; Whereas, on December 6, 2016, a mother and her three children were shot and killed by a former dating partner who had been convicted of stalking a former girlfriend and arrested for battery against a household member, but continued to have access to firearms because of the boyfriend loophole wherein he was not married to the women he abused; Whereas, on June 12, 2016, 49 people were killed and 53 people were wounded when a shooter who was physically abusive toward his wife, including by allegedly beating her while she was pregnant, opened fire in the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida; Whereas, on February 25, 2016, a gunman shot and killed three people and injured 14 people in Newton and Hesston, Kansas, after being served with a temporary protective order related to an abusive relationship; Whereas, on May 23, 2014, six people were killed and 14 people were wounded by being stabbed, shot, or struck by the vehicle of a self-identified member of the involuntary celibate, or incel, group of men who blame women for their sexual frustrations and advocate for violence against them, with the shooter uploading a video and publishing a manifesto detailing his hatred toward women in Isla Vista, California, near the University of California, Santa Barbara; Whereas, on December 14, 2012, 26 students and teachers were killed in a mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School after a shooter who previously threatened the life of his mother shot and killed her at home; Whereas 11 percent of background check denials are attributed to a misdemeanor of domestic violence or a protective or restraining order according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ most recent report on Background Checks for Firearm Transfers; Whereas the so-called Charleston Loophole , which allows a licensed firearms dealer to sell a firearm to a person after three business days even if the background check is not complete, has allowed nearly 2,000 domestic abusers to acquire firearms over the past two years