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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 716 

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 3, 2024 

Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. 

BLUMENTHAL, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. WELCH, Mr. REED, Mr. 

KAINE, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. FETTERMAN, Mr. CASEY, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. 

MURPHY, and Mr. WYDEN) submitted the following resolution; which was 

referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing support for the designation of June 7, 2024, 

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

(2) 17,000 individuals are killed in homicides involving guns; 

(3) 24,000 individuals die by suicide using a gun; 

and 

(4) 500 individuals are killed in unintentional shootings; 


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•SRES 716 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 2023 was a deadly year for the United States, with 

an estimated 16,100 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 not fewer 

than 4 people were killed or wounded by gunfire; 

Whereas, nationwide, 87,000 military veterans died by gun 

suicide from 2002–2021; 

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 people 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 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 


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•SRES 716 IS 

Whereas June 2024 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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