FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 14, 2013
MEDIA
CONTACTS
***MEDIA
AND EVENT ADVISORY***
GUN VIOLENCE SURVIVORS, FAITH LEADERS, AND LOCAL ACTIVISTS
GATHER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE TO URGE SENATOR AYOTTE TO SUPPORT BACKGROUND CHECKS AS
PART OF NATIONAL DRIVE TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE
Mayors Against Illegal Guns to Hold “No More Names: National
Drive to Reduce Gun Violence” Rally in Concord on Tuesday, June 18th
On
Tuesday, June 18th, Mayors Against Illegal Guns will hold a rally in Concord,
New Hampshire as part of the “No More Names: National Drive to Reduce Gun
Violence” – a 25-state national bus tour over a period of 100 days aimed at
urging America’s leaders to support common-sense gun policies. Survivors of gun
violence, faith leaders, and local activists will come together to voice their
continued support for comprehensive and enforceable background checks, and they
will call on Senator Kelly Ayotte to reconsider her vote against these
live-saving measures. As part of the rally, participants will also read the
names of hundreds of victims of gun violence.
This
past April, Senator Ayotte voted to block bipartisan legislation sponsored by
Senators Joe Manchin and Pat Toomey that would have helped keep guns out of the
wrong hands by requiring background checks for commercial gun sales. Recent
independent polls have found that that 89 percent of Granite
Staters
support background checks for all gun sales.
Every
day, 33 Americans are murdered with guns in this country. “No More Names:
National Drive to Reduce Gun Violence” is part of Mayors Against Illegal Guns’
ongoing, national effort to continue raising awareness to the issue of gun
violence in America – and most importantly, to urge elected officials to act on
behalf of the people they represent.
What: “No
More Names: National Drive to Reduce Gun Violence” rally urging Senator Kelly
Ayotte to support background checks that will help save lives
Who: -
Judy Stadtman, Co-Founder of
Project for Safer Communities NH
- John Cantin, Veteran,
Survivor of Gun Violence, Father of Gun Violence Victim
- Revered Stephen R. Silver,
First Congregational Church of Lebanon
- Rabbi Robin Nafshi (Will
Read Names)
- Reverend Kate Atkinson (Will
Read Names)
Where: City
Plaza
107
N. Main Street
Concord,
New Hampshire
When: Tuesday,
June 18th
Rally
Time: 5:00pm-7:00pm
Reading
Time: 9:00am-9:00pm
*Judy Stadtman, Reverend
Stephen Silver, and John Cantin will be available to speak with media throughout
the day. For interview requests in advance and on-site, please contact Stacey
Radnor at 202-870-6668.
About Mayors Against Illegal Guns
Since its creation in April 2006,
Mayors Against Illegal Guns has grown from 15 members to more than 950 mayors
from across the country. We have more than 1.5 million grassroots supporters,
making us the largest gun violence prevention advocacy organization in the
country. The bipartisan coalition, co-chaired by New York City Mayor Michael
Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, has united the nation’s mayors around
these common goals: protecting communities by holding gun offenders
accountable; demanding access to crime gun trace data that is critical to law
enforcement efforts to combat gun trafficking; and working with legislators to
fix weaknesses and loopholes in the law that make it far too easy for criminals
and other dangerous people to get guns. Learn more at www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org
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