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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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024 

Ms. BROWNLEY (for herself, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, 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. VELA ́ZQUEZ, 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 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing support for the designation of September 10, 

2024, as ‘‘National Firearm Suicide Prevention Day’’ 


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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; 


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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 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) supports the designation of ‘‘National Fire3 arm Suicide Prevention Day’’ to encourage storing 

4 firearms safely and securely as an essential compo5 nent of suicide prevention; 

6 (2) encourages public health, medical, and other 

7 professionals to discuss gun ownership, gun safety, 


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1 safe storage in the home, and suicide prevention 

2 with their patients; and 

3 (3) supports the goals and ideals of ‘‘National 

4 Firearm Suicide Prevention Day’’. 

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