The Denver City Council unanimously voted Monday to proclaim June 4 as Gun Violence Awareness Day, in accordance with the National Gun Violence Awareness Day established in 2015. In 2020, Colorado experienced 846 gun deaths and 11 mass shootings which killed six and injured 52, according to the proclamation. In 2019, the state had four mass shootings that killed two and injured 20. In Denver, 305 people were injured in shootings in 2020 â up 512% from 2019. Of those victims, nearly a third were children or teenagers and 117 were killed. In 2021, 46 people have already died from gun violence in Denver. âWe need to be sure that firearms are handled responsibility and kept out of the hands of people who have no business procuring firearms, and that we keep our children, and all of us, as safe as possible,â said Councilman Paul Kashmann, who led the proclamation.