IV 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 204
Supporting the Million Mom March against gun violence and accepting the 
challenge to reduce by 5,000 the number of lives lost to gun violence 
by the year 2005, by instituting and supporting policies that will further 
that goal. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 3, 2003
Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York submitted the following concurrent resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Supporting the Million Mom March against gun violence 
and accepting the challenge to reduce by 5,000 the num-
ber of lives lost to gun violence by the year 2005, by 
instituting and supporting policies that will further that 
goal.
Whereas the United States has the highest rate of death by 
gunfire of any industrialized nation, and for every person 
that is killed by a gun in the United States, approxi-
mately 3 people are injured; 
Whereas, from 1999 to 2002, approximately 120,000 people 
were killed by gunfire in the United States, and of that
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number, approximately 14,000 of these victims were chil-
dren and young adults; 
Whereas every 9 hours in the United States someone’s child 
aged 10 to 19 commits suicide with a gun; 
Whereas the number of gun deaths, particularly for gun-re-
lated suicide, represents a public crisis that is in need of 
resolution; 
Whereas the Million Mom March, a nationwide, grassroots, 
chapter-based organization, committed to keeping com-
munities free from gun death and injury, has called on 
Congress to achieve the goal of saving 5,000 lives by the 
year 2005, by instituting and supporting policies that will 
help further this goal; 
Whereas that goal of 5,000 lives represents just under 10 
percent of the approximately 56,000 people who, at the 
current rate, will die from gun violence over the next 2 
years; 
Whereas each death due to gun violence leaves a trail of 
grief, trauma, and sorrow in friend and family of the vic-
tim; and 
Whereas there are many common sense, reasonable solutions 
to saving lives from gun violence: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That Congress—
(1) recognizes that the number of gun-related 
deaths and injuries in the United States is unaccept-
able and amounts to a public health crisis; 
(2) urges the Surgeon General, as a public 
health issue, to warn parents of the dangers of keep-
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ing a loaded, unlocked firearm in a house with small 
children or teenagers; 
(3) concurs with the Million Mom March that—
(A) people throughout the United States 
have the right to be safe and secure from gun 
violence in their homes, schools, workplace, and 
places of worship; 
(B) all children have the right to grow up 
free from the threat of gun violence; 
(C) gun violence is a public health crisis 
that harms the spiritual, social, and economic 
health of our families and communities; and 
(D) it is possible to reduce the number of 
gun-related deaths and injuries with reasonable, 
common sense policies; and 
(4) supports the Million Mom March against 
gun violence and accepts its call to action to reduce 
by 5,000 the number of lives lost to gun violence by 
the year 2005, by instituting and supporting policies 
that will further this goal.
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