ABOUT MAYORS AGAINST ILLEGAL GUNS
Demand a Plan is a campaign of Mayors Against Illegal Guns -- a national, bipartisan coalition of mayors working to make America’s communities safer by keeping illegal guns out of dangerous hands. Co-founded in 2006 by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, the coalition has grown from a committed group of 15 members to more than 800 mayors, including Republicans, Democrats, and Independents, from major cities and small towns around the country. We have almost a million grassroots supporters, making us the largest gun violence prevention advocacy organization in the country.
Protecting the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans goes hand-in-hand with keeping guns out of the hands of criminals, drug abusers, the seriously mentally ill and other dangerous people. Mayors Against Illegal Guns advocates for common-sense measures that will close deadly gaps in our gun laws and make sure law enforcement agencies have the tools they need to detect and deter gun trafficking. We have worked with more than 100 survivors and family members of gun violence victims in public campaigns to push for solutions from Washington.
For more information about Mayors Against Illegal Guns, please visit our website at www.MayorsAgainstIllegalGuns.org.
WHAT WE STAND FOR
Mayors Against Illegal Guns advocates for a common sense agenda that will make it harder for dangerous people to buy guns and easier for police and prosecutors to stop them. Our coalition of more than 800 mayors and more than 900,000 supporters is calling on Congress to pass legislation that will:
Require every gun buyer to pass a criminal background check
Get military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines off our streets and make gun trafficking a federal crime
Mayors Against Illegal Guns is also asking the Obama Administration to take the following steps that do not require congressional action:
Appoint an ATF director - by recess appointment if necessary
Prosecute prohibited gun purchasers who ignore the law and try to buy guns, ammunition or high-capacity magazines
Require federal agencies to report records to NICS
Repeal the remaining Tiahrt restrictions
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