IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1144 
Expressing support for the designation of June 3, 2022, as ‘‘National Gun 
Violence Awareness Day’’ and June 2022 as ‘‘National Gun Violence 
Awareness Month’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 27, 2022 
Ms. KELLY of Illinois (for herself, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. MCGOV-
ERN, Mr. CROW, Ms. SEWELL, Ms. MOORE
of Wisconsin, Mr. 
SWALWELL, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, 
Ms. NORTON, Mr. RUSH, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Mr. PHIL-
LIPS, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. EVANS, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New 
York, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mrs. MCBATH, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. BLU-
MENAUER, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Ms. MENG, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. 
HORSFORD, Mr. TORRES of New York, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mrs. WATSON 
COLEMAN, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 
JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. TITUS, and Ms. LEE of California) submitted 
the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for the designation of June 3, 2022, 
as ‘‘National Gun Violence Awareness Day’’ and June 
2022 as ‘‘National Gun Violence Awareness Month’’. 
Whereas each year in the United States more than— 
(1) 38,500 individuals are killed and 85,000 individ-
uals are wounded by gunfire; 
(2) 15,000 individuals are killed in homicides involv-
ing guns; 
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(3) 23,000 individuals die by suicide using a gun; 
and 
(4) 490 individuals are killed in unintentional shoot-
ings; 
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 2021 was one of the deadliest years on record for 
the United States, with an estimated 20,700 people killed 
in gun homicides or nonsuicide related shootings, a 6-per-
cent increase over 2020; 
Whereas unintentional shooting deaths by children recently 
increased by nearly one-third, comparing incidents in 
March to December of 2020 to the same months in 2019; 
Whereas by one count, in 2021 in the United States, there 
were 693 mass-shooting incidents in which at least 4 peo-
ple were killed or wounded by gunfire; 
Whereas, nationwide, 65,000 military veterans died by suicide 
since 2010, the overwhelming majority as the result of a 
firearm; 
Whereas every year in the United States, more than 3,500 
children and teens are killed by gun violence and 15,000 
children and teens are shot and wounded; 
Whereas approximately 8,500 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, on June 3, 2022, to recognize the 25th birthday of 
Hadiya Pendleton (born June 2, 1997), people across the 
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United States will recognize ‘‘National Gun Violence 
Awareness Day’’ and wear orange in tribute to— 
(1) Hadiya Pendleton and other victims of gun vio-
lence; and 
(2) the loved ones of those victims; and 
Whereas June 2022 is an appropriate month to designate as 
‘‘National Gun Violence Awareness Month’’: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports— 
(A) the designation of ‘‘National Gun Vio-
lence Awareness Month’’ and the goals and 
ideals of that month; and 
(B) the designation of ‘‘National Gun Vio-
lence Awareness Day’’, in remembrance of the 
victims of gun violence; and 
(2) calls on the people of the United States 
to— 
(A) promote greater awareness of gun vio-
lence and gun safety; 
(B) wear orange, the color that hunters 
wear to show that they are not targets, on ‘‘Na-
tional Gun Violence Awareness Day’’; 
(C) concentrate heightened attention on 
gun violence during the summer months, when 
gun violence typically increases; and 
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(D) bring community members and leaders 
together to discuss ways to make communities 
safer. 
Æ 
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