[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 264 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

  2d Session
S. RES. 264

  To designate October 8, 1998, as the Day of National Concern About 
                     Young People and Gun Violence.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 31, 1998

Mrs. Murray (for herself, Mr. Kempthorne, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Smith of 
Oregon, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Specter, Mr. Robb, Mr. Akaka, Mr. 
 Sarbanes, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Faircloth, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. 
   Gorton, Mr. Reid, Mr. D'Amato, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. 
 Kerrey, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Craig, Ms. Collins, 
  Mr. Wellstone, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Grams, Mr. Graham, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. 
  Boxer, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Levin, Mr. Glenn, Ms. Moseley-Braun, Mr. 
   Biden, Mr. Moynihan, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. 
Torricelli, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Breaux, Mr. Warner, Mr. Frist, Mr. Inouye, 
 Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Burns, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Conrad, 
 Ms. Mikulski, Mr. McCain, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Bennett, and Mr. Bumpers) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                            on the Judiciary

             October 12 (legislative day, October 2), 1998

             Committee discharged; considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  To designate October 8, 1998, as the Day of National Concern About 
                     Young People and Gun Violence.

Whereas every day in America, 15 children under the age of 19 are killed with 
        guns;
Whereas in 1994, approximately 70 percent of murder victims aged 15 to 17 were 
        killed with a handgun;
Whereas in 1995, nearly 8 percent of high school students reported having 
        carried a gun in the past 30 days;
Whereas young people are our Nation's most important source, and we, as a 
        society, have a vested interest in helping children grow from a 
        childhood free from fear and violence into healthy adulthood;
Whereas young people can, by taking responsibility for their own decisions and 
        actions, and by positively influencing the decisions and actions of 
        others, help chart a new and less violent direction for the entire 
        Nation;
Whereas students in every school district in the Nation will be invited to take 
        part in a day of nationwide observance involving millions of their 
        fellow students, and will thereby be empowered to see themselves as 
        significant agents in a wave of positive social change; and
Whereas the observance of this day will give American students the opportunity 
        to make an earnest decision about their future by voluntarily signing 
        the ``Student Pledge Against Gun Violence'', and sincerely promise that 
        they will never take a gun to school, will never use a gun to settle a 
        dispute, and will use their influence to prevent friends from using guns 
        to settle disputes: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That--
            (1) the Senate designates October 8, 1998, as ``the Day of 
        National Concern About Young People and Gun Violence''; and
            (2) the President should be authorized and requested to 
        issue a proclamation calling upon the school children of the 
        United States to observe that day with appropriate ceremonies 
        and activities.
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