Clark County NV issued the following announcement on June 3.
The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign went orange in support of National Gun Violence Awareness Day.
“Every day more than 100 Americans lose their lives to gun violence,” Commissioner Justin Jones said. “It is important to honor and remember the victims of gun violence, and we do this best by working to keep firearms out of the hands of dangerous people and encourage safe and responsible gun ownership.”
County Commissioners and representatives from the Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund supported the changing of the lights. Officials also are calling upon residents to wear orange today and during the next few days in support of this effort.
Orange is the color that 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton’s friends wore in her honor after she was shot and killed in Chicago in 2013. Orange is also the color that many hunters wear in the woods to make themselves more visible to other hunters and help prevent them from being accidentally shot.
The light bulbs, which are usually yellow, surround the border of the sign. Like the famed Las Vegas Strip, the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign is in unincorporated Clark County.
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