[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 113 (Thursday, September 21, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S8936]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, for the last several months, many of us 
here in the Senate have been urging our colleagues to pass sensible gun 
laws. Each year, more than 30,000 Americans are killed by gunfire (an 
average of 10 children and adolescents and 74 adult Americans each day) 
and until we act, thousands more will be lost to gun violence.
  Those of us who are committed to this issue have pledged to read the 
names of some of those who have lost their lives to gun violence in the 
past year.
  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 21, 1999:
  Colden Hurt, 28, Baltimore, MD;
  Troy Jones, 32, Washington, DC;
  Billy Peaks, 23, Chicago, IL;
  Roland Shepard, 56, Philadelphia, PA;
  Charles Walker, 17, St. Louis, MO;
  Omar Williams, 24, Memphis, TN;
  Jessie Williamson, 42, Memphis, TN.
  We cannot allow such senseless gun violence to continue. The deaths 
of these people are a painful reminder to all of us that we need to 
enact sensible gun legislation today.

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