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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 977 

Expressing support for the designation of June 5, 2020, as ‘‘National Gun 

Violence Awareness Day’’ and June 2020 as ‘‘National Gun Violence 

Awareness Month’’. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 22, 2020 

Ms. KELLY of Illinois submitted the following resolution; which was referred 

to the Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing support for the designation of June 5, 2020, 

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

2020 as ‘‘National Gun Violence Awareness Month’’. 

Whereas each year in the United States, more than— 

(1) 37,500 individuals are killed and 73,300 individuals are wounded by gunfire; 

(2) 13,300 individuals are killed in homicides involving firearms; 

(3) 22,900 individuals die by suicide using a firearm; and 

(4) 470 individuals are killed in unintentional shootings; 


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•HRES 977 IH 

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 by 1 count, in 2019 in the United States, there were 

417 mass shooting incidents in which not fewer than 4 

people were killed or wounded by gunfire; 

Whereas, in 2019 in the United States, there were at least 

130 incidents of gunfire on school grounds, resulting in 

33 deaths and 77 injuries; 

Whereas every year in the United States, approximately 

3,000 children and teens are killed by gun violence, and 

13,000 children and teens are shot and wounded; 

Whereas approximately 7,600 people in the United States 

under the age of 25 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 the deadly toll of daily gun violence has continued 

even during the COVID–19 pandemic; 

Whereas, on June 5, 2020, to recognize the 23d 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 2020 is an appropriate month to designate as 

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

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 


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•HRES 977 IH 

1 (1) supports— 

2 (A) the designation of ‘‘National Gun Vio3 lence Awareness Month’’ and the goals and 

4 ideals of that month; and 

5 (B) the designation of ‘‘National Gun Vio6 lence Awareness Day’’ in remembrance of the 

7 victims of gun violence; and 

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

9 to— 

10 (A) promote greater awareness of gun vio11 lence and gun safety; 

12 (B) wear orange, the color that hunters 

13 wear to show that they are not targets, on ‘‘Na14 tional Gun Violence Awareness Day’’; 

15 (C) concentrate heightened attention on 

16 gun violence during the summer months, when 

17 gun violence typically increases; and 

18 (D) bring community members and leaders 

19 together to discuss ways to make communities 

20 safer. 

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