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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 231 

Expressing support for the designation of June 2, 2023, as ‘‘National Gun 

Violence Awareness Day’’ and June 2023 as ‘‘National Gun Violence 

Awareness Month’’. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 1, 2023 

Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. WELCH, Mrs. 

FEINSTEIN, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. CARDIN, 

Mr. CASEY, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. LUJA ́N, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. 

BALDWIN, Mr. REED, Mr. KAINE, Mr. WARNOCK, Ms. CANTWELL, Ms. 

KLOBUCHAR, Mr. HEINRICH, and Mr. PADILLA) submitted the following 

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing support for the designation of June 2, 2023, 

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

2023 as ‘‘National Gun Violence Awareness Month’’. 

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

(1) 43,000 individuals are killed and 76,000 individuals are wounded by gunfire; 

(2) 17,000 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; 


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•SRES 231 IS 

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 2022 was an especially deadly year for the United 

States, with an estimated 20,100 people killed in homicides involving guns or nonsuicide-related shootings; 

Whereas, in 2022, unintentional shootings by children surpassed 350 incidents for the third year in a row, resulting in nearly 140 deaths annually; 

Whereas, by one count, in 2022 in the United States, there 

were 646 mass-shooting incidents in which not fewer 

than 4 people were killed or wounded by gunfire; 

Whereas, from 2010 to 2021 in the United States, 65,000 

military veterans died by suicide, the overwhelming majority of such deaths being the result of a firearm; 

Whereas, every year in the United States, nearly 4,000 children and teens are killed by gun violence and 15,000 

children and teens are shot and wounded; 

Whereas approximately 9,300 individuals in the United 

States under 25 years of age die because of gun violence 

annually, including Hadiya Pendleton, who, in 2013, was 

killed at 15 years of age in Chicago, Illinois, while standing in a park; 

Whereas, on June 2, 2023, to recognize the 26th 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 


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•SRES 231 IS 

Whereas June 2023 is an appropriate month to designate as 

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

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

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’’; 

16 (C) concentrate heightened attention on 

17 gun violence during the summer months, when 

18 gun violence typically increases; and 

19 (D) bring community members and leaders 

20 together to discuss ways to make communities 

21 safer. 

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