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February 28, 2020 - Philadelphia, PA

Gov. Wolf Asks Legislature to Join Efforts to Combat Community Gun Violence

Governor Tom Wolf, joined by legislators, community leaders, advocates, and students at Parkway Northwest High School for Peace and Social Justice asked the General Assembly to help combat community gun violence and

support prevention and reduction efforts by approving $6 million proposed in his 2020-21 budget.



Governor Tom Wolf speaks during a press conference, which aimed to help combat community gun violence and support prevention and reduction efforts by approving $6 million proposed in the 2020-21 budget, inside Parkway Northwest High School for Peace and Social Justice in Philadelphia on Friday, February 28, 2020.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/17823_GOV_Gun_Violence_NK_001.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Governor Tom Wolf speaks during a press conference, which aimed to help combat community gun violence and support prevention and reduction efforts by approving $6 million proposed in the 2020-21 budget, inside Parkway Northwest High School for Peace and Social Justice in Philadelphia on Friday, February 28, 2020.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/17823_GOV_Gun_Violence_NK_002.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Governor Tom Wolf speaks during a press conference, which aimed to help combat community gun violence and support prevention and reduction efforts by approving $6 million proposed in the 2020-21 budget, inside Parkway Northwest High School for Peace and Social Justice in Philadelphia on Friday, February 28, 2020.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/17823_GOV_Gun_Violence_NK_003.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Governor Tom Wolf listens during a press conference, which aimed to help combat community gun violence and support prevention and reduction efforts by approving $6 million proposed in the 2020-21 budget, inside Parkway Northwest High School for Peace and Social Justice in Philadelphia on Friday, February 28, 2020.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/17823_GOV_Gun_Violence_NK_004.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Governor Tom Wolf speaks during a press conference, which aimed to help combat community gun violence and support prevention and reduction efforts by approving $6 million proposed in the 2020-21 budget, inside Parkway Northwest High School for Peace and Social Justice in Philadelphia on Friday, February 28, 2020.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/17823_GOV_Gun_Violence_NK_005.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Governor Tom Wolf speaks during a press conference, which aimed to help combat community gun violence and support prevention and reduction efforts by approving $6 million proposed in the 2020-21 budget, inside Parkway Northwest High School for Peace and Social Justice in Philadelphia on Friday, February 28, 2020.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/17823_GOV_Gun_Violence_NK_006.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Governor Tom Wolf addresses future Parkway Northwest High School for Peace and Social Justice students with Jeffrey MacFarland, principal, in Philadelphia on Friday, February 28, 2020.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/17823_GOV_Gun_Violence_NK_007.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Governor Tom Wolf addresses future Parkway Northwest High School for Peace and Social Justice students in Philadelphia on Friday, February 28, 2020.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/17823_GOV_Gun_Violence_NK_008.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Governor Tom Wolf speaks during a press conference, which aimed to help combat community gun violence and support prevention and reduction efforts by approving $6 million proposed in the 2020-21 budget, inside Parkway Northwest High School for Peace and Social Justice in Philadelphia on Friday, February 28, 2020.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/17823_GOV_Gun_Violence_NK_009.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Governor Tom Wolf speaks during a press conference, which aimed to help combat community gun violence and support prevention and reduction efforts by approving $6 million proposed in the 2020-21 budget, inside Parkway Northwest High School for Peace and Social Justice in Philadelphia on Friday, February 28, 2020.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/17823_GOV_Gun_Violence_NK_010.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> State Rep. Steve Kinsey speaks during a press conference, which aimed to help combat community gun violence and support prevention and reduction efforts by approving $6 million proposed in the 2020-21 budget, inside Parkway Northwest High School for Peace and Social Justice in Philadelphia on Friday, February 28, 2020.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/17823_GOV_Gun_Violence_NK_011.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Commission Chair and former Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey speaks during a press conference, which aimed to help combat community gun violence and support prevention and reduction efforts by approving $6 million proposed in the 2020-21 budget, inside Parkway Northwest High School for Peace and Social Justice in Philadelphia on Friday, February 28, 2020.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/17823_GOV_Gun_Violence_NK_012.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Parkway Northwest High School for Peace and Social Justice senior Samone Schell, 18, speaks surrounded by classmates during a press conference, which aimed to help combat community gun violence and support prevention and reduction efforts by approving $6 million proposed in the 2020-21 budget, inside the school in Philadelphia on Friday, February 28, 2020.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/17823_GOV_Gun_Violence_NK_013.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> State Sen. Anthony Williams speaks during a press conference, which aimed to help combat community gun violence and support prevention and reduction efforts by approving $6 million proposed in the 2020-21 budget, inside Parkway Northwest High School for Peace and Social Justice in Philadelphia on Friday, February 28, 2020.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/17823_GOV_Gun_Violence_NK_014.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Jeffrey MacFarland, principal at Parkway Northwest High School for Peace and Social Justice, speaks during a press conference, which aimed to help combat community gun violence and support prevention and reduction efforts by approving $6 million proposed in the 2020-21 budget, inside the school in Philadelphia on Friday, February 28, 2020.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/17823_GOV_Gun_Violence_NK_015.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Jeffrey MacFarland, principal at Parkway Northwest High School for Peace and Social Justice, speaks during a press conference, which aimed to help combat community gun violence and support prevention and reduction efforts by approving $6 million proposed in the 2020-21 budget, inside the school in Philadelphia on Friday, February 28, 2020.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/17823_GOV_Gun_Violence_NK_016.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> State Sen. Art Haywood speaks during a press conference, which aimed to help combat community gun violence and support prevention and reduction efforts by approving $6 million proposed in the 2020-21 budget, inside Parkway Northwest High School for Peace and Social Justice in Philadelphia on Friday, February 28, 2020.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/17823_GOV_Gun_Violence_NK_017.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> State Rep. Jordan Harris speaks during a press conference, which aimed to help combat community gun violence and support prevention and reduction efforts by approving $6 million proposed in the 2020-21 budget, inside Parkway Northwest High School for Peace and Social Justice in Philadelphia on Friday, February 28, 2020.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/17823_GOV_Gun_Violence_NK_018.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a>