In the News
Press releases
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July 20, 2022 — Mayors Against Illegal Guns Gather In New York City For Major Summit On Gun Violence Prevention And Gun Industry Accountability
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July 12, 2022 — Mayors Against Illegal Guns Co-Chairs Applaud Confirmation of Steve Dettelbach As ATF Director
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June 23, 2022 — Mayors Against Illegal Guns Co-Chairs Respond to Dangerous Second Amendment Supreme Court Decision
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June 14, 2022 — Mayors Against Illegal Guns Applaud Announcement of Major Federal Bipartisan Gun Safety Agreement
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May 27, 2022 — Mayors Against Illegal Guns Co-Chairs Call for Senate Action On Gun Safety in Wake of Mass Shootings and as NRA Convention Kicks Off
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May 11, 2022 — Everytown, New York City Call on ATF to Revoke License of Nation’s Largest Ghost Gun Kits Manufacturer
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April 11, 2022 – Mayors Against Illegal Guns Co-Chairs Statement on Finalization of Ghost Gun Rule to Keep Unserialized, Untraceable Guns Out of Communities, Nomination of ATF Director
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March 30, 2022 — Victory: Facing Lawsuit, ATF Issues Notice of License Revocation to Manufacturer Tied to Gun Trafficking
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Feb 8, 2022 – Everytown Announces 10 New Co-Chairs of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Including Mayors of New York City, Kansas City, Tampa, To Step Up Alongside Founding Chair Mike Bloomberg
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Dec 9, 2021 – Mayors Against Illegal Guns Applauds Rep. Kelly’s Federal Firearm Licensee Act
Coalition members in the news
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KC mayor Lucas named ‘lawmaker of the year’ by national gun violence prevention organization
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After Kansas City sues, ATF issues notice revoking gun manufacturer’s license
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Waterloo Mayor Quentin Hart joins Mayors Against Illegal Guns coalition
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New York City Mayor Adams unveils plan to end gun violence
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Open carry laws put South Carolina residents in harm’s way, Columbia Mayor Benjamin says
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When it Comes to Stopping Gun Violence, We Need Decisive Action
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Opinion/Elorza and Rivera: Rhode Island is a leader in gun safety – it’s time to keep leading
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‘Eye-popping numbers’: Chicago sues Indiana gun store tied to 850 firearms recovered from crime scenes
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Axios: First on Axios: Baltimore’s powerful new tool to fight illegal guns
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CNN: Gun violence crisis in America’s cities
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Columbus Dispatch: As mayors, we ask lawmakers to ‘do something’ that actually helps
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Commercial Appeal: City will appoint gun violence prevention czar, invest in intervention programs and youth outreach
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C-SPAN: U.S. Conference of Mayors Holds Winter Meeting
Thank you, @GovernorTomWolf for this critical support. It takes all of us—federal, state, local, and community partners—working together to help stop gun violence and restore the peace in our communities. Every resident deserves to feel safe and supported. https://t.co/cR9FMRV0lm
— Mayor Jim Kenney (@PhillyMayor) September 7, 2022
Last night City Hall was lit orange to honor gun violence victims as a small part of Mayors Stopping Crime: A Week of Action.
— Mayor Ron Nirenberg (@Ron_Nirenberg) August 18, 2022
We commend the recent federal legislation that incentivizes red flag laws but action on the state level is vital for the safety of our communities. pic.twitter.com/IIWyyTaO1H
TY US House of Representatives for passing HR 1808, The Assault Weapons Ban of 2022. Congress passed its first major piece of gun reform in 30 years in June, a first step to reduce the threat of violence across our country. Today’s vote keeps us moving in the right direction.
— Nancy Rotering (@NancyRotering) July 29, 2022
At #GSU2022, we named @MayorLucasKC local Gun Sense lawmaker of the year. As a #MayorsAgainstIllegalGuns co-chair, he's made gun violence prevention solutions a priority in Kansas City, and joins other cities in suing gun manufacturers who violate the law. https://t.co/q7MMtFAkh5
— Everytown (@Everytown) July 25, 2022
While violent crime is down in Little Rock, one life lost to gun violence is too many. I joined the mayors of New York City, Buffalo, and St. Louis on @GMA this morning, as we stand ready to tackle this issue together. #MayorsAgainstIllegalGuns pic.twitter.com/YRbSDDIFSk
— Frank Scott, Jr. (@FrankScottJr) July 20, 2022
Today the Senate confirmed Steve Dettelbach as the next Director of the ATF. Cities & mayors will have a strong partner at the ATF to curb the flow of illegal guns in our communities and save lives. #MayorsAgainstIllegalGunshttps://t.co/KLbBEUAlKo
— Mayor Quinton Lucas (@MayorLucasKC) July 12, 2022
Joining my fellow #MayorsAgainstIllegalGuns at the @WhiteHouse today to lift up the signing of the #SaferCommunitiesAct! From enhancing background checks to funding community violence intervention programs, this law is an important step towards make our neighborhoods safer. pic.twitter.com/hFnotLG8Jc
— Mayor Tishaura O. Jones (@saintlouismayor) July 11, 2022
Some people don’t like it when we tell the truth about the impact guns have on our society.
— Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway (@SatyaForMadison) August 20, 2022
That doesn’t make the truth less true. #MayorsAgainstIllegalGuns #MayorsStoppingCrime
@MomsDemand https://t.co/UNV8LY0skE
Proud to announce that I signed on as a member of #MayorsAgainstIllegalGuns– a
— Lucas Frerichs (@LucasFrerichs1) August 19, 2022
coalition of mayors committed to implementing & advocating for life-saving gun safety reforms that protect our cities from gun violence. Thx to @Everytown, @MomsDemand @yolocountymom for your work!
The #MayorsAgainstIllegalGuns are shining a light on the gun industry who are flooding our cities w/ crime guns to start to hold them accountable.#DYK over 1/2 the crime guns from 12 cities come from these manufacturers: https://t.co/wEvmj3VgTD?
— Jane Castor (@JaneCastor) July 21, 2022
Watch: https://t.co/PdKWAYwfuC pic.twitter.com/5gjAAMHYTB
We must name names! Manufacturers who flood our cities with crime guns must be held accountable. Join #MayorsAgainstIllegalGuns & @OurMayors in collecting & sharing that data: https://t.co/nv3HoydfXz
— Byron W. Brown (@MayorByronBrown) July 20, 2022
At the @whitehouse with @POTUS and mayors from across the country to celebrate the passage of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act – addressing gun violence & saving lives. #MayorsAgainstIllegalGuns pic.twitter.com/wRj0VirNpz
— Jane Castor (@JaneCastor) July 11, 2022
At the @WhiteHouse to celebrate the bipartisan Safer Communities Act—the most substantial gun legislation in the last 30 years. This Act will make Cincinnati more safe and is a strong start to sensible gun laws in our country. Thank you @POTUS for your leadership. pic.twitter.com/pKrcnwG3oV
— Aftab Pureval (@AftabPureval) July 11, 2022
Thank you @POTUS & members of Congress for the most significant commonsense gun safety legislation enacted at the federal level in nearly 30 years. Much work remains, but this bipartisan effort is a step in the right direction to end this national gun violence epidemic.
— Andre Dickens (@andreforatlanta) July 11, 2022