Thomas Daschle: “Since Mother's Day, May 14, 2000, an estimated 750,000 mothers, fathers, and children united for the Million Mom March…”

“Since Mother's Day, May 14, 2000, an estimated 750,000 mothers, fathers, and children united for the Million Mom March on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. and were joined by tens of thousands of others, in 70 cities across America, in a call for meaningful, common-sense gun policy; Since 4,223 young people ages 19 and under were killed by gunfire--one every two hours, nearly 12 young people every day--in the United States in 1977; Since American children under the age of 15 are 12 times more likely to die from gunfire than children in 25 other industrialized countries combined; Since gun safety education programs are inadequate to protect children from gun violence; Since a majority of the Senate resolved that the House-Senate Juvenile Justice Conference should meet, consider and pass by April 20, 2000, a conference report to accompany H.R.…”