,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #cia  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,may #ba1 #bjai,ms4 
,kelly of ,illinois submitted the       
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on the ,judiciary    
,,resolution  ,supporting the goals and 
ideals of ,national ,gun ,violence      
,awareness ,weekend and ,national ,gun  
,violence ,awareness ,month4  ,whereas1 
in the ,united ,states each year1 more  
than-- 7#a7 #cf1jjj individuals are     
killed and #ajj1jjj individuals are     
injured by gunfire2  7#b7 #ab1jjj       
individuals are killed in homicides     
involving firearms2  7#c7 #bb1jjj       
individuals commit suicide by using     
firearms2 and  7#d7 #ejj individuals are
 killed in unintentional shootings2     
,whereas1 since #aifh1 more individuals 
have died from guns in the ,united      
,states than have on the battlefields of
 all the wars in the history of the     
,united ,states2 ,whereas1 by one count1
 in #bjah in the ,united ,states1 there 

were-- 7#a7 #cdj mass shooting incidents
 in which not fewer than #d people were 
killed or wounded by gunfire2 and  7#b7 
#ajc incidents in which a gun was fired 
in a school or college2 ,whereas gun    
violence typically escalates during the 
summer months2 ,whereas nearly #b1ijj   
children and teens are killed by gun    
violence every year2 ,whereas1 every #gj
 minutes1 one person in the ,united     
,states under the age of #be dies       
because of gun violence2 ,whereas more  
than #f1cjj of such persons die         
annually1 including ,hadiya ,pendleton1 
who1 in #bjac1 at age #ae1 was killed   
while standing in a ,chicago park2      
,whereas1 on the first weekend of ,june 
to recognize ,hadiya ,pendleton's #bbnd 
birthday1 people across the ,united     
,states will recognize ,national ,gun   
,violence ,awareness ,weekend and wear  
orange in tribute to ,hadiya1 other     
victims of gun violence1 and their loved
 ones2 and ,whereas ,june #bjai would be
 an appropriate month to designate as   

,national ,gun ,violence ,awareness     
,month3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the
 ,house of ,representatives--  7#a7     
supports-- 7,a7 the goals and ideals of 
,national ,gun ,violence ,awareness     
,month2 and  7,b7 the goals and ideals  
of ,national ,gun ,violence ,awareness  
,weekend in remembrance of the victims  
of gun violence2 and  7#b7 calls on the 
people of the ,united ,states to-- 7,a7 
promote greater awareness of gun        
violence and gun safety2  7,b7 wear     
orange1 the color that hunters wear to  
show they are not targets1 on ,national 
,gun ,violence ,awareness ,weekend2     
7,c7 concentrate heightened attention on
 gun violence during the summer months1 
when gun violence typically increases2  
and  7,d7 bring citizens and community  
leaders together to discuss ways to make
 communities safer4