IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 913 
Expressing support for the goals and ideals of June 1 through June 3, 
2018 as ‘‘National Gun Violence Awareness Weekend’’ and June 2018 
as ‘‘National Gun Violence Awareness Month’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 24, 2018 
Ms. KELLY of Illinois (for herself, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. BEYER, Mr. BLU-
MENAUER, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. CLAY, Mr. 
COHEN, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. 
GUTIE´RREZ, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. KEATING, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. LANGEVIN, 
Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. MOORE, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. RICH-
MOND, Mr. RUSH, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mrs. WATSON COLE-
MAN, Mr. DEUTCH, and Mrs. BEATTY) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for the goals and ideals of June 1 
through June 3, 2018 as ‘‘National Gun Violence Aware-
ness Weekend’’ and June 2018 as ‘‘National Gun Vio-
lence Awareness Month’’. 
Whereas, in the United States each year, more than— 
(1) 35,000 individuals are killed and 80,000 individ-
uals are injured by gunfire; 
(2) 12,000 individuals are killed in homicides involv-
ing firearms; 
(3) 21,000 individuals commit suicide by using fire-
arms; and 
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(4) 500 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, by one count, in 2017 in the United States, there 
were— 
(1) 346 mass shooting incidents in which not fewer 
than 4 people were killed or wounded by gunfire; and 
(2) 64 incidents in which a gun was fired in a school 
or college; 
Whereas gun violence typically escalates during the summer 
months; 
Whereas nearly 2,700 children and teens are killed by gun vi-
olence every year, including Hadiya Pendleton, who, in 
2013, was killed at 15 years of age while standing in a 
Chicago park; and 
Whereas, during the weekend of June 1 through June 3, 
2018, the weekend in which Hadiya Pendleton would 
have had her 21st birthday, people across the United 
States will recognize National Gun Violence Awareness 
Weekend and wear orange in tribute to Hadiya and other 
victims of gun violence and the loved ones of those vic-
tims: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representative— 
(1) supports— 
(A) the goals and ideals of ‘‘National Gun 
Violence Awareness Month’’; and 
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(B) the goals and ideals of ‘‘National Gun 
Violence Awareness Weekend’’ 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; 
(C) concentrate heightened attention on 
gun violence during the summer months, when 
gun violence typically increases; and 
(D) bring community members and leaders 
together to discuss ways to make communities 
safer. 
Æ 
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