[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 97 (Monday, July 24, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7470-S7471]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                        VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE

  Mr. AKAKA. 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.
  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 Friday, Saturday, Sunday and today.
  July 21: Benjamin Brown, 42, Gary, IN; Howard Brumskill, 23, 
Philadelphia, PA; Preston Butler, 18, Philadelphia, PA; Jennifer 
Casals, 57, Miami-Dade County, FL; Steven Cooks, 27, Memphis, TN; Shena 
Counts, 13, Baltimore, MD; Ronnie Loundon, 25, Nashville, TN; Calvin 
Maclin, 42, Detroit, MI; Kevin McCarthy, 29, Philadelphia, PA; Marc 
Mull, 19, Chicago, IL; Tavon Price, 21, Baltimore, MD; Jessica Roman, 
56, Miami-Dade County, FL; Amanda Snow, 31, Houston, TX; Unidentified 
male, 15, Chicago, IL.
  July 22: Chris Cantie, 26, Philadelphia, PA; Richard Johnson, 28, 
Chicago, IL; Ignacio Molina, 28, Houston, TX; Alfonse Roberts, 20, New 
Orleans, LA; Andrew Sandoval, Jr., 28, Denver, CO; Thomas Correll 
Walker, 22, Washington, DC; Howard Westly, 22, Philadelphia, PA; 
Michael R. Williamson, 50, New Orleans, LA; Peter Sao Xiong, 18, St. 
Paul, MN; Unidentified male, 16, Portland, OR.
  July 23: Alva Anglin, 73, Memphis, TN; Jerome Cole, 25, Nashville, 
TN; Kewon Core, 22, Chicago, IL; Ronald Gates, 30, Chicago, IL; Marcos 
Guerra, 27, Houston, TX; Leon Hunter, 26, Detroit, MI; Luther Johnson, 
21, Philadelphia, PA; Darroll Love, Washington, DC; Chelsea Martin, San 
Francisco, CA; Keila McDonald, 20, Oakland, CA; Khorosh Merrikh, 24, 
Houston, TX; Kimberly D. Price, 33, Oklahoma City, OK; Gerard Ouriel 
Robinson, 20, Washington, DC.
  July 24: Tyrone Blackwell, 20, Baltimore, MD; Billy Gissendanner, 30, 
Detroit, MI; Lorena Gonzalez, 38, Fontana, CA; Raphael Gonzalez, 57, 
Miami-Dade County, FL; Tyrone Green, 24, Baltimore, MD; David Rivera, 
15, El Paso, TX; Sammie Simpkins, 50, Washington, DC; Ernest White, 20, 
Knoxville, TN; Anthony Wilson, 29, Chicago, IL.
  One of the victims of gun violence I mentioned was 38-year-old Lorena 
Gonzalez of Fontana, California. Lorena was shot and killed one year 
ago today in front of her 2-year-old son by a man who robbed her of a 
mere three dollars while she was waiting in a parking lot for her 
husband to return from a nearby store.

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  Another gun violence victim, 29-year-old Anthony Wilson, was shot and 
killed one year ago today in a drive-by shooting in front of his home 
on the south side of Chicago.
  We cannot sit back and allow such senseless gun violence to continue. 
The time has come to enact sensible gun legislation. The deaths of 
Lorena and Anthony are a reminder to all of us that we need to act now.

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