IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1432 
Expressing support for the designation of September 10, 2024, 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 10, 2024 
Ms. BROWNLEY (for herself, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 
TONKO, Mr. MOSKOWITZ, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. 
STEVENS, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. SOTO, Mr. CARBAJAL, Ms. 
WILLIAMS of Georgia, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, 
Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. SALINAS, 
Ms. MCCLELLAN, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. GOLDMAN
of New York, Mr. 
SWALWELL, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. AMO, Mrs. DINGELL, Mrs. 
CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms. TITUS, Ms. CROCKETT, Mr. TRONE, Mr. 
ESPAILLAT, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. THANEDAR, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. 
NEGUSE, Ms. TOKUDA, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. WILSON of Florida, 
Mrs. HAYES, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. CROW, Mr. KEATING, Ms. 
PINGREE, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. MORELLE, Ms. JA-
COBS, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. 
STANSBURY, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. DELUZIO, Mr. LANDSMAN, Mr. 
GOTTHEIMER, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Ms. DEAN of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. CARSON, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mrs. MCBATH, Mr. BERA, 
Ms. LEE of California, Mr. PETERS, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. 
MCCOLLUM, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. CARTER of 
Louisiana, and Mrs. FOUSHEE) submitted the following resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for the designation of September 10, 
2024, as ‘‘National Firearm Suicide Prevention Day’’ 
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•HRES 1432 IH 
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 prevention. 
Whereas, each and every day in the United States, 74 indi-
viduals lose their life to firearm suicide; 
Whereas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics, in 
2022, a firearm was used in 54.6 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, 
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 stor-
age method was identified, the gun was stored loaded and 
unlocked; 
Whereas firearms are the most rapidly increasing suicide 
method for preteens in the United States; 
Whereas Hispanic children have seen the greatest increase in 
suicide rate, while Black children face the highest suicide 
rate amongst all preteens in the United States; 
Whereas 71 percent of veteran suicide deaths are the result 
of a firearm; 
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•HRES 1432 IH 
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 gun deaths from suicide and unintentional 
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 10, 2024, 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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•HRES 1432 IH 
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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