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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 217 

Expressing support for the designation of June 7 through June 9, 2019, 

as ‘‘National Gun Violence Awareness Weekend’’ and June 2019 as 

‘‘National Gun Violence Awareness Month’’. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 21, 2019 

Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, 

Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Ms. HARRIS, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MURPHY, Mrs. MURRAY, and Mr. VAN HOLLEN) submitted the 

following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing support for the designation of June 7 through 

June 9, 2019, as ‘‘National Gun Violence Awareness 

Weekend’’ and June 2019 as ‘‘National Gun Violence 

Awareness Month’’. 

Whereas, each year in the United States, more than— 

(1) 36,000 individuals are killed and 100,000 individuals are injured by gunfire; 

(2) 12,000 individuals are killed in homicides involving firearms; 

(3) 22,000 individuals commit suicide by using firearms; and 

(4) 500 individuals are killed in unintentional shootings; 


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Whereas, since 1968, more individuals have died from guns 

in the United States than have died on the battlefields 

of all the wars in the history of the United States; 

Whereas, by 1 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 violence every year; 

Whereas more than 6,300 people in the United States under 

the age of 25 die because of gun violence annually, including Hadiya Pendleton, who, in 2013, was killed at 15 

years of age in Chicago while standing in a park; 

Whereas, on the first weekend of June 2019, to recognize the 

22nd birthday of Hadiya Pendleton, people across the 

United States will recognize National Gun Violence 

Awareness Weekend and wear orange in tribute to— 

(1) Hadiya Pendleton and other victims of gun violence; and 

(2) the loved ones of those victims; and 

Whereas June 2019 is an appropriate month to designate as 

‘‘National Gun Violence Awareness Month’’: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) supports— 


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1 (A) the designation of June 2019 as ‘‘Na2 tional Gun Violence Awareness Month’’ and the 

3 goals and ideals of that month; and 

4 (B) the designation of June 7 through 

5 June 9, 2019, as ‘‘National Gun Violence 

6 Awareness Weekend’’, in remembrance of the 

7 victims of gun violence; and 

8 (2) calls on the people of the United States 

9 to— 

10 (A) promote greater awareness of gun vio11 lence and gun safety; 

12 (B) wear orange, the color that hunters 

13 wear to show that they are not targets, on June 

14 7 through June 9, 2019; 

15 (C) concentrate heightened attention on 

16 gun violence during the summer months, when 

17 gun violence typically increases; and 

18 (D) bring community members and leaders 

19 together to discuss ways to make communities 

20 safer. 

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