[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 137 (Friday, October 27, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S11243]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE

  Mr. KENNEDY. 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 27, 1999:
  Ioniaferrio Bolton, 26, Dallas, TX;
  Donal Bryant, 31, Dallas, TX;
  Merritt J. Copenhefer, 41, Madison, WI;
  Aurelio Enciso-Murillo, 40, Oakland, CA;
  Angel Garcia, 21, Philadelphia, PA;
  Anthony McCullough, 25, Philadelphia, PA;
  Audley McIntosh, 49, Dallas, TX;
  Donald McNeil, 16, Philadelphia, PA;
  Jerome Oakley, 18, Baltimore, MD;
  Joseph Transon, 19, Baltimore, MD;
  Tyree Turner, 19, Philadelphia, PA;
  Paul Vo, 30, Houston, TX; and
  Unidentified Male, 52, Charlotte, NC.
  One of the victims of gun violence I mentioned, 16-year-old Donald 
McNeil of Philadelphia, was shot and killed one year ago today by 
another teenager in what police said was an argument over a girl.
  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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