rosawn tate, shana lynn welcomes, stanley taylor, ty reese, thomas, tyrone brown, tyrone gregory, anthony collins, anthony milian, antoine jamil johnson, brad rumfield, brittany dawn scruggs, bryan fundora, car lessa taylor, curt inn smith, daevion pullom, detraio dijon whorton, james john del giorno, jessica morehouse, jordan reen, joseph marwan brown, jovanne holman, kevin neal, kimberly marcum, lentaius kor test hall, leonne kellam, lovelle lovelleularramore. i apologize for mispronouncing many of these names, but it is it important to read these names into the record so at least they live in that space. because the numbers aren't moving our colleagues to action. so far this year, just 2021, there have been 9,649 gun-related deaths. these include homicides and murders, accidental shootings, and suicides. some people take issue with the fact that when we talk about the gun violence epidemic that we're including suicides in these numbers and there have been thousands of suicides in the united states this year, but it's important that we talk about these deaths together. again, this evening is not going to be a time to go deep into th