[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 109 (Friday, September 15, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S8634]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE

  Mr. DORGAN. 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 15, 1999:
  Larry Gene Ashbrook, 47, Fort Worth, TX; Kristi Beckel, 14, Fort 
Worth, TX; Mackersher Beckford, 22, Miami, FL; Shawn C. Brown, 23, Fort 
Worth, TX; Sydney R. Browning, 36, Fort Worth, TX; Keith Brunson, 28, 
Miami, FL; Gary Burgin, 51, Cincinnati, OH; Ralph Burgin, 58, 
Cincinnati, OH; Jorge DelRio, 36, Miami, FL; Joseph D. Ennis, 14, Fort 
Worth, TX; Cassandra Griffin, 14, Fort Worth, TX; Leardis Lane, 59, 
Chicago, IL; Omar Martinez, 32, Miami, FL; Jerry Lee Miller, 63, Salt 
Lake City, UT; Ali Panjwani, 32, San Antonio, TX; Lamar Price, 34, 
Detroit, MI; Justin M. Ray, 17, Fort Worth, TX; Calvin D. Sangrey, 45, 
Seattle, WA; Lawrence Venson, 21, Washington, DC; Unidentified Male, 
45, Sacramento, CA.
  Today is the one-year anniversary of a horrific shooting in Fort 
Worth, Texas. On this day one year ago, a gunman burst into the 
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary during a youth rally. Seven 
of the people whose names I just read were shot and killed and seven 
were wounded by a man they did not know. The gunman stormed into the 
church, cursed their religion, and shot multiple rounds of gunfire 
before he turned the gun on himself.
  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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