board of Health respectilly requests that the Select Board review and consider signing the attached ‘Statement of principle in solidarity with all the other communities working to prevent gun violence and to enroll with “Mayors Against Illegal Guns” so that we can access information and resources that it may develop or make available. Note: Since Amherst does not have a mayor, we contacted “Mayors Against legal Guns” and they indicated thatthe highest elected town office ean enroll us in iew of amayor. We ‘understand that the Chair ofthe Selest Board would meet that requirement Respeetlly submited, Amherst Boaed of Health ‘Marco Boseardin, Chair Diiaue Auusterdaus, MD Naney Gilbert y 2 Julie Marcus John Tobiason RZ MAYORS AGAINST ILLEGALGUNS \wnereas: 30,000 Americans across the country are kiled every year as a result of gun violence ~ including 12,000 who are murdered ~ destroying familles and communities In big ces and small towns; and STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES Whereas: As Mayors, we are duty-bound to do everything in our power to protect our residents, especially ‘ur chilren from harm, and there sno greater threat to public safety than the threat of ilegal guns; Now, therefore, we resolve to work together to find innovative new ways to advance the folowing principles: PUNISH to the maximum extent ofthe la =

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