[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 158 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 158

  Designating October 21, 1999, as a ``Day of National Concern About 
                    Young People and Gun Violence''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 21, 1999

  Mrs. Murray (for herself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Bingaman, Mrs. 
 Boxer, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Gorton, Mr. 
Grams, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kerry, Ms. Landrieu, 
 Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Moynihan, Mr. Reid, Mr. 
Robb, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Smith of Oregon, Mr. Specter, Mr. 
Torricelli, Mr. Wellstone, Mr. Lugar, and Mr. Fitzgerald) submitted the 
   following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

                           September 16, 1999

             Committee discharged; considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Designating October 21, 1999, as a ``Day of National Concern About 
                    Young People and Gun Violence''.

Whereas every day in the United States, 14 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 resource, and we, as a 
        society, have a vested interest in enabling children to grow in an 
        environment free from fear and violence;
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 October 21, 1999, as a ``Day of National Concern about 
        Young People and Gun Violence'' will allow students to make a positive 
        and earnest decision about their future in that such students will have 
        the opportunity to voluntarily sign the ``Student Pledge Against Gun 
        Violence'', and promise that they will never take a gun to school, will 
        never use a gun to settle a dispute, and will actively use their 
        influence in a positive manner to prevent friends from using guns to 
        settle disputes: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) designates October 21, 1999, as a ``Day of National 
        Concern about Young People and Gun Violence''; and
            (2) requests that the President issue a proclamation 
        calling on the school children of the United States to observe 
        the day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
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