IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 373 
Expressing support for the designation of June 2017 as ‘‘National Gun 
Violence Awareness Month’’ and calling on Congress to address gun violence. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 2, 2017 
Ms. NORTON submitted the following 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 subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for the designation of June 2017 as 
‘‘National Gun Violence Awareness Month’’ and calling 
on Congress to address gun violence. 
Whereas summer is the season with the highest rates of gun 
violence in the United States; 
Whereas 100,000 Americans suffer gunshot wounds in the 
United States every year; 
Whereas approximately 89 people die and approximately 300 
are injured from gun violence each day in the United 
States; 
Whereas more than 50 percent of all gunshot victims in the 
United States are under 30 years old; 
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Whereas every 60 minutes 1 person in the United States who 
is under 25 years of age loses his or her life to gun vio-
lence; 
Whereas 5 percent of gun dealers (approximately 3,000 deal-
ers nationwide) supply nearly 90 percent of all crime 
guns that show up in the streets of the United States; 
Whereas fewer than 100 people in the United States have 
been killed in terror attacks since September 11, 2001, 
but tens of thousands have been killed by gun violence in 
that same time period; 
Whereas more people in the United States have died from 
gunshot wounds in the past three decades than the sum 
total of combat deaths in all the wars in United States 
history; 
Whereas two-thirds of all homicides and half of all suicides 
in the United States are a result of gunshot wounds; 
Whereas 90 percent of homicides of law enforcement officers 
in the United States are a result of gunshot wounds; 
Whereas guns used during a robbery are 3 times more likely 
than knives and 10 times more likely than other weapons 
to result in the death of a victim; 
Whereas, in the United States, 84 percent of homicides 
against male victims between 15 and 34 years of age are 
committed with guns; 
Whereas 20 percent of female homicide victims in the United 
States are killed by a current or former partner using a 
gun; 
Whereas gun violence in the United States declined in the 
1990s after the enactment of the Brady Handgun Vio-
lence Prevention Act in 1993, which created a national 
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background check system, and the Violent Crime Control 
and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, which placed a 10- 
year ban on the sale of assault weapons and large capac-
ity ammunition magazines; 
Whereas with the rise over time of sales in ‘‘no questions 
asked’’ transactions, 40 percent of guns sold in the 
United States are now done so without a Brady back-
ground check; 
Whereas the ban on the sale of assault weapons and large ca-
pacity ammunition magazines expired in 2004; 
Whereas, in 2016, the number of homicides due to gunshot 
wounds spiked again in cities such as Chicago, Mil-
waukee, St. Louis, and New Orleans; 
Whereas this trend of increasing gun violence may spread; 
Whereas in the 16 States that require background checks of 
private gun sales, there are 38 percent fewer fatal shoot-
ings of women by their partners, 39 percent fewer police 
murdered by guns, 17 percent fewer firearm aggravated 
assaults, and 49 percent fewer suicides using guns; 
Whereas murder due to gunshot wounds climbed 25 percent 
in Missouri when universal background checks were lift-
ed; 
Whereas, on average, 33,880 deaths per year in the United 
States were due to guns; and 
Whereas it would be appropriate to designate June 2017 as 
‘‘National Gun Violence Awareness Month’’: Now, there-
fore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the designation of ‘‘National Gun 
Violence Awareness Month’’; and 
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(2) calls on the Congress to enact the following 
legislation from the 115th Congress to address gun 
violence: 
(A) H.R. 1475, the Gun Trafficking Pre-
vention Act of 2017, to limit the trafficking of 
firearms. 
(B) H.R. 1478, the Gun Violence Research 
Act of 2017, to allow the Department Health 
and Human Services to sponsor research on 
gun violence. 
(C) H.R. 1612, the Gun Show Loophole 
Closing Act of 2017, to require that back-
ground checks be conducted on individuals pur-
chasing guns at gun shows. 
(D) Legislation to ban assault weapons 
and large capacity ammunition magazines. 
Æ 
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