IV 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 459 
Expressing support for the designation of June 2, 2023, as ‘‘National Gun 
Violence Awareness Day’’ and June 2023 as ‘‘National Gun Violence 
Awareness Month’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 31, 2023 
Ms. KELLY of Illinois (for herself, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. MCBATH, Ms. 
SA´NCHEZ, Mr. RYAN, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, Ms. LEE of Pennsylvania, 
Mr. COSTA, Mr. EVANS, Ms. SEWELL, Mr. PHILLIPS, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. 
QUIGLEY, Ms. NORTON, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. BOYLE 
of Pennsylvania, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. TLAIB, Mrs. HAYES, Mrs. BEATTY, 
Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. FROST, Mrs. TORRES of 
California, Ms. PETTERSEN, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. ALLRED, Ms. DEAN of 
Pennsylvania, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. TRONE, Ms. CHU, Mr. 
LARSON of Connecticut, Ms. BROWN, Ms. MENG, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. KIM 
of New Jersey, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Ms. 
WILLIAMS of Georgia, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. HIGGINS of 
New York, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. 
MCGOVERN, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. SWALWELL, Mr. 
THOMPSON of California, Ms. BUDZINSKI, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mrs. WAT-
SON COLEMAN, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. TITUS, Ms. JACOBS, Mr. JOHNSON of 
Georgia, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. PORTER, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, 
Mr. ESPAILLAT, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. TORRES of New York, Mrs. 
FOUSHEE, Mr. CARSON, Mr. BOWMAN, Mr. CROW, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Ms. 
MATSUI, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. MCGARVEY, Mr. JACKSON of 
Illinois, Mrs. MCCLELLAN, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. CARBAJAL, 
Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Ms. ROSS, Ms. LEE of Nevada, 
Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. MAG-
AZINER, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Ms. TOKUDA, Ms. BALINT, Ms. WILSON 
of Florida, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. CROCKETT, Mr. NICKEL, Mr. DAVIS 
of Illinois, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. MOSKOWITZ, Mr. GALLEGO, 
Mr. SABLAN, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. VARGAS, Mrs. 
TRAHAN, Mr. SMITH of Washington, and Ms. WILD) submitted the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
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•HRES 459 IH 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing support for the designation of June 2, 2023, 
as ‘‘National Gun Violence Awareness Day’’ and June 
2023 as ‘‘National Gun Violence Awareness Month’’. 
Whereas, each year in the United States, more than— 
(1) 43,000 individuals are killed and 76,000 individ-
uals are wounded by gunfire; 
(2) 17,000 individuals are killed in homicides involv-
ing 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 2022 was an especially deadly year for the United 
States, with an estimated 20,100 people killed in gun 
homicides or nonsuicide-related shootings; 
Whereas, in 2022, unintentional shootings by children sur-
passed 350 incidents for the third year in a row, result-
ing in nearly 140 deaths annually; 
Whereas, by one count, in 2022 in the United States, there 
were 646 mass shooting incidents in which at least 4 peo-
ple were killed or wounded by gunfire; 
Whereas, nationwide, 65,000 military veterans died by suicide 
from 2010–2021, the overwhelming majority as the result 
of a firearm; 
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Whereas, every year in the United States, nearly 4,000 chil-
dren and teens are killed by gun violence and 15,000 
children and teens are shot and wounded; 
Whereas approximately 9,300 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 2, 2023, to recognize the 26th 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 2023 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— 
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(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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