; Whereas the ban on the sale of assault weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines expired in 2004; Whereas according to a 2014 study, of the 16 States that then required background checks of private gun sales, there were 38 percent fewer fatal shootings of women by their partners, 39 percent fewer police murdered by firearms, 17 percent fewer firearm-aggravated assaults, and 49 percent fewer suicides using firearms; Whereas more than 38,000 deaths in the United States were due to guns in 2016; and Whereas June would be an appropriate month to designate as National Gun Violence Awareness Month: Now, therefore, be it