IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1192 
Expressing support for the designation of June 21, 2022, as National ASK 
(Asking Saves Kids) Day to promote children’s health and safe storage 
of guns in the home. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 21, 2022 
Mr. CICILLINE submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for the designation of June 21, 2022, 
as National ASK (Asking Saves Kids) Day to promote 
children’s health and safe storage of guns in the home. 
Whereas firearm-related deaths are now the leading cause of 
death in American children; 
Whereas, according to estimates from the Healthcare Cost 
and Utilization Project, on average, 22 children and 
teens per day were injured or killed from the discharge 
of a firearm; 
Whereas 4.6 million children in the United States live in 
homes with loaded and unlocked guns; 
Whereas in States that collect data through the National Vio-
lent Death Reporting System, on average, 80 percent of 
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unintentional firearm deaths of children under 15 oc-
curred in a home; 
Whereas in approximately 80 percent of school shootings by 
a student, the gun was brought from their home or the 
home of a family member and owned by an adult family 
member; 
Whereas the ASK Campaign encourages parents to add a 
question to a conversation before their child visits other 
homes, ‘‘Is there a gun in your house?’’, and follow af-
firmative answers with, ‘‘Is it locked and unloaded?’’; 
Whereas asking these simple questions about gun safety be-
fore sending your child to visit or play at another home 
could help save your child’s life; 
Whereas asking these questions will raise awareness of the 
need for safe storage of guns in the home as a proven 
effective preventative safety measure; 
Whereas asking these questions will prevent incidents of fam-
ily fire, in which an improperly stored or misused gun re-
sults in injury or death; 
Whereas the ASK Campaign was first established with the 
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in 2000 and is 
currently administered by the Brady Campaign; 
Whereas the president of the AAP has said, ‘‘Keeping chil-
dren and teens safe from preventable injuries is one of 
the most important things we do as pediatricians.’’; 
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, including the ASK program, and reported that 
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the ASK program was the only national program to be 
evaluated and validated as effective; 
Whereas June 21, the first day of summer, the season in 
which kids typically spend more time at a friend’s or 
family member’s home, has traditionally been designated 
as National ASK Day; 
Whereas the Brady Center and Campaign, its more than 100 
chapters in a majority of States throughout the Nation, 
and its many local, State, and national partners come to-
gether to highlight the ASK Campaign each year in com-
munities across the Nation; and 
Whereas June 21 is designated by national organizations, as 
well as various local and State governments, including 
State legislatures, as the 19th annual National ASK Day: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the designation of National ASK 
(Asking Saves Kids) Day to encourage parents to 
begin asking this life-saving question; 
(2) encourages public health, medical, and other 
professionals to discuss gun ownership, gun safety, 
and safe storage in the home with their patients and 
parents and guardians of minors; and 
(3) supports the goals and ideals of National 
ASK Day. 
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