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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg talks about the $12 million ad campaign he’s launching that targets the NRA and the legislation on Capitol Hill.
Read MoreDuring Congress' Easter/Passover recess, all Americans will have the opportunity to reach out to their representatives and communicate directly about the issues that matter to them most. With legislation announced that would create meaningful reforms to our nation's broken gun laws, it's more important than ever that legislators in Washington hear from constituents who support these reforms. O...
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The mayor’s advertising blitz, which will saturate television screens in states including Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Arizona, represents by far the biggest escalation of Mr. Bloomberg’s attempts to become a one-man counterweight to the National Rifle Association in the political clash over guns.
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Already, the gun lobby has exerted so much pressure on Republicans and red-state Democrats that the Democrats have dropped an assault weapons ban. The ban will be brought up as an amendment to the bills endorsed by the Senate leadership, dooming its chances. But if the Senate can resist further demands from the National Rifle Association and increase the number of background checks, it still ha...
Read MoreFollowing Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper’s signing of legislation to expand background checks for all gun sales and limit ammunition magazines today, the co-chairs of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, as well as Colorado Mayors Against Illegal Guns Chairwoman Marjorie Sloan of Golden, issued the following statemen...
Read MoreThis series of infographics depicts the irrationality of a gun background check system that does not apply to private sales; the volume of guns sold through this loophole each year without a background check; and the consequences for public safety. Download the individual graphics: Private gun sales How many guns are sold without a background check? What difference does a background check make?
Read MoreMayors Against Illegal Guns today released a new ad featuring law enforcement leaders from across the country calling on Congress to pass background checks for all gun sales to save lives and help police catch criminals. The ad can be viewed at www.DemandAction.org/police. Background checks prevent felons, domestic abusers, the severely mentally ill, and other dangerous people from buying guns...
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Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the pro-regulation group cofounded by Bloomberg LP founder Michael R. Bloomberg, is at it again. In addition to lobbying, the group has been systematically producing information, which is kryptonite to the National Rifle Association. In a map released today, the mayors show that more than 98 percent of Americans live within 10 miles of a gun dealer. How can that be...
Read MoreMayors Against Illegal Guns released a map today showing that 98.4 percent of Americans live within ten miles of a gun store, disproving the gun lobby’s claim that background checks would be a burden for private gun sellers and bolstering the case for checks on all gun sales. There are 58,344 federally licensed gun dealers in the United States – nearly twice the number of post offic...
Read More"Federal law requires background checks when a gun dealer sells you a gun," Bloomberg noted, "but no background check if the sale is done over the Internet or a gun show. Fourteen states have closed that loophole and in those 14 states the suicide rate is half the national average, and the number of women that get killed in domestic violence is something like 40 percent less than in other state...
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