[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 111 (Tuesday, September 19, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S8751]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE

  Mr. WELLSTONE. 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 19, 2000:
  Angel Avila, 17, El Paso, TX; Patrick Codada, 21, Miami, FL; Hugo 
Contreras, 19, Houston, TX; Jose C. Diaz, 35, Chicago, IL; Alfred 
Harth, 26, Kansas City, MO; Pedro Hernandez, 23, Chicago, IL; Michael 
Jones, 18, Baltimore, MD; Michael K. Mills, 17, Chicago, IL; Guadalupe 
Munoz, 25, Houston, TX; Mario Cardenas Rivera, 18, Minneapolis, MN; 
Enrique Ortiz Suerez, 12, Minneapolis, MN; Ivory Williams, 18, Detroit, 
MI; Victor Williams, 17, Detroit, MI; Unidentified Male, 79, Portland, 
OR; Unidentified Female, 26, Norfolk, VA.
  Following are the names of some of the people who were killed by 
gunfire one year ago yesterday.
  September 18, 2000:
  Carlos Barrera, 28, Dallas, TX; James D. Bivens, 30, Chicago, IL; 
Layuvette Daniels, 24, Atlanta, GA; Dedrick Jennings, 21, Memphis, TN; 
Julian Johnson, 17, Atlanta, GA; Amyn Noormuhammed, 25, Houston, TX; 
Brogdan Patlakh, 24, Philadelphia, PA; Cassiaus Stuckey, 35, Miami, FL; 
Rad I. Webster, 27, New Orleans, LA; Darel Whitman, 27, Dallas, TX; 
Joshua Young, 26, Detroit, MI; Unidentified Male, 48, Long Beach, CA.
  One victim of gun violence I mentioned, 17-year-old Julian Johnson 
from Atlanta, was a popular student and football star from Douglass 
High School in Atlanta. One year ago yesterday, Julian was shot and 
killed in a drive-by shooting after a football game victory.
  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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