,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #eee  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,september #ab1     
#bjai,ms4 ,speier 7for herself1 ,mrs4   
,dingell1 ,ms4 ,moore1 ,ms4 ,pressley1  
,ms4 ,escobar1 ,mr4 ,quigley1 ,ms4      
,meng1 ,ms4 ,haaland1 ,mrs4 ,torres of  
,california1 ,mr4 ,foster1 ,mrs4        
,lawrence1 ,mr4 ,khanna1 ,ms4 ,norton1  
,mr4 ,espaillat1 ,ms4 ,dean1 ,ms4       
,roybal-,allard1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4   
,tonko1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1 ,mr4 ,beyer1  
,ms4 ,lofgren1 ,ms4 ,castor of ,florida1
 ,ms4 ,hill of ,california1 ,mrs4       
,watson ,coleman1 ,ms4 ,stevens1 ,mr4   
,kennedy1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,garca  
of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,green of ,texas1    
,ms4 ,brownley of ,california1 ,mr4     
,smith of ,washington1 ,ms4 ,porter1    
,ms4 ,garcia of ,texas1 ,ms4            
,schakowsky1 ,mr4 ,brown of ,maryland1  
,ms4 ,tlaib1 ,mr4 ,lewis1 ,ms4 ,judy    
,chu of ,california1 ,mr4 ,cicilline1   
and ,ms4 ,wexton7 submitted the         
following resolution2 which was referred

 to the ,committee on the ,judiciary1   
and in addition to the ,committees on   
,energy and ,commerce1 ,financial       
,services1 ,ways and ,means1 ,education 
and ,labor1 ,natural ,resources1 and    
,veterans' ,affairs1 for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
the ,house of ,representatives regarding
 the relationships between firearm      
violence1 misogyny1 and violence against
 women and reaffirming the importance of
 preventing individuals with a history  
of violence against women from accessing
 a firearm4  ,whereas nearly one in four
 women have experienced some form of    
intimate partner violence1 including    
sexual violence1 physical violence1 or  
stalking1 and one in three women have   
experienced sexual violence during their
 lifetime1 according to the ,national   
,intimate ,partner and ,sexual ,violence

 ,survey 7,,nisvs7 for #bjae2 ,whereas  
the majority of intimate partner        
homicides follow previous incidents of  
physical violence against the victim2   
,whereas an estimated three-quarters of 
all intimate partner homicide victims   
had been stalked by their partners prior
 to the homicide1 according to a #aiii  
study published in ,homicide ,studies2  
,whereas approximately #d1ejj1jjj women 
alive today in the ,united ,states have 
been threatened by an intimate partner  
with a firearm and almost #a1jjj1jjj    
women report being shot or shot at by an
 intimate partner1 according to a #bjaf 
study published in ,trauma1 ,violence1  
and ,abuse2 ,whereas nearly half of all 
female homicide victims between #bjjc   
and #bjad were killed by intimate       
partners1 according to a #bjag study    
published in the ,journal of the        
,american ,medical ,association2        
,whereas a study of family and intimate 
assaults in ,atlanta1 ,georgia1         
published in the ,journal of the        

,american ,medical ,association in #aiib
 found that an incident of family or    
intimate violence is #ab times more     
likely to result in a fatality if it    
involves a firearm2 ,whereas an abuser's
 access to a firearm increases the      
likelihood that a woman will be killed  
by #djj percent1 according a #bjjc study
 published in the ,american ,journal of 
,public ,health2 ,whereas the presence  
of a firearm in the home increases the  
risk of female homicide by #cjj percent 
and the risk of female suicide by #ejj  
percent1 according to a #aiig study     
published in the ,archives of ,internal 
,medicine2 ,whereas data on homicide    
trends in the ,united ,states from #aiij
 to #bjje reveal that firearms were used
 in more than two-thirds of homicides of
 a current or former spouse2 ,whereas an
 estimated three-quarters of intimate   
partner homicides in which there were   
multiple victims involve a firearm2     
,whereas a #bjai comparison of violent  
death rates among high-income countries 

indicates that women in the ,united     
,states are #ba times more likely to be 
killed with a firearm than women in     
other high-income countries2 ,whereas   
#ia4f percent of all women killed by    
firearms in high-income countries in    
#bjae were killed in the ,united        
,states2 ,whereas an analysis of active 
shooter incidents between #bjjj and     
#bjah by the ,federal ,bureau of        
,investigation found that #bda out of   
#bej incidents involved a male shooter2 
,whereas an analysis of mass shootings  
by ,everytown for ,gun ,safety indicates
 that in #ed percent of mass shootings  
in the ,united ,states between #bjji and
 #bjag in which four or more people were
 killed1 the shooter killed a former or 
current intimate partner or family      
member2 ,whereas1 on ,august #d1 #bjai1 
nine people1 including the gunman's     
sister1 were killed and #bg people were 
wounded when a shooter with a history of
 aggression against women1 including an 
incident in which he was suspended from 

