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Hull used her speech to voice support for Shannon's Law, a previously failed bill to ban random gunfire, which was named after the victim of a stray bullet. Shannon Smith's parents were invited to the speech as guests of the governor. Brown's other priorities are to pass Shannon's Law and to write a
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Shannon Smith had been an award-winning athlete and honor student, and had graduated from the eighth grade a few weeks prior to her death. While she stood in her backyard talking on the telephone with a friend, a stray bullet hit her in her head, causing instant death. Smith's death sparked a furor
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among Arizona residents. Her funeral was attended by approximately 1,300 people. A sunflower monument, made with melted metal from confiscated firearms, was raised in her honor at
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began using equipment which alerted them to the location from which a shot was fired. As random discharge of firearms are common in some areas of the United States on
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by her classmates and friends. Nearly $ 20,000 in donations for the monument were primarily raised by Shannon's friends and classmates holding car washes.
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girl killed by a stray bullet in June 1999. Smith's parents, after being informed that the assailant's activity constituted, at most, a
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approval in April 2000. The bill was enacted that July, with Governor Hull signing the bill in the Smiths’ front yard.
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is defined as a class 6 felony offense in Arizona. However, as with most felony offenses in United States
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offense, advocated stronger penalties, to prevent future incidents of this kind.
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violators were made that night, and it is expected that more Arizona
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failed to pass the bill twice in 1999, but it finally received both
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proposal for voters to deal with Phoenix-area traffic, he said.
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Otis and Lory Smith joined the board of directors for
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Arizona Statutes for unlawful discharge of firearms
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Shannon Smith Memorial

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