Whereas tens of thousands of students walked out of their schools, including students from Alhambra High School in California, in a nationwide demonstration on March 14, 2018, in a concerted effort to start the much-needed discussion on ending gun violence; Whereas Congress has enacted a variety of gun control regulations regarding licensing, restrictions of certain firearms, and prohibiting felons from carrying guns; Whereas according to the Washington Post, there have been 154 mass shootings in which 4 or more people were shot by a lone shooter since 1966, with California experiencing the most mass shootings of any State with 23; Whereas according to a 2017 Quinnipiac University poll, 94 percent of Americans support requiring all gun buyers to pass a criminal background check; Whereas according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2017 there were 36,252 firearm deaths in the United States, with 12,979 of those deaths being homicides and 20,018 being suicides; Whereas according to a CNN study, there has been an average of one school shooting each week in 2018; Whereas there is a lack of funds and focus put into background check systems and inspections as mandated by Federal law for gun owners and dealers; and Whereas the next generation of dedicated and driven young Americans, like the students of Alhambra High School in Alhambra, California, have taken it upon themselves to engage and work with their congressional and local representatives to achieve their goal of ending gun violence in schools and communities across the United States: Now, therefore, be it