Whereas each year, more than— (1) 32,000 people in the United States are killed and 80,000 are injured by gunfire; (2) 11,000 people in the United States are killed in homicides involving firearms; (3) 21,000 people in the United States commit suicide by using firearms; and (4) 500 people in the United States are killed in accidental shootings; Whereas since 1968, more people of the United States have died from guns in the United States than have on the battlefields of all the wars in U.S. history; Whereas by one count in 2016, in the United States there were— (1) 384 mass shooting incidents in which not fewer than four people were killed or wounded by gunfire; and (2) 48 incidents in which a gun was fired in a school; Whereas gun violence typically escalates during the summer months; Whereas every 70 minutes one person in the United States under the age of 25 dies because of gun violence; Whereas more than 6,300 of such persons die annually, including Hadiya Pendleton, who, in 2013, at age 15 was killed while standing in a Chicago park; Whereas, on June 2, 2017, on what would have been Hadiya Pendleton’s 20th birthday, people across the United States will recognize National Gun Violence Awareness Day and wear orange in tribute to Hadiya, other victims of gun violence, and their loved ones; and Whereas June 2017 would be an appropriate month to designate as National Gun Violence Awareness Month : Now, therefore, be it