,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #iic  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,june #d1 #bjbj,ms4 
,norton submitted the following         
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on the ,judiciary            
,,resolution  ,expressing support for   
the designation of ,june #bjbj as       
,national ,gun ,violence ,awareness     
,month1 and calling on ,congress to     
address gun violence4  ,whereas summer  
is the season with the highest rates of 
gun violence in the ,united ,states2    
,whereas #ajj1jjj ,americans suffer     
gunshot wounds in the ,united ,states   
every year2 ,whereas approximately #if  
people die and approximately #bjj are   
injured from gun violence each day in   
the ,united ,states2 ,whereas more than 
#fj percent of all gunshot victims in   
the ,united ,states are under #cj years 
old2 ,whereas every #gj minutes1 one    
,american under the age of #be loses his
 or her life to gun violence2 ,whereas  
#e percent of gun dealers 7approximately

 #c1jjj dealers nationwide7 supply      
nearly #ij percent of all crime guns    
that show up in ,american streets2      
,whereas more children have been killed 
by guns in the ,united ,states since the
 #bjab ,sandy ,hook ,elementary ,school 
shooting than the total number of       
,american soldiers killed in overseas   
combat since ,september #aa1 #bjja2     
,whereas more ,americans have died from 
gunshot wounds in the past three decades
 than the sum total of combat deaths in 
all the wars in ,united ,states history2
 ,whereas half of all suicides are a    
result of gunshot wounds2 ,whereas #ij  
percent of homicides of law enforcement 
officers are the result of firearms2    
,whereas firearms used during a robbery 
are #c times more likely than knives and
 #aj times more likely than other       
weapons to result in the death of a     
victim2 ,whereas #bj percent of female  
homicide victims are killed by a current
 or former partner using firearms2      
,whereas gun violence declined in the   

#aiijs after the enactment of the ,brady
 ,handgun ,violence ,prevention ,act in 
#aiic1 which created a national         
background check system1 and the        
,violent ,crime ,control and ,law       
,enforcement ,act of #aiid1 which placed
 a #aj-year ban on the sale of assault  
weapons and large capacity ammunition   
magazines2 ,whereas the ban on the sale 
of assault weapons and large capacity   
ammunition magazines expired in #bjjd2  
,whereas according to a #bjad study1 of 
the #af ,states that then required      
background checks of private gun sales1 
there were #ch percent fewer fatal      
shootings of women by their partners1   
#ci percent fewer police murdered by    
firearms1 #ag percent fewer             
firearm-aggravated assaults1 and #di    
percent fewer suicides using firearms2  
,whereas almost #dj1jjj deaths in the   
,united ,states were due to guns in     
#bjag2 and ,whereas ,june 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 the designation of ,national   
,gun ,violence ,awareness ,month2 and   
7#b7 calls on the ,senate to pass gun   
violence prevention legislation1        
including-- 7,a7 ,h4,r4 #h1 the         
,bipartisan ,background ,checks ,act of 
#bjai1 to require a background check on 
every gun sale or transfer1 which passed
 the ,house of ,representatives on      
,february #bg1 #bjbj2 and  7,b7 ,h4,r4  
#aaab1 the ,enhanced ,background ,checks
 ,act of #bjai1 to close the ,charleston
 ,loophole by providing the ,federal    
background check system additional time 
to make a final determination on a      
potential gun purchaser before a        
licensed dealer can transfer a gun1     
which passed the ,house of              
,representatives on ,february #bh1      
#bjbj4