Americans To Deliver Petitions Thursday Calling On Representatives To Support King-Thompson Bill And Comprehensive, Life-saving Background Checks

Gun Violence Survivors and Concerned Americans will Urge Representatives in GA, IN, NC, OH and PA to Vote for Background Checks Supported by 90 Percent of Americans

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NEW YORK, May 29, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by Mayors Against Illegal Guns:

Americans will deliver petitions to the offices of members of Congress in Georgia, Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania Thursday, calling on them to support comprehensive, life-saving background checks on all gun sales. Recent independent polls have found that more than 90 percent of Americans support background checks for all buyers.  

Petitions to be delivered urge representatives to vote for bipartisan legislation in the U.S. House introduced in April by Representatives Pete King (R-N.Y.) and Mike Thompson (D-CA) that would close the loopholes that make it easy for criminals and dangerous people to get guns. The King-Thompson legislation is identical to bipartisan legislation in the U.S. Senate introduced by Senators Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) and Pat Toomey (R-PA).

Petitions will be delivered to the offices of Representatives Tom Price (GA), Phil Gingrey (GA), Susan Brooks (IN), Jackie Walorski (IN), Mike McIntyre (NC), Robert Pittenger (NC), Pat Tiberi (OH), Charlie Dent (PA), and Tim Murphy (PA).

Event details are below (all times local.)

GEORGIA

Marietta
What: Georgians to Deliver Petitions Calling on U.S. Representative Gingrey to Support Comprehensive, Life-Saving Background Checks
Who:  Lucy McBath, daughter was a victim of gun violence;
John Starbuck, father of Meleia Starbuck, a victim of gun violence;
Ronnie Mosley, Morehouse College student whose brother was a victim of gun violence 
Where: Office of U.S. Representative Phil Gingrey - 219 Roswell Street, Marietta, GA 30060
When:  Thursday, May 30, 1:30 PM

Roswell
What: Georgians to Deliver Petitions Calling on U.S. Representative Price to Support Comprehensive, Life-Saving Background Checks
Who: John Starbuck, father of Meleia Starbuck, a victim of gun violence
Ronnie Mayer, gun owner
Mike Schwartz, gun owner
Where: Office of U.S. Representative Tom Price - 85-C Mill Street, Suite 300, Roswell, GA 30075
When: Thursday, May 30, 11:00 AM

INDIANA

Carmel
What: Hoosiers to Deliver Petitions Calling on U.S. Representative Brooks to Support Comprehensive, Life-Saving Background Checks
Who: Stephen Dunlop M.D, President of Hoosiers Concerned about Gun Violence
Pat King, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America
Joantyonette Lisendy-Grundy, gun violence survivor
Where: Office of U.S. Representative Susan Brooks - 11611 North Meridian Street, Suite 415, Carmel, IN 46032
When: Thursday, May 30, 11:00 AM

Mishawaka
What: Hoosiers to Deliver Petitions Calling on U.S. Representative Walorski to Support Comprehensive, Life-Saving Background Checks
Who: Stephen Miller, gun violence survivor
Where:  Office of U.S. Representative Jackie Walorski - 202 Lincoln Way East, Suite #101 Mishawaka, IN 46544
When: Thursday, May 30, 12:00 PM

NORTH CAROLINA

Charlotte
What: North Carolinians to Deliver Petitions Calling on U.S. Representative Pittenger to Support Comprehensive, Life-Saving Background Checks
Who: Suzanne Rallis, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America
Where: Office of U.S. Representative Robert Pittenger - 2701 Coltsgate Road, Suite 105, Charlotte NC 28211
When: Thursday, May 30, 2:00 PM

Leland
What: North Carolinians to Deliver Petitions Calling on U.S. Representative McIntyre to Support Comprehensive, Life-Saving Background Checks
Who: Tracy Kellog-Brodeur, Moms Rising
Where: Office of U.S. Representative Mike McIntyre - 497 Olde Waterford Way, Suite 206, Leland, NC 28451
When: Thursday, May 30, 10:00 AM

OHIO

Columbus
What: Ohioans to Deliver Petitions Calling on U.S. Representative Tiberi to Support Comprehensive, Life-Saving Background Checks
Who: Jeff Watters, Faith Leader
Keith Whittington, military vet, gun owner, and medical professional
Where: Office of U.S. Representative Pat Tiberi - 3000 Corporate Exchange Drive Suite 310, Columbus, OH 43231
When: Thursday, May 30, 12:00 PM

PENNSYLVANIA

Allentown
What: Pennsylvanians to Deliver Petitions Calling on U.S. Representative Dent to Support Comprehensive, Life-Saving Background Checks
Who: CeCe Gerlach, School Board Director at Allentown Area School District and Teacher at Children's Home of Easton
Where: Office of U.S. Representative Charlie Dent - 3900 Hamilton Boulevard, Allentown, PA 18103
When: Thursday, May 30, 11:00 AM

Greensburg
What: Rally to Demand Representative Tim Murphy Take Action on Common Sense Gun Violence Prevention
Who: Former State Representative Thomas Tangretti
Where: Westmoreland Courthouse Plaza, 2 North Main St, Greensburg, PA 15606
When: Thursday, May 30, 6:00 PM

Pittsburgh
What: Pennsylvanians to Deliver Petitions Calling on U.S. Representative Murphy to Support Comprehensive, Life-Saving Background Checks
Who: Shawntika Rice, Co-Chair of the Anti-Violence Task Force of the Pennsylvania Interfaith Network
Where: Office of U.S. Representative Tim Murphy, 504 Washington Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15228
When: Thursday, May 30, 11:00 AM

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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