[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 92 (Tuesday, June 5, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H4762]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH

  (Mr. LANGEVIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LANGEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize National Gun Violence 
Awareness Month and the 33,000 American lives lost each year to gun 
violence.
  These tragedies are preventable, Mr. Speaker, and it is truly 
shameful that Congress has yet to take meaningful action to address 
this epidemic. Even more appalling is the fact that 1,300 of these 
deaths are children, young lives cut short by meaningless and avoidable 
violence.
  Last month I introduced the Child Gun Access Prevention Act, which 
would prevent children from accessing guns by holding gun owners 
responsible when they leave their firearms unlocked.
  Millions of children live in homes with unsecured guns, Mr. Speaker, 
and they are at an increased risk of unintentional shootings and youth 
suicides. We have also seen the devastation caused when a child takes a 
parent's gun to school with the intention of causing harm. A child 
should never access a gun unsupervised.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this commonsense 
legislation. We absolutely must do more to protect our children from 
gun violence.

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