[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 123 (Thursday, October 5, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S9937]
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.
  October 5, 1999:
  Norman P. Blasco, 47, Chicago, IL; Guy Colbert, 25, Detroit, MI; 
Daniel Galloway, 39, San Antonio, TX; Justin Eric Googenrand, 23, St. 
Paul, MN; Denise Long, 41, Nashville, TN; Shawndell Mosely, 27, 
Memphis, TN; Donald Roper, 34, Oakland, CA; and Theodore Slater, 87, 
Toledo, OH.
  One of the victims of gun violence I mentioned, 41-year-old Denise 
Long of Nashville, was shot and killed accidentally by a 22-year-old 
co-worker who pulled out a handgun and dropped it on the floor. Her co-
worker did not have a permit to carry a handgun. She also did not have 
permission to have the gun at their place of work.
  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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