IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 684 
Expressing support for the designation of September 9, 2025, as ‘‘National 
Firearm Suicide Prevention Day’’ to educate about the growing firearm 
suicide crisis in the United States and promote the importance of storing 
firearms safely and securely as an essential component of suicide preven-
tion. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 9, 2025 
Ms. BROWNLEY (for herself, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. THANEDAR, Mr. MIN, 
Mr. HUFFMAN, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. SCHRIER, Ms. TITUS, Mr. 
CARBAJAL, Mrs. DINGELL, Mrs. FLETCHER, Ms. CROCKETT, Ms. 
ELFRETH, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Mr. TRAN, 
Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, Mr. OLSZEWSKI, 
Mr. NADLER, Mr. GOLDMAN of New York, Ms. NORTON, Ms. BALINT, 
Mr. KENNEDY
of New York, Mr. THOMPSON
of California, Mr. 
SWALWELL, Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. BUDZINSKI, Mr. DELUZIO, Mr. 
BEYER, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. DESAULNIER, Ms. MORRISON, Ms. BONAMICI, 
Ms. RANDALL, Ms. SIMON, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. ROSS, Mr. LEVIN, Ms. 
HOYLE of Oregon, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Mr. WHITESIDES, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. 
KAMLAGER-DOVE, Mrs. MCIVER, Ms. CHU, Mrs. TORRES of California, 
Mr. CASTEN, Mrs. SYKES, Mr. POCAN, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. DEGETTE, and 
Mr. TAKANO) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for the designation of September 9, 
2025, as ‘‘National Firearm Suicide Prevention Day’’ 
to educate about the growing firearm suicide crisis in 
the United States and promote the importance of storing 
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firearms safely and securely as an essential component 
of suicide prevention. 
Whereas each and every day in the United States, 74 individ-
uals lose their life to firearm suicide; 
Whereas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics, in 
2023, a firearm was used in 55 percent of all suicides in 
the United States; 
Whereas firearm suicide rates across the United States in-
creased by 14 percent over the past decade; 
Whereas firearms are by far the deadliest method of suicide, 
and 90 percent of suicide attempts with a gun are fatal; 
Whereas easy access to firearms triples the risk of suicide; 
Whereas 4,600,000 children live in homes with access to an 
unlocked or unsupervised gun; 
Whereas in 75 percent of youth firearm suicides, the gun 
storage method was identified, and the gun was stored 
loaded and unlocked; 
Whereas firearm suicides among children have increased by 
57 percent in the United States; 
Whereas Native American/Alaska Native youth have seen the 
greatest increase in suicide rate, while Black children 
face the highest suicide rate amongst all preteens in the 
United States; 
Whereas elder white males (ages 70+) face the highest rates 
of gun suicide compared to any other demographic; 
Whereas 71 percent of veteran suicide deaths are the result 
of a firearm; 
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Whereas simply storing a firearm safely is a factor known to 
reduce the likelihood of a gun owner dying by firearm 
suicide; 
Whereas recent studies have noted that even a 20 percent in-
crease in the number of households in the United States 
practicing safe storage could prevent almost one-third of 
all annual youth gun deaths from suicide and uninten-
tional shootings; 
Whereas a November 2017 Government Accountability Office 
report, ‘‘Personal Firearms: Programs that Promote Safe 
Storage and Research on Their Effectiveness’’, identified 
16 public or nonprofit programs that promote safe gun 
storage; 
Whereas ‘‘Firearm Suicide Prevention Day’’, founded by 
Brady and End Family Fire, is held annually on the sec-
ond Tuesday in September as an opportunity to promote 
awareness about growing firearm suicide crisis in the 
United States and the evidence-based role of safe firearm 
storage in preventing it; and 
Whereas September 9, 2025, is the second Tuesday in Sep-
tember and is designated by national and local organiza-
tions as ‘‘Firearm Suicide Prevention Day’’: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the designation of ‘‘National Fire-
arm Suicide Prevention Day’’ to encourage storing 
firearms safely and securely as an essential compo-
nent of suicide prevention; 
(2) encourages public health, medical, and other 
professionals to discuss gun ownership, gun safety, 
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safe storage in the home, and suicide prevention 
with their patients; and 
(3) supports the goals and ideals of ‘‘National 
Firearm Suicide Prevention Day’’. 
Æ 
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