[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 17627]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                        VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE

  Mr. ROBB. 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.
  September 12, 1999:
  Arthur Adams, 41, Philadelphia, PA; Anita Arrington, 36, Charlotte, 
NC; Robert Bason, 21, Detroit, MI; Keith Brisco, 23, Chicago, IL; 
Shiesha Davis, 19, Detroit, MI; Clinton Dias, 24, Baltimore, MD; Steve 
Esparza, 15, San Antonio, TX; Friday D. Gardner, 21, Chicago, IL; Tony 
M. Gill, 28, Gary, IN; Elaine Howard, 47, Detroit, MI; Greta L. 
Johnson, 33, Memphis, TN; Rickey D. Johnson, 36, Memphis, TN; Willie 
Johnson, 20, Miami, FL; Roberto E. Moody, 30, Seattle, WA; Donald 
Morrison, 20, San Antonio, TX; Deric Parks, 23, Washington, DC; Harry 
R. Penninger, 69, Memphis, TN; Albert Perry, 31, Detroit, MI; Artemio 
Raygoza, 22, San Antonio, TX; Douglas M. Stanton, 33, Chicago, IL; 
Rodrick Swain, 24, Houston, TX; Ramon Vasquez-Ponti, 56, Miami, FL; 
Damon Williams, 21, Kansas City, MO; Derrion Wilson, 19, Memphis, TN; 
Margaret Wilson, 52, Dallas, TX; Dwayne Wright, 28, Detroit, MI; 
Unidentified Male, 18, Norfolk, VA.
  One of the gun violence victims I mentioned, 20-year-old Donald 
Morrison of San Antonio, was shot and killed one year ago today when an 
irritated driver followed Donald into a convenience store parking lot 
and shot him in the head.
  Another victim, 33-year-old Greta Johnson of Memphis, was shot and 
killed one year ago today by her husband before he turned the gun on 
himself.


  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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