,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #bag  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ba1 
#bjai,mr4 ,durbin 7for himself1 ,ms4    
,duckworth1 ,mr4 ,booker1 ,mr4          
,blumenthal1 ,mrs4 ,feinstein1 ,ms4     
,harris1 ,ms4 ,hirono1 ,ms4 ,klobuchar1 
,mr4 ,markey1 ,mr4 ,murphy1 ,mrs4       
,murray1 and ,mr4 ,van ,hollen7         
submitted the following resolution2     
which was referred to the ,committee on 
the ,judiciary  ,,resolution            
,expressing support for the designation 
of ,june #g through ,june #i1 #bjai1 as 
,national ,gun ,violence ,awareness     
,weekend and ,june #bjai as ,national   
,gun ,violence ,awareness ,month4       
,whereas1 each year in the ,united      
,states1 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 died on the   
battlefields of all the wars in the     
history of the ,united ,states2         
,whereas1 by #a 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 ,whereas more than #f1cjj   
people in the ,united ,states under the 
age of #be die because of gun violence  
annually1 including ,hadiya ,pendleton1 
who1 in #bjac1 was killed at #ae years  
of age in ,chicago while standing in a  
park2 ,whereas1 on the first weekend of 
,june #bjai1 to recognize the #bbnd     
birthday of ,hadiya ,pendleton1 people  

across the ,united ,states will         
recognize ,national ,gun ,violence      
,awareness ,weekend and wear orange in  
tribute to-- 7#a7 ,hadiya ,pendleton and
 other victims of gun violence2 and     
7#b7 the loved ones of those victims2   
and ,whereas ,june #bjai is an          
appropriate month to designate as       
,national ,gun ,violence ,awareness     
,month3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the
 ,senate-- 7#a7 supports-- 7,a7 the     
designation of ,june #bjai as ,national 
,gun ,violence ,awareness ,month and the
 goals and ideals of that month2 and    
7,b7 the designation of ,june #g through
 ,june #i1 #bjai1 as ,national ,gun     
,violence ,awareness ,weekend1 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 that they are
 not targets1 on ,june #g through ,june 
#i1 #bjai2  7,c7 concentrate heightened 

attention on gun violence during the    
summer months1 when gun violence        
typically increases2 and  7,d7 bring    
community members and leaders together  
to discuss ways to make communities     
safer4