[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 260 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 260

 Expressing support for the designation of June 6, 2025, as ``National 
 Gun Violence Awareness Day'' and June 2025 as ``National Gun Violence 
                           Awareness Month''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 2, 2025

 Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Booker, Mr. 
Welch, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Markey, Ms. Baldwin, 
    Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Alsobrooks, and Ms. Klobuchar) submitted the 
   following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing support for the designation of June 6, 2025, as ``National 
 Gun Violence Awareness Day'' and June 2025 as ``National Gun Violence 
                           Awareness Month''.

Whereas, each year in the United States--

    (1) nearly 46,000 individuals are killed and nearly 97,000 individuals 
are wounded by gunfire;

    (2) more than 19,000 individuals are killed in homicides involving 
guns;

    (3) nearly 26,000 individuals die by suicide using a gun; and

    (4) more than 500 individuals are killed in unintentional shootings;

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 2024 was a deadly year for the United States, with an estimated 16,700 
        people killed in gun homicides or nonsuicide-related shootings;
Whereas, in 2024, more than 360 people were unintentionally shot by a child 
        under 18;
Whereas, by 1 count, in 2024, there were 503 mass shooting incidents in the 
        United States in which at least 4 people were killed or wounded by 
        gunfire;
Whereas nationwide, more than 87,000 military veterans died by gun suicide from 
        2003 to 2022;
Whereas, every year in the United States, more than 4,300 children and teens are 
        killed by gun violence and more than 17,000 children and teens are shot 
        and wounded;
Whereas more than 15,000 people in the United States under the age of 30 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 6, 2025, to recognize the 28th 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 violence; and

    (2) the loved ones of those victims; and

Whereas June 2025 is an appropriate month to designate as ``National Gun 
        Violence Awareness Month'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) supports--
                    (A) the designation of ``National Gun Violence 
                Awareness Month'' and the goals and ideals of that 
                month; and
                    (B) the designation of ``National Gun Violence 
                Awareness Day'' in remembrance of the victims of gun 
                violence; and
            (2) calls on the people of the United States--
                    (A) to promote greater awareness of gun violence 
                and gun safety;
                    (B) to wear orange, the color that hunters wear to 
                show that they are not targets, on National Gun 
                Violence Awareness Day;
                    (C) to concentrate heightened attention on gun 
                violence during the summer months, when gun violence 
                typically increases; and
                    (D) to bring community members and leaders together 
                to discuss ways to make communities safer.
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