high school for possessing a list of    
female classmates he targeted for sexual
 violence1 opened fire in ,dayton1      
,ohio2 ,whereas1 on ,november #e1 #bjag1
 #be people were killed1 including a    
pregnant woman1 and #bj people were     
wounded in ,sutherland ,springs1 ,texas1
 by a shooter with an established       
history of domestic violence1 including 
a prior conviction for domestic violence
 against his wife and stepson and a     
separate investigation into a rape      
complaint2 ,whereas1 on ,december #f1   
#bjaf1 a mother and her three children  
were shot and killed by a former dating 
partner who had been convicted of       
stalking a former girlfriend and        
arrested for battery against a household
 member1 but continued to have access to
 firearms because of the boyfriend      
loophole wherein he was not married to  
the women he abused2 ,whereas1 on ,june 
#ab1 #bjaf1 #di people were killed and  
#ec people were wounded when a shooter  
who was physically abusive toward his   

wife1 including by allegedly beating her
 while she was pregnant1 opened fire in 
the ,pulse nightclub in ,orlando1       
,florida2 ,whereas1 on ,february #be1   
#bjaf1 a gunman shot and killed three   
people and injured #ad people in ,newton
 and ,hesston1 ,kansas1 after being     
served with a temporary protective order
 related to an abusive relationship2    
,whereas1 on ,may #bc1 #bjad1 six people
 were killed and #ad people were wounded
 by being stabbed1 shot1 or struck by   
the vehicle of a self-identified member 
of the involuntary celibate1 or incel1  
group of men who blame women for their  
sexual frustrations and advocate for    
violence against them1 with the shooter 
uploading a video and publishing a      
manifesto detailing his hatred toward   
women in ,isla ,vista1 ,california1 near
 the ,university of ,california1 ,santa 
,barbara2 ,whereas1 on ,december #ad1   
#bjab1 #bf students and teachers were   
killed in a mass shooting at ,sandy     
,hook ,elementary ,school after a       

shooter who previously threatened the   
life of his mother shot and killed her  
at home2 ,whereas #aa percent of        
background check denials are attributed 
to a misdemeanor of domestic violence or
 a protective or restraining order      
according to the ,bureau of ,justice    
,statistics' most recent report on      
,background ,checks for ,firearm        
,transfers2 ,whereas the so-called      
,charleston ,loophole1 which allows a   
licensed firearms dealer to sell a      
firearm to a person after three business
 days even if the background check is   
not complete1 has allowed nearly #b1jjj 
domestic abusers to acquire firearms    
over the past two years2 ,whereas1 on   
,february #bg1 #bjai1 the ,house of     
,representatives passed ,h4,r4 #h1 the  
,bipartisan ,background ,checks ,act of 
#bjai1 to require a background check for
 firearm transfers between unlicensed   
parties1 with limited exceptions2       
,whereas1 on ,february #bh1 #bjai1 the  
,house of ,representatives passed ,h4,r4

 #aaab1 the ,enhanced ,background       
,checks ,act of #bjai1 to lengthen the  
period of time that must pass before a  
firearm transfer can occur without a    
completed background check2 ,whereas a  
#bjag analysis of ,state firearm        
restrictions for perpetrators of        
domestic violence found that firearm    
prohibition laws that apply to dating   
partners are associated with a          
#af-percent reduction in intimate       
partner homicide2 ,whereas1 on ,april   
#d1 #bjai1 the ,house of                
,representatives passed ,h4,r4 #aehe1   
the ,violence ,against ,women           
,reauthorization ,act of #bjai1 to      
expand existing prohibitions on firearm 
access for domestic abusers to those    
convicted of dating violence or         
misdemeanor stalking1 and those subject 
to ex parte protective orders2 and      
,whereas the ,senate has not held a vote
 on ,h4,r4 #h1 ,h4,r4 #aaab1 or ,h4,r4  
#aehe3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the 
,house of ,representatives--  7#a7      

affirms that reducing access to a       
firearm for individuals with a history  
of violence against women1 including    
stalking and threats of violence1 is    
critical to reducing the fatality of    
intimate partner violence in the ,united
 ,states2  7#b7 acknowledges that       
current law falls short in protecting   
women who are victims of intimate       
partner violence from unnecessary risk  
of firearm violence because an abuser   
can exploit legal loopholes to access a 
firearm2  7#c7 recognizes that          
perpetrators of firearm violence often  
have a history of violence against women
 and that a successful firearm violence 
prevention strategy must meaningfully   
address this connection2  7#d7          
acknowledges the need for legislation to
 better prevent individuals with a      
history of violence against women from  
purchasing or possessing a firearm2     
7#e7 supports further research into the 
relationships among misogyny1 violence  
against women1 and firearm violence2 and

  7#f7 calls on the ,senate to          
immediately consider ,h4,r4 #h1 the     
,bipartisan ,background ,checks ,act of 
#bjai1 ,h4,r4 #aaab1 the ,enhanced      
,background ,checks ,act of #bjai1 and  
,h4,r4 #aehe1 the ,violence ,against    
,women ,reauthorization ,act of #bjai4