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title: "Expressing support for designation of June 2016 as \"National Gun Violence Awareness Month\"."
identifier: "114-HRES-541"
congress: 114
bill_number: 541
bill_type: "HRES"
version_code: "ih"
version_type: "Introduced in House"
bill_url: "https://chamberzero.com/congresses/114/bills/hres/541"
source: "https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-resolution/541"
site: "Chamber Zero"
site_url: "https://chamberzero.com"
rendered_at: "2026-06-04T01:20:54.459Z"
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Whereas annually on average 32,514 people die from gun violence;Whereas annually on average over 108,000 people including 17,000 children in the United States are shot in murders, assaults, suicides and suicide attempts, unintentional shootings, or by police intervention;Whereas annually on average 2,677 children die from gun violence;Whereas on average 31 people in the United States are murdered with guns every day and 151 are treated for a gun assault in an emergency room;Whereas 1 in 3 people in the United States know someone who has been shot;Whereas every day on average 55 people kill themselves with a firearm, and 46 people are shot or killed in an accident with a gun;Whereas the United States firearm homicide rate is 20 times higher than the combined rates of 22 countries that are our peers in wealth and population;Whereas a gun in the home is 22 times more likely to be used to kill or injure in a domestic homicide, suicide, or unintentional shooting than to be used in self-defense; andWhereas June 2016 would be an appropriate month to designate as "National Gun Violence Awareness Month": Now, therefore, be itThat the House of Representatives—
  - (1) supports the designation of "National Gun Violence Awareness Month" and the goals and ideals of that month; and
  - (2) calls on the people of the United States to—
    - (A) promote greater awareness about gun violence and gun safety;
    - (B) concentrate annual heightened attention to gun violence during the summer months, when gun violence typically increases; and
    - (C) bring citizens and community leaders together to discuss ways to make the communities safer.