Expressing support for designation of June 2016 as "National Gun Violence Awareness Month".

Bill: 114-hres-541
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2015-11-30
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays

Community life and organization

Firearms and explosives

Law enforcement administration and funding

Violent crime
Latest action: action_date: 2015-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-11-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Expresses support for the designation of June 2016 as National Gun Violence Awareness Month. </p> <p>Calls on the people of the United States to: </p> <ul> <li>promote greater awareness about gun violence and gun safety;</li> <li>concentrate annual heightened attention to gun violence during the summer months, when gun violence typically increases; and</li> <li>bring citizens and community leaders together to discuss ways to make the communities safer.</li> </ul>

tv_txt: IV 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 541 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 30, 2015 Mr. Rangel (for himself and Mr. Jeffries ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary RESOLUTION Expressing support for designation of June 2016 as National Gun Violence Awareness Month .

Whereas annually on average 32,514 people die from gun violence; Whereas annually on average over 108,000 people including 17,000 children in the United States are shot in murders, assaults, suicides and suicide attempts, unintentional shootings, or by police intervention; Whereas annually on average 2,677 children die from gun violence; Whereas on average 31 people in the United States are murdered with guns every day and 151 are treated for a gun assault in an emergency room; Whereas 1 in 3 people in the United States know someone who has been shot; Whereas every day on average 55 people kill themselves with a firearm, and 46 people are shot or killed in an accident with a gun; Whereas the United States firearm homicide rate is 20 times higher than the combined rates of 22 countries that are our peers in wealth and population; Whereas a gun in the home is 22 times more likely to be used to kill or injure in a domestic homicide, suicide, or unintentional shooting than to be used in self-defense; and Whereas June 2016 would be an appropriate month to designate as National Gun Violence Awareness Month : Now, therefore, be it

That the House of Representatives— (1) supports the designation of National Gun Violence Awareness Month and the goals and ideals of that month; and (2) calls on the people of the United States to— (A) promote greater awareness about gun violence and gun safety; (B) concentrate annual heightened attention to gun violence during the summer months, when gun violence typically increases; and (C) bring citizens and community leaders together to discuss ways to make the communities safer.