IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 798 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the relation-
ship between firearm violence and intimate partner violence and to honor 
the memory of Gladys Ricart and other victims of intimate partner 
homicide killed by firearms, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 17, 2021 
Mr. ESPAILLAT (for himself, Mr. SWALWELL, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. SUOZZI, Ms. 
JACKSON LEE, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. COSTA, 
Ms. ADAMS, Mr. MRVAN, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. CARSON, Ms. LEE of Cali-
fornia, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. BONAMICI, and 
Ms. STRICKLAND) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees 
on Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, Ways and Means, Edu-
cation and Labor, Natural Resources, and Veterans’ Affairs, for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regard-
ing the relationship between firearm violence and inti-
mate partner violence and to honor the memory of Glad-
ys Ricart and other victims of intimate partner homicide 
killed by firearms, and for other purposes. 
Whereas domestic violence perpetrated with a firearm dis-
proportionately affects millions of American adults and 
children, with a particular impact on women; 
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Whereas nearly 92 percent of women killed by firearms in 
high-income countries were American women; 
Whereas firearms are used in nearly 59 percent of cases 
where women are killed by their intimate partners; 
Whereas an average of 57 women are killed by their intimate 
partners using firearms every month; 
Whereas 59 percent of mass shootings between 2014 and 
2019 were connected to instances of domestic or intimate 
partner violence; 
Whereas only 16 percent of victims in domestic violence-re-
lated mass shootings survive such incidents compared to 
37 percent of victims in nondomestic violence-related 
mass shootings; 
Whereas nearly 1 in 10 United States adults have experi-
enced nonfatal firearm abuse at the hands of an intimate 
partner, such as being threatened directly with a firearm 
or by a partner who possessed or had easy access to a 
firearm, or having a firearm fired or pointed at them; 
Whereas 4,500,000 women in the United States reported 
having been threatened with a firearm by an intimate 
partner; 
Whereas, when an abusive male partner has access to a fire-
arm, a female victim of such abuse is 5 times more likely 
to be killed; 
Whereas, in two-thirds of households with a history of abuse 
and with firearms present, the abusive partner used the 
firearm against the victim by threatening or otherwise 
terrorizing them; 
Whereas over half of all intimate partner homicides are com-
mitted in never-married relationships; 
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Whereas the deadly intersection of firearms and intimate 
partner violence affects all women, but it has a dispropor-
tionate impact on Black, American Indian/Alaska Native, 
and Hispanic women; 
Whereas 1 in 3 Hispanic women have experienced intimate 
partner violence; 
Whereas, compared to non-Hispanic White women, Black 
women are twice as likely to be fatally shot by an inti-
mate partner, and nearly 3 times more likely at the ages 
between 18 and 34; 
Whereas more than half of the population of American In-
dian/Alaska Native women have experienced physical vio-
lence by intimate partners; and 
Whereas early research shows that domestic and intimate 
partner violence have increased during the COVID–19 
pandemic: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That— 
(1) the House of Representatives— 
(A) recognizes the relationship between 
firearm violence and intimate partner violence; 
(B) commends domestic violence victim ad-
vocates, domestic violence victim service pro-
viders, crisis hotline staff, and first responders 
serving victims of domestic violence for their 
compassionate support of survivors of domestic 
violence; and 
(C) pledges to fund comprehensive re-
search on the nexus of firearms and intimate 
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partner violence, including the disproportionate 
impact on Black, American Indian/Alaska Na-
tive, and Hispanic people; and 
(2) it is the sense of the House of Representa-
tives that the Congress should— 
(A) strengthen the National Instant Crimi-
nal Background Check System to keep firearms 
out of the hands of those who are prohibited 
from possessing them; 
(B) restrict access to firearms by all people 
subject to domestic violence restraining orders; 
(C) continue to support programs designed 
to assist survivors of domestic violence, hold 
perpetrators of domestic violence accountable, 
and bring an end to domestic violence; 
(D) continue to support local relinquish-
ment processes to ensure compliance with Fed-
eral firearm prohibitions in domestic violence 
cases; 
(E) immediately consider H.R. 1494, the 
Zero Tolerance for Domestic Abusers Act, and 
H.R. 1441, the No Guns for Abusers Act of 
2021; and 
(F) call on the Senate to immediately con-
sider H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background 
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