[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 103 (Thursday, September 7, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S8189]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE

  Mr. KENNEDY. 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 7, 1999: Ignacio Barba, 25, Oakland, CA; Ernest 
Bolton, 48, Dallas, TX; Steven Celestine, 5, Miami, FL; Fareed J. 
Chapman, 19, Chicago, IL; Selester Edward, 21, Louisville, KY; Samuel 
Girouard, 18, Bellingham, WA; Allen Howe, 32, New Orleans, LA; Robert 
Jenkins, 29, Charlotte, NC; Leo Kidd, 28, Detroit, MI; Alvin Marshall, 
45, Pittsburgh, PA; Stacy Stewart, 28, St. Louis, MO; William Thornes, 
23, Washington, DC; Darrly Towns, 15, Detroit, MI; Dao Vo, 19, Seattle, 
WA; Bathsheba Woodall, 23, Philadelphia, PA.
  One of the gun violence victims I mentioned was only five years old. 
Steven Celestine, a little boy from Miami, was shot and killed one year 
ago today by his own father, as his mother tried to protect him in her 
arms during an argument between the parents.
  We cannot sit back and allow such senseless gun violence to continue. 
The deaths of this small child and the others I named are a reminder to 
all of us that we need to enact sensible gun legislation now.

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