Media Advisory: Veterans, Gun Owners, Concerned Nevadans To Flyer Henderson Neighborhoods In Support Of Nevada Senate Bill 221, Bill To Keep Guns Out Of The Hands Of Criminals And Other Dangerous People
Veterans, Gun Owners, Activists Will Walk Neighborhoods, Drop Literature Urging Nevada Senate to Pass Bill to Expand Background Checks to All Gun Sales in the State
86 Percent of Nevada Voters Support Background Checks on All Gun Sales; DemandAction.org
LAS VEGAS, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Veterans, gun owners and concerned Nevadans will flyer Henderson neighborhoods on Friday in support of S.B. 221, the Nevada Senate bill that would help keep guns out of the hands of criminals, the seriously mentally ill and other dangerous people.
S.B. 221 will the close the private sale loophole, requiring background checks on all gun sales, with reasonable exceptions. The bill will require all gun sales go through licensed gun dealers. 97.1 percent of Nevada residents live within 10 miles of a licensed gun dealer. There are 509 licensed dealers in Nevada, four times the number of post offices in the state. This bill will therefore not burden private sellers, who already have to meet their purchasers to complete a sale. For more information, visit http://www.demandaction.org/dealers.
| What: |
Flyering Henderson Neighborhoods in support of S.B. 221 |
| Who: |
Veterans, Gun Owners, Concerned Nevadans |
| When: |
Friday, May 17 - 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM |
| Where: |
DMV and Surrounding Areas |
| 1399 American Pacific Dr. |
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| Henderson, NV 89074 |
About Mayors Against Illegal Guns
Since its creation in April 2006, Mayors Against Illegal Guns has grown from 15 members to more than 900 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
MEDIA CONTACT
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