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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 753 

Expressing support for the designation of June 2, 2016, as ‘‘National Gun 

Violence Awareness Day’’ and June 2016 as ‘‘National Gun Violence 

Awareness Month’’. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 25, 2016 

Ms. KELLY of Illinois (for herself, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. 

LEE, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, and Ms. FUDGE) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 

the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing support for the designation of June 2, 2016, 

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

2016 as ‘‘National Gun Violence Awareness Month’’. 

Whereas, each year, more than— 

(1) 32,000 people in the United States are killed 

and 80,000 are injured by gunfire; 

(2) 11,000 people in the United States are killed in 

homicides involving firearms; 

(3) 21,000 people in the United States commit suicide by using firearms; and 

(4) 500 people in the United States are killed in accidental shootings; 


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Whereas, since 1968, more people of the United States have 

died from guns in the United States than on the battlefields of all the wars in the history of the United States; 

Whereas, by 1 count in 2015 in the United States, there 

were— 

(1) 372 mass shooting incidents in which not fewer 

than 4 people were killed or wounded by gunfire; and 

(2) 64 incidents in which a gun was fired in a 

school; 

Whereas gun violence typically escalates during the summer 

months; 

Whereas, every 70 minutes, 1 person in the United States 

under 25 years of age dies because of gun violence, and 

more than 6,300 such individuals die annually, including 

Hadiya Pendleton, who, in 2013, was killed at 15 years 

of age while standing in a Chicago park; 

Whereas, on June 2, 2016, on what would have been Hadiya 

Pendleton’s 19th birthday, people across the United 

States will recognize National Gun Violence Awareness 

Day and wear orange in tribute to Hadiya and other victims of gun violence and their loved ones; and 

Whereas June 2016 would be 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 


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1 (B) the designation of ‘‘National Gun Vio2 lence Awareness Day’’ in remembrance of the 

3 victims of gun violence; and 

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

5 to— 

6 (A) promote greater awareness of gun vio7 lence and gun safety; 

8 (B) wear orange, the color that hunters 

9 wear to show that they are not targets, on Na10 tional Gun Violence Awareness Day; 

11 (C) concentrate heightened attention on 

12 gun violence during the summer months, when 

13 gun violence typically increases; and 

14 (D) bring citizens and community leaders 

15 together to discuss ways to make communities 

16 safer. 

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