[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 104 (Friday, September 8, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S8287]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE

  Mr. GRAHAM. 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 8, 1999:
  Frederick Boone, 37, Baltimore, MD; Franklin Brown, 41, Seattle, WA; 
Rico Brown, 25, Baltimore, MD; Antonio Daniely, 24, Atlanta, GA; 
Anthony Harris, 17, Cincinnati, OH; Bruce A. Howard, 35, Madison, WI; 
Fred Miller, 76, St. Louis, MO; Victor Manuel Rios-Baheva, 35, Salt 
Lake City, UT; Robert Somerville, 21, Baltimore, MD; Robert Winder, 
Jr., 23, Baltimore, MD; Unidentified Male, 19, Norfolk, VA.
  One of the gun violence victims I mentioned, 41-year-old Franklin 
Brown of Seattle, was shot and killed by a stranger who approached him 
in the street and started an argument. Franklin died from several 
gunshot wounds to his back.
  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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