; (4) 54 percent of gun-related deaths were suicides in both 2020 and 2021; (5) there were at least 646 mass shootings in 2022 where 4 or more people were shot or killed in a single incident involving a gun; (6) there have already been more than 173 mass shootings in 2023 where 4 or more people have been shot or killed in a single incident involving a gun; and (7) 61 active shooter incidents led to over 100 deaths in 2021, a 52.5-percent increase from 2020, according to the most recently available data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Whereas, in an average year, at least 10,300 hate crimes involve a firearm in the United States, which is more than 28 every day; Whereas communities of color are disproportionately impacted by gun violence; Whereas neighborhoods suffering from gun violence are the same areas that lack economic opportunity, adequate infrastructure, access to quality schools, and housing opportunities; Whereas, every month, an average of 70 women are shot and killed by an intimate partner; Whereas intimate partner violence is a serious public health problem, and instances of severe physical violence and violence inflicted with a firearm are predominantly experienced by women with male partners; Whereas, in 2015, 92 percent of all firearm deaths among women in high-income countries occurred in the United States; Whereas 16 percent of gay and lesbian youth, 11 percent of bisexual youth, and 29 percent of transgender youth have been threatened or injured with a deadly weapon on school property, including guns, according to a Youth Risk Behavior Survey published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Whereas, in 2016, the American Medical Association adopted its policy calling gun violence in the United States a public health crisis requiring a comprehensive public health response and solution