IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1271 
Expressing support for the designation of June 7, 2024, as ‘‘National Gun 
Violence Awareness Day’’ and June 2024 as ‘‘National Gun Violence 
Awareness Month’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 3, 2024 
Ms. KELLY of Illinois (for herself, Ms. NORTON, Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia, 
Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, Ms. STEVENS, 
Mrs. MCBATH, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. DAVIS of Illi-
nois, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. JOHNSON 
of Georgia, Mr. PASCRELL, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, 
Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. COSTA, Ms. PORTER, Ms. SEWELL, Ms. TITUS, Mr. 
GOLDMAN of New York, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. PETERS, Mr. MCGARVEY, 
Ms. BROWNLEY, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. FROST, Ms. 
BARRAGA´N, Mr. EVANS, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. MOORE of Wis-
consin, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Mrs. 
WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. NADLER, Ms. 
DAVIDS of Kansas, Mr. HORSFORD, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mrs. FLETCH-
ER, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. CLARKE of New 
York, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. BALINT, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. LEE of 
California, Mr. CASE, Mr. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. MRVAN, Ms. LEE 
of Nevada, Mr. PALLONE, Mrs. FOUSHEE, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Ms. 
KUSTER, Mr. CARSON, Mr. SWALWELL, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. 
DESAULNIER, Mr. GARCI´A
of Illinois, Mr. AMO, Mr. LIEU, Mr. 
MORELLE, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. MENG, Mr. CASTEN, Mr. CARTER of Lou-
isiana, Mr. CROW, Ms. DEAN of Pennsylvania, Mr. GREEN of Texas, and 
Ms. ADAMS) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for the designation of June 7, 2024, 
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•HRES 1271 IH 
as ‘‘National Gun Violence Awareness Day’’ and June 
2024 as ‘‘National Gun Violence Awareness Month’’. 
Whereas each year in the United States more than— 
(1) 44,000 individuals are killed and 88,000 individ-
uals are wounded by gunfire; 
(2) close to 18,000 individuals are killed in homi-
cides involving guns; 
(3) 25,000 individuals die by suicide using a gun; 
and 
(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 2023 was a deadly year for the United States, with 
an estimated 18,800 people killed in gun homicides or 
nonsuicide-related shootings; 
Whereas, in 2023, unintentional shootings by children sur-
passed 400 incidents for the first time ever, resulting in 
nearly 160 deaths annually; 
Whereas, by one count, in 2023 in the United States, there 
were 656 mass-shooting incidents in which at least 4 peo-
ple were killed or wounded by gunfire; 
Whereas nationwide, 87,000 military veterans died by gun 
suicide from 2002 to 2021; 
Whereas, every year in the United States, nearly 4,000 chil-
dren and teens are killed by gun violence and 21,000 
children and teens are shot and wounded; 
Whereas, approximately 9,400 people in the United States 
under the age of 25 die because of gun violence annually, 
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•HRES 1271 IH 
including Hadiya Pendleton, who, in 2013, was killed at 
15 years of age in Chicago, Illinois, while standing in a 
park; 
Whereas, on June 7, 2024, to recognize the 27th 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 2024, is an appropriate month to designate as 
‘‘National Gun Violence Awareness Month’’: Now, there-
fore, be it 
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’’; 
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•HRES 1271 IH 
(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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