; Whereas the victims who tragically died were Deaji Goodman, 28, and David Huff, 17; Whereas the Louisville Metro Police Department is working to identify the shooter, as well as determine if the shooter acted alone; Whereas the residents of Louisville, Kentuckians across the Commonwealth, and people across the Nation are grateful for the brave and swift response of the first responders to the shootings, as well as for the medical staff who attended to the injuries of the victims at the University of Louisville Hospital; Whereas the Old National Bank shooting was the 146th mass shooting this year, and the Chickasaw Park shooting was the 161st mass shooting this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive; Whereas the shooting at Chickasaw Park was the second mass shooting in Louisville over the span of a week; Whereas more than 800 people on average die from gun violence in Kentucky each year; Whereas Kentucky does not require background checks for gun sales by unlicensed sellers, has not enacted an extreme risk protection order law, places no restrictions on the sale of military-style assault rifles and large-capacity magazines, does not require a waiting period, and generally preempts local cities and counties from enacting their own gun safety ordinances; Whereas Kentucky law generally allows people to carry loaded handguns in public spaces without a permit, without any background check, and without training since 2019; Whereas States with weaker laws regulating the carrying of firearms in public places are more likely to experience workplace shootings, and a 2019 study in the American Journal of Public Health found that States with weak or no regulations on concealed carry had 29 percent higher rates of workplace homicides committed with firearms; Whereas, according to the nonprofit organization, Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, from 2017 to 2021, at least 1,756 workers were murdered with guns on the job; Whereas gun violence is a daily epidemic that plagues communities across our Nation