Supporting the goals and ideals of National Gun Violence Awareness Weekend and National Gun Violence Awareness Month.

IV 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 391 Supporting the goals and ideals of National Gun Violence Awareness Weekend and National Gun Violence Awareness Month. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 21, 2019 Ms. KELLY of Illinois submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary RESOLUTION Supporting the goals and ideals of National Gun Violence Awareness Weekend and National Gun Violence Aware- ness Month. Whereas, in the United States each year, more than— (1) 36,000 individuals are killed and 100,000 indi- viduals are injured by gunfire; (2) 12,000 individuals are killed in homicides involv- ing firearms; (3) 22,000 individuals commit suicide by using fire- arms; and (4) 500 individuals are killed in unintentional shoot- ings; Whereas, since 1968, more individuals have died from guns in the United States than have on the battlefields of all the wars in the history of the United States; VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:39 May 21, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\HR391.IH HR391 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HRES 391 IH Whereas, by one count, in 2018 in the United States, there were— (1) 340 mass shooting incidents in which not fewer than 4 people were killed or wounded by gunfire; and (2) 103 incidents in which a gun was fired in a school or college; Whereas gun violence typically escalates during the summer months; Whereas nearly 2,900 children and teens are killed by gun vi- olence every year; Whereas, every 70 minutes, one person in the United States under the age of 25 dies because of gun violence; Whereas more than 6,300 of such persons die annually, in- cluding Hadiya Pendleton, who, in 2013, at age 15, was killed while standing in a Chicago park; Whereas, on the first weekend of June to recognize Hadiya Pendleton’s 22nd birthday, people across the United States will recognize ‘‘National Gun Violence Awareness Weekend’’ and wear orange in tribute to Hadiya, other victims of gun violence, and their loved ones; and Whereas June 2019 would be an appropriate month to des- ignate as ‘‘National Gun Violence Awareness Month’’: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1 (1) supports— 2 (A) the goals and ideals of National Gun 3 Violence Awareness Month; and 4 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:39 May 21, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR391.IH HR391 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HRES 391 IH (B) the goals and ideals of National Gun 1 Violence Awareness Weekend in remembrance 2 of the victims of gun violence; and 3 (2) calls on the people of the United States 4 to— 5 (A) promote greater awareness of gun vio- 6 lence and gun safety; 7 (B) wear orange, the color that hunters 8 wear to show they are not targets, on National 9 Gun Violence Awareness Weekend; 10 (C) concentrate heightened attention on 11 gun violence during the summer months, when 12 gun violence typically increases; and 13 (D) bring citizens and community leaders 14 together to discuss ways to make communities 15 safer. 16 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:39 May 21, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR391.IH HR391 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS