[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 108 (Thursday, September 14, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S8570]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE

  Ms. MIKULSKI. 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 14, 1999

  Charles Caldwell, 18, Minneapolis, MN; Penny Calhoun, 32, Salt Lake 
City, UT; Henry J. Calhoun, 32, Salt Lake City, UT; Jovan Coleman, 19, 
Chicago, IL; Orlando Cortezq, 24, Dallas, TX; Israel Cuervas, 26, 
Dallas, TX; Charlie D. Duff, 18, Chicago, IL; Alfredo Fernandez, 50, 
Houston, TX; Toi Goodnight, 41, Pittsburgh, PA; Stevie Gray, 33, 
Washington, DC; Jessie Harper, 39, Houston, TX; Michael L. Harris, 41, 
Chicago, IL; Lee Sun Heung, 43, Baltimore, MD; John Homilton, 82, 
Oakland, CA; Stephen Hornbaker, 35, Pittsburgh, PA; Kerne Lerouge, 43, 
Boston, MA; Nigel D. Reese, 17, Chicago, IL; Herman Ridley, 24, 
Baltimore, MD; Frank Rizzo, Houston, TX; Charles Waldon, 62, Houston, 
TX.
  One of the victims of gun violence I mentioned, 41-year-old Toi 
Goodnight of Pittsburgh, was shot and killed one year ago today in a 
carjacking incident. The man who killed Toi shot her in the mouth and 
left her on the highway as he drove away in her car.
  We cannot sit back and allow such senseless gun violence to continue. 
The deaths of Toi Goodnight 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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