Latest Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition Stories

Mayors Against Illegal Guns Launches Interactive Map Showing States Still Fail to Submit Millions of Mental Health Records to the National Do-Not-Sell Database - Even After Latest Series of Mass Shootings 48,000 Americans Will Be Murdered with Guns in the Next President's Term - If Washington Fails to Act - www.DemandAPlan.org NEW YORK, Aug. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sixty-seven family members of victims and survivors of the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting today sent a letter...

LAW ENFORCEMENT LEADERSHIP GROUPS CALL FOR EXPANDING BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR GUN PURCHASERS AND BANNING HIGH-CAPACITY AMMUNITION MAGAZINES WASHINGTON, July 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Law Enforcement Partnership to Prevent Gun Violence, an alliance of nine major national police leadership organizations, will hold a news conference Thursday, July 26, to announce its call for expanding background checks for firearm purchasers and banning high-capacity ammunition...

www.DemandAPlan.org and Full-Page Ad in USA TODAY Ask: What Will President Obama and Governor Romney Specifically Do to Reduce Gun Violence? NEW YORK, July 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In response to the tragedy in Aurora, a group of survivors and family members of victims of the January 2011 shooting in Tucson, Arizona today joined Mayors Against Illegal Guns to launch a national campaign, beginning with a full-page advertisement in USA TODAY, to demand a plan of action...

Gun Owners Believe Protecting Second Amendment Goes Hand-in-Hand with Keeping Guns Out of the Hands of Criminals Overwhelming Support for Background Checks for All Buyers; Barring Terror Suspects from Firearm Ownership, Requiring Reporting of Lost and Stolen Guns - Measures Opposed by the NRA's Washington Office WASHINGTON, July 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mayors Against Illegal Guns today released the findings of a survey by GOP pollster Frank Luntz showing that NRA members...

BELLEVUE, Wash., July 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Anti-gun New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's call for American police officers to "go on strike" in an effort to force Congress and state legislatures to push his gun prohibition agenda is "a new low in demagoguery," the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. "Mayor Bloomberg has gone from bluster to blackmail with his extremist gun ban campaign," said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. "He would have...

WASHINGTON, July 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tomorrow, as details continue to emerge about the tragic shooting rampage in Aurora, Colorado, that killed 12 people and wounded another 58, the Center for American Progress will host a discussion to examine myths about the National Rifle Association's political influence, making the case for why politicians should feel empowered to take action now to prevent future tragedies. At the event, a panel of experts will discuss the gun...

NEW YORK, July 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by Mayors Against Illegal Guns: Statement of Mayors Against Illegal Guns Co-Chair New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg "Your heart shatters when you think of the family members who were given the worst news imaginable, and we pray for the recovery of the dozens who were injured. Now there will be many expressions of support and condolences from politicians in the coming days, but maybe it's...

BELLEVUE, Wash., July 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Before anti-gun New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg calls on firearms dealers, gun shows and law-abiding citizens to stop the flow of so-called "illegal guns" to the Big Apple, he needs first to explain a gun trafficking loophole in his own city's police department, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. In an exclusive story, the New York Post reports that a 31-year-old police officer has been...

National "Do Not Sell" Database Still Missing Millions of State and Federal Records On Seriously Mentally Ill Individuals, Drug Abusers States That Receive Federal Grants Share Records at Sharply Higher Rate NEW YORK, May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Many states and federal agencies are still failing to share records about dangerous individuals with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), leaving dangerous gaps in a database designed to keep firearms...

BELLEVUE, Wash., April 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today challenged anti-gun New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to stop allowing Empire State criminals to export crime to other states, rather than blaming his city's crime problem on out-of-state gun laws. "How many crimes have been committed in other states by people from New York," queried CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. "Instead of complaining about guns imported...