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    | 15 Facts About Gun Violence That Will Have You Wearing Orange Tomorrow Submitted by: 
			
Mark A. Taff
 Website: http://www.marktaff.com
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    | If Hadiya Pendleton were still alive, she’d be turning 18 tomorrow. But in 2013, shortly after performing at Barack Obama’s inauguration, she was shot and killed while hanging out in a Chicago park.
 
 So, rather than singing “Happy Birthday” and giving out presents on June 2nd, Hadiya’s friends, along with celebrities such as Sarah Silverman, Perez Hilton, and Julianne Moore, plus 60 U.S. mayors, and a coalition of activists and organizations (including MTV), are asking people to wear orange (#WearingOrange) as part of the very first National Gun Violence Awareness Day.
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    | At least they had the minimal intelligence to glean something from hunters, despite how misguided it is. |  
 
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