Wear Orange events in Encinitas and National City draw crowds of people looking for policy changes and healing for the community
People across San Diego County donned orange shirts Saturday to recognize Wear Orange Weekend and National Gun Violence Awareness Day while advocating for gun policy changes, trauma support for survivors and better prevention.
The Wear Orange movement began on June 2, 2015, on what would have been the 18th birthday of Hadiya Pendleton, a girl who was shot and killed in 2013 on a playground in Chicago. In 2020, firearms surpassed motor vehicles as the leading cause of death for children and teenagers age 19 and under. People attending the pair of events called for changes to state and federal gun policy by regulating the ownership, possession, storage and use of firearms to minimize gun-related violence, protect vulnerable populations and prevent unauthorized access to weapons.
“Gun violence is not an issue there, it’s really only a problem in the United States,” Gover said. “It’s just incredibly frustrating for me because I know that it can be prevented. Every other country does it, but for some reason in this country, many of the leaders choose that guns are more important than people.”
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