North Carolinians To Deliver Petitions Thursday Calling On Representatives To Support King-Thompson Bill And Comprehensive, Life-Saving Background Checks
Concerned North Carolinians will Urge Representative Mike McIntyre and Representative Robert Pittenger to Vote for Background Checks Supported by 90 Percent of North Carolinians
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 29, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by Mayors Against Illegal Guns:
Concerned North Carolinians will deliver petitions to the offices of U.S. Representatives Mike McIntyre and Robert Pittenger Thursday calling on them to support comprehensive, life-saving background checks on all gun sales. Recent independent polls have found that 90 percent of North Carolinians 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).
Among those delivering petitions in Charlotte will be Suzanne Rallis with Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in American and Tracey Kellog-Brodeur of Moms Rising in Leland.
Event details are below (all times local.)
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 |
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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