; Whereas, on February 25, 2016, a gunman shot and killed 3 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, 6 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 3 business days even if the background check is not complete, has allowed nearly 2,000 domestic abusers to acquire firearms over the past 2 years; Whereas a 2017 analysis of State firearm restrictions for perpetrators of domestic violence found that firearm prohibition laws that apply to dating partners are associated with a 16-percent reduction in intimate partner homicide; Whereas, under Federal law, domestic abusers are banned from having guns if they are married to or have a child with their partner, but abusive dating partners are still not subject to final protective orders and intimate partners are just as likely to be killed by their abusive dating partners as their abusive married spouses, according to Everytown