450 Mayors of Both Parties Propose Gun Control Reforms

Thursday, October 08, 2009

While the Supreme Court may soon decide a case affecting local gun control measures, a large coalition of city mayors is calling on Congress and the federal government to take action to curb illegal weapons sales. Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a bipartisan group of 450 mayors, wants the Obama administration and lawmakers to get behind dozens of proposed reforms, including tougher enforcement of laws at gun shows and the creation of a federal interstate firearms trafficking unit. Many of the changes sought by the mayors focus on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), whose agents have been “undermined by congressional restrictions, inadequate resources, and a lack of leadership from federal officials in Washington,” according to the group’s report.

 
In 2005, the FBI referred to the ATF 67,713 cases of people who failed background checks, but federal prosecutors followed up on only 135 of these cases.
-Noel Brinkerhoff
 
450 Mayors Petition Obama To Adopt Broad Gun Reform (by David S. Fallis, Washington Post)

Comments

Baggett Pants 14 years ago
The traitors who swore to defend the Constitution are taking their masks off. Midnight approaches. Patriots take note. The lines are being drawn.
Mike Licht 14 years ago
If the Supreme Court decides McDonald v. Chicago in favor of the plaintiff, our cities will be a bit different. For a preview, see: http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/the-armed-american/

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