HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf joined Attorney General Josh Shapiro, gun violence survivors and others during CeaseFire PA's virtual day of advocacy to end violence.

The virtual advocacy day was filled with meetings and discussions to start a campaign throughout the state to promote common sense gun safety solutions.

According to the release, almost three quarters of Pennsylvania homicides and more than half of suicides involved guns.

The advocacy event comes just one day after a mass shooting at a Colorado grocery store left 10 people including a police officer dead. Last week another mass shooting took place in Georgia where eight people were murdered, six of which were Asian-Americans.

"In Pennsylvania, we will not tolerate hate. We will not tolerate discrimination. And we will not tolerate gun violence," said Governor Wolf. "The sad truth is that hate crimes and gun violence often go hand-in-hand, and wreak devastation on our communities."

CeaseFire PA presented three solutions that Governor Wolf supports:

• Creating Extreme Risk Protection Orders as a means to temporarily remove firearms from someone who wants to hurt themselves or others.
• Reporting lost or stolen firearms within 72 hours, helping cut community violence.
• Closing the gaps in Pennsylvania's background check system to prevent the purchase of military-style rifles from a private, non-licensed seller.

Governor Wolf signed an executive order in 2019 to combat gun violence to provide better protection for Pennsylvanians by targeting various types of gun violence with preventative and proactive programs.