[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 102 (Wednesday, September 6, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S8091]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE

  Mr. REID. 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 the names of some of 
those who have 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 today. September 6, 1999: Andres Aguliar, 33, Houston, TX; Sharon 
Barraso, 20, Philadelphia, PA; Tony Butler, 18, Philadelphia, PA; Edwin 
Cordova, 23, Houston, TX; Tijuan Dickey, 19, Baltimore, MD; Ellis Hair, 
21, Chicago, IL; Anthony Jones, 32, Detroit, MI; Louis Merril, 17, 
Chicago, IL; Oscar Murray, 24, Detroit, MI; Isaac Noyola, 21, Houston, 
TX: Kevin Parker, 23, St. Louis, MO; Michael Sanchez, 28, Philadelphia, 
PA: Gregory Scott, 30, Houston, TX; Vincent Casey Stanley, 36, Memphis, 
TN; Cheryl Thornton, 20, New Orleans, LA; Unidentified Male, 58, 
Norfolk, VA; and Unidentified Male, 25, Norfolk, VA.
  One of the gun violence victims I mentioned 23-year-old Edwin Cordova 
of Houston, was on his way home from a trip to Galveston with a group 
of friends. After passing a truck that had been attempting to block 
their way, one of the truck's passengers fired gunshots through the 
rear window of the vehicle. Cordova, who was riding in the front 
passenger's seat, died at the hospital of a gunshot wound to the neck.
  We cannot sit back and allow such senseless gun violence to continue. 
The deaths of these people are a reminder to all of us that we need to 
enact sensible gun legislation now.

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