[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 149 (Wednesday, December 6, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S11621]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE

  Mr. WELLSTONE. Mr. President, I submit for the Record the names of 
those Americans who exactly 1 year ago were killed by gunfire.
  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:
  December 6, 1999: Shyheem Abraham, 17, Philadelphia, PA; Godofredo 
Carmenate, 70, Miami-Dade County, FL; Mike D'Alessandro, 32, 
Philadelphia, PA; John Davis, 18, Gary, IN; Norman Dotson, 33, Detroit, 
MI; Bernie Graham, 29, Fort Worth, TX; Latnaia Jefferies, 27, Gary, IN; 
James Jones III, 24, Baltimore, MD; Lorraine Lawhorn, 45, Knoxville, 
TN; Tavares Lavor McNeil, 22, Baltimore, MD; Emmett Outlaw, 76, 
Memphis, TN; Chester Roscoe, 28, Rochester, NY; Tavrise Tate, 20, 
Chicago, IL; and Antonio Thompson, 21, Charlotte, NC.
  One of the victims of gun violence I mentioned, 45-year-old Lorraine 
Lawhorn of Knoxville, was shot and killed by one of her coworkers who 
recently had been fired. The gunman shot Lorraine in the back of the 
head.
  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.
  Mr. President, am I correct that we have 5 minutes left in morning 
business, and then we will be going to the bankruptcy bill?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct.

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