IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 437 
Expressing support for the designation of June 4, 2021, as ‘‘National Gun 
Violence Awareness Day’’ and June 2021 as ‘‘National Gun Violence 
Awareness Month’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 25, 2021 
Ms. KELLY of Illinois (for herself, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. NOR-
TON, Mr. HORSFORD, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. TORRES of 
New York, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, Ms. PLASKETT, 
and Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for the designation of June 4, 2021, 
as ‘‘National Gun Violence Awareness Day’’ and June 
2021 as ‘‘National Gun Violence Awareness Month’’. 
Whereas, each year in the United States, more than— 
(1) 38,500 individuals are killed and 85,000 individ-
uals are wounded by gunfire; 
(2) 14,000 individuals are killed in homicides involv-
ing guns; 
(3) 23,000 individuals die by suicide using a gun; 
and 
(4) 480 individuals are killed in unintentional shoot-
ings; 
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•HRES 437 IH 
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 2020 was one of the deadliest years on record for 
the United States, with an estimated 19,300 people killed 
in gun homicides or nonsuicide-related shootings, a 25 
percent increase over 2019; 
Whereas unintentional shooting deaths by children increased 
by nearly one-third, comparing incidents in March to De-
cember of 2020 to the same months in 2019; 
Whereas, by 1 count, in 2020 in the United States, there 
were 610 mass shooting incidents in which at least 4 peo-
ple were killed or wounded by gunfire; 
Whereas, every year in the United States, more than 3,000 
children and teens are killed by gun violence and 15,000 
children and teens are shot and wounded; 
Whereas approximately 8,800 people in the United States 
under the age of 25 die because of gun violence annually, 
including Hadiya Pendleton, who, in 2013, was killed at 
15 years of age in Chicago, Illinois, while standing in a 
park; 
Whereas, on June 4, 2021, to recognize the 24th birthday of 
Hadiya Pendleton (born June 2, 1997), people across the 
United States will recognize National Gun Violence 
Awareness Day and wear orange in tribute to— 
(1) Hadiya Pendleton and other victims of gun vio-
lence; and 
(2) the loved ones of those victims; and 
Whereas June 2021 is an appropriate month to designate as 
‘‘National Gun Violence Awareness Month’’: Now, there-
fore, be it 
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•HRES 437 IH 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports— 
(A) the designation of ‘‘National Gun Vio-
lence Awareness Month’’ and the goals and 
ideals of that month; and 
(B) the designation of ‘‘National Gun Vio-
lence Awareness Day’’, 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, on ‘‘Na-
tional Gun Violence Awareness Day’’; 
(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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