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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1432 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1432

   Expressing support for the designation of September 10, 2024, as 
   ``National Firearm Suicide Prevention Day'' to educate about the 
  growing firearm suicide crisis in the United States and promote the 
  importance of storing firearms safely and securely as an essential 
                    component of suicide prevention.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 10, 2024

 Ms. Brownley (for herself, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Barragan, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
Tonko, Mr. Moskowitz, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Stevens, 
 Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Soto, Mr. Carbajal, Ms. Williams of 
 Georgia, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Johnson of 
  Georgia, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Kennedy, Ms. Salinas, Ms. McClellan, Ms. 
Tlaib, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Swalwell, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. 
 Amo, Mrs. Dingell, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Titus, Ms. Crockett, 
  Mr. Trone, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. 
   Kildee, Mr. Neguse, Ms. Tokuda, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Wilson of 
Florida, Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. Torres of California, Mr. Crow, Mr. Keating, 
   Ms. Pingree, Mr. Veasey, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Morelle, Ms. 
 Jacobs, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mrs. Trahan, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Stansbury, 
Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Deluzio, Mr. Landsman, Mr. Gottheimer, Ms. Kaptur, 
    Ms. Blunt Rochester, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Mr. Carson, Ms. 
 Velazquez, Mrs. McBath, Mr. Bera, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Peters, 
 Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Levin, Mr. Schiff, Mr. 
  Grijalva, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, and Mrs. Foushee) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                               RESOLUTION

 
   Expressing support for the designation of September 10, 2024, as 
   ``National Firearm Suicide Prevention Day'' to educate about the 
  growing firearm suicide crisis in the United States and promote the 
  importance of storing firearms safely and securely as an essential 
                    component of suicide prevention.

Whereas, each and every day in the United States, 74 individuals lose their life 
        to firearm suicide;
Whereas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National 
        Center for Health Statistics, in 2022, a firearm was used in 54.6 
        percent of all suicides in the United States;
Whereas firearm suicide rates across the United States increased by 14-percent 
        over the past decade;
Whereas firearms are by far the deadliest method of suicide, 90 percent of 
        suicide attempts with a gun are fatal;
Whereas easy access to firearms triples the risk of suicide;
Whereas 4,600,000 children live in homes with access to an unlocked or 
        unsupervised gun;
Whereas in 75 percent of youth firearm suicides the gun storage method was 
        identified, the gun was stored loaded and unlocked;
Whereas firearms are the most rapidly increasing suicide method for preteens in 
        the United States;
Whereas Hispanic children have seen the greatest increase in suicide rate, while 
        Black children face the highest suicide rate amongst all preteens in the 
        United States;
Whereas 71 percent of veteran suicide deaths are the result of a firearm;
Whereas simply storing a firearm safely is a factor known to reduce the 
        likelihood of a gun owner dying by firearm suicide;
Whereas recent studies have noted that even a 20-percent increase in the number 
        of households in the United States practicing safe storage could prevent 
        almost one-third of all annual gun deaths from suicide and unintentional 
        shootings;
Whereas a November 2017 Government Accountability Office report, ``Personal 
        Firearms: Programs that Promote Safe Storage and Research on Their 
        Effectiveness'', identified 16 public or nonprofit programs that promote 
        safe gun storage;
Whereas ``Firearm Suicide Prevention Day'', founded by Brady and End Family 
        Fire, is held annually on the second Tuesday in September as an 
        opportunity to promote awareness about growing firearm suicide crisis in 
        the United States and the evidence-based role of safe firearm storage in 
        preventing it; and
Whereas September 10, 2024, is the second Tuesday in September and is designated 
        by national and local organizations as ``Firearm Suicide Prevention 
        Day'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) supports the designation of ``National Firearm Suicide 
        Prevention Day'' to encourage storing firearms safely and 
        securely as an essential component of suicide prevention;
            (2) encourages public health, medical, and other 
        professionals to discuss gun ownership, gun safety, safe 
        storage in the home, and suicide prevention with their 
        patients; and
            (3) supports the goals and ideals of ``National Firearm 
        Suicide Prevention Day''.
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