[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 82 (Monday, June 26, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S5780]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE

  Mr. DORGAN. Madam 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 session.
  In the name of those who died, we will continue this fight. Following 
are the names of some of the people who were killed by gunfire one year 
ago today.
  June 26, 1999:
  Kevin S. Bonner, 28, Chicago, IL;
  Danny R. Davis, 35, Chicago, IL;
  Sharon Duberry, 35, Gary, IN;
  Weldon Ellingson, 79, Cedar Rapids, IA;
  William Ernest, 34, Philadelphia, PA;
  Marilyn Freestone, 57, Cedar Rapids, IA;
  Estella Martinez, 40, San Antonio, TX;
  Willie Palmer, 29, Baltimore, MD;
  Ruben Ruvalcaba, 22, San Antonio, TX;
  Anthony Scott, 22, Bridgeport, CT;
  Carlos Sermiento, 22, Dallas, TX;
  Chau Tran, 17, Lansing, MI;
  Julio A. Vincencio, 18, Chicago, IL;
  Mose Penn Warner, 82, Louisville, KY.
  In addition, Mr. President, since the Senate was not in session on 
June 24 and June 25, I ask unanimous consent that the names be printed 
in the Record of some of those who were killed by gunfire last year on 
June 24th and June 25.
  June 24: James Bailey, 21, Kansas City, MO; Kurt Chappell, 38, 
Cincinnati, OH; Philemon Epepa, 48, Houston, TX; Dana Fowlkes, 28, 
Baltimore, MD; Deslond Glenn, 17, Forth Worth, TX; Antonio Hernandez, 
32, Houston, TX, John Kerr, 28, Memphis, TN; Max James Langley, 74, 
Mesquite, TX; Angelo Lard, 32, Detroit, MI; Mary Jane Noonan, 37, New 
Orleans, LA; Tull Rea, Sr., 89, Dallas, TX; Edwin A. Vazquez, 23, 
Chicago, IL; Unidentified male, 20, Newark, NJ.
  June 25: Mona Lisa Castro, 28, Fort Worth, TX; Joe T. Harp, Pine 
Bluff, AR; Lavar R. Knight, 19, Chicago, IL; Millard Courtney Sauls, 
25, Washington, DC; Latrice Spencer, 22, Louisville, KY; Fred Warren, 
18, Miami-Dade County, FL; Quintrale Williams, 38, New Orleans, LA; 
Unidentified male, 16, Chicago, IL.

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