[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 78 (Tuesday, June 20, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S5452]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 GUN VICTIMS OF TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1999

  Mr. LAUTENBERG. Mr. President, it has been more than a year since the 
Columbine tragedy, but still this Republican Congress refuses to act on 
sensible gun legislation.
  Since Columbine, thousands of Americans have been killed by gunfire. 
Until we act, Democrats in the Senate will read some of the names of 
those who lost their lives to gun violence in the past year, and we 
will continue to do so every day that the Senate is in session.
  These names come from a report prepared by the United States 
Conference of Mayors. The report includes data on firearm deaths from 
100 U.S. cities between April 20, 1999 and March 20, 2000. The 100 
cities covered range in size from Chicago, Illinois, which has a 
population of more than 2.7 million to Bedford Heights, Ohio, with a 
population of about 11,800.
  But the list does not include gun deaths from some major cities like 
New York and Los Angeles.
  The following are the names of some of the people who were killed by 
gunfire one year ago today--on June 20, 1999:

  Ed Barron, 20, St. Louis, Missouri, Wayne Burton, 21, Baltimore, 
Maryland, Nigal H. Cox, 27, Houston, Texas, Jermaine Davis, 39, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Myron Frenney, 22, Houston, Texas, Jose N. 
Garcia, 18, Chicago, Illinois, Agustin B. Gonzalez, 21, Houston, Texas, 
Fernando Gonzalez-Cenkeros, 35, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Jovel D. Gwinn, 22, 
Kansas City, Missouri, Roshon Hollinger, 5, Atlanta, Georgia, Antwaune 
Johnson, 29, Denver, Colorado, Edward Johnson, 36, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania, Loris Larson, 35, St. Louis, Missouri, Robert Mirabela, 
20, Chicago, Illinois, Frederick Rathers, 16, Memphis, Tennessee, 
Coartney Robinson, 20, Dallas, Texas, Arnold Webb, 30, Detroit, 
Michigan.
  In the name of those who died, we will continue the fight to pass gun 
safety measures.
  I yield the floor.

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