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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1271 

Expressing support for the designation of June 7, 2024, as ‘‘National Gun 

Violence Awareness Day’’ and June 2024 as ‘‘National Gun Violence 

Awareness Month’’. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 3, 2024 

Ms. KELLY of Illinois (for herself, Ms. NORTON, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, 

Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, Ms. STEVENS, 

Mrs. MCBATH, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. JOHNSON

of Georgia, Mr. PASCRELL, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, 

Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. COSTA, Ms. PORTER, Ms. SEWELL, Ms. TITUS, Mr. 

GOLDMAN of New York, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. PETERS, Mr. MCGARVEY, 

Ms. BROWNLEY, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. FROST, Ms. 

BARRAGA ́N, Mr. EVANS, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Mrs. 

WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. NADLER, Ms. 

DAVIDS of Kansas, Mr. HORSFORD, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mrs. FLETCHER, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. CLARKE of New 

York, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. BALINT, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. LEE of 

California, Mr. CASE, Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. MRVAN, Ms. LEE

of Nevada, Mr. PALLONE, Mrs. FOUSHEE, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Ms. 

KUSTER, Mr. CARSON, Mr. SWALWELL, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. 

DESAULNIER, Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois, Mr. AMO, Mr. LIEU, Mr. 

MORELLE, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. MENG, Mr. CASTEN, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mr. CROW, Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, Mr. GREEN of Texas, and 

Ms. ADAMS) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing support for the designation of June 7, 2024, 


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as ‘‘National Gun Violence Awareness Day’’ and June 

2024 as ‘‘National Gun Violence Awareness Month’’. 

Whereas each year in the United States more than— 

(1) 44,000 individuals are killed and 88,000 individuals are wounded by gunfire; 

(2) close to 18,000 individuals are killed in homicides involving guns; 

(3) 25,000 individuals die by suicide using a gun; 

and 

(4) 500 individuals are killed in unintentional shootings; 

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 2023 was a deadly year for the United States, with 

an estimated 18,800 people killed in gun homicides or 

nonsuicide-related shootings; 

Whereas, in 2023, unintentional shootings by children surpassed 400 incidents for the first time ever, resulting in 

nearly 160 deaths annually; 

Whereas, by one count, in 2023 in the United States, there 

were 656 mass-shooting incidents in which at least 4 people were killed or wounded by gunfire; 

Whereas nationwide, 87,000 military veterans died by gun 

suicide from 2002 to 2021; 

Whereas, every year in the United States, nearly 4,000 children and teens are killed by gun violence and 21,000 

children and teens are shot and wounded; 

Whereas, approximately 9,400 people in the United States 

under the age of 25 die because of gun violence annually, 


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including Hadiya Pendleton, who, in 2013, was killed at 

15 years of age in Chicago, Illinois, while standing in a 

park; 

Whereas, on June 7, 2024, to recognize the 27th birthday of 

Hadiya Pendleton (born June 2, 1997), people across the 

United States will recognize ‘‘National Gun Violence 

Awareness Day’’ 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 2024, is an appropriate month to designate as 

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

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) supports— 

3 (A) the designation of ‘‘National Gun Vio4 lence Awareness Month’’ and the goals and 

5 ideals of that month; and 

6 (B) the designation of ‘‘National Gun Vio7 lence Awareness Day’’, in remembrance of the 

8 victims of gun violence; and 

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

10 to— 

11 (A) promote greater awareness of gun vio12 lence and gun safety; 

13 (B) wear orange, the color that hunters 

14 wear to show that they are not targets, on ‘‘Na15 tional Gun Violence Awareness Day’’; 


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1 (C) concentrate heightened attention on 

2 gun violence during the summer months, when 

3 gun violence typically increases; and 

4 (D) bring community members and leaders 

5 together to discuss ways to make communities 

6 safer. 

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