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 SENATE RESOLUTION 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''

  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:

                              S. Res. 260

       Whereas, each year in the United States--

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       (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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