Dec 21, 2012 Statement from Mayors Against Illegal Guns Co-Chair and New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg: “The NRA’s Washington leadership has long been out of step with its members, and never has that been so apparent as this morning. Their press conference was a shameful evasion of the crisis facing our country. Instead […]
Demand A Plan is the grassroots initiative from Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a bipartisan coalition of more than 800 mayors focused on protecting their communities by keeping guns out of dangerous hands. It’s time. Join more than 750 mayors and 750,000 grassroots supporters to demand that President Obama and Congress step forward with a plan […]
Has anyone stopped to consider the great irony to the NRA’s response today to the Newport shooting? Try this on for a second: One of the primary arguments floating around today among gun enthusiasts to justify the ever increasing number of firearms by private citizens is that they need to “bear arms “to fend off “governmental […]
“This is my NRA club card. I want to show you my tribute and how outraged I am at the loss of life in Newtown, CT. This is what I’m gonna do to this card. [Pulls out a pair of scissors and cuts his NRA membership card into pieces] That’s it,” [shuts off the camera]. CNN, […]
In an open letter to parents, First Lady Michelle Obama offers some ideas for discussing the tragedy in Newtown with children and young people. Read the First Lady’s letter below: Dear parents, Like every American, Barack and I are absolutely heartbroken about the unspeakable tragedy that occurred last week in Newtown, Connecticut. And like so […]