Mayors Against Illegal Guns
Description
Gun violence is a serious threat to public safety and it affects communities across the country. Leaders in these communities are all too familiar with the toll gun violence takes and have an essential role to play in addressing it. In 2006, then-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and then-Boston Mayor Thomas Menino founded Mayors Against Illegal Guns as an original coalition of 15 mayors. The coalition has since grown to a nonpartisan group of more than 2,000 current and former mayors from the smallest towns to the biggest cities in nearly every state. Our mayors are leaders in advocating for life-saving gun safety reforms from local programs to state and federal legislation.
Member mayors and their teams can access free: customized strategies for reducing gun violence; up-to-date state and national gun violence statistics; opportunities to join forces with other mayors to advocate for stronger state and federal gun safety laws; free legal advice and representation to fight for gun safety — and against the gun lobby — in court; draft language, legal counsel, and strategic support to pass local ordinances; opportunities for press; connections to local Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action volunteers; and more.
Mayors Against Illegal Guns is a joint program of the Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund and Everytown for Gun Safety, the largest gun violence prevention organization in the country with nearly 11 million supporters and more than 700,000 donors. Learn more at mayors.everytown.org.
Description
Gun violence is a serious threat to public safety and it affects communities across the country. Leaders in these communities are all too familiar with the toll gun violence takes and have an essential role to play in addressing it. In 2006, then-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and then-Boston Mayor Thomas Menino founded Mayors Against Illegal Guns as an original coalition of 15 mayors. The coalition has since grown to a nonpartisan group of more than 2,000 current and former mayors from the smallest towns to the biggest cities in nearly every state. Our mayors are leaders in advocating for life-saving gun safety reforms from local programs to state and federal legislation.
Member mayors and their teams can access free: customized strategies for reducing gun violence; up-to-date state and national gun violence statistics; opportunities to join forces with other mayors to advocate for stronger state and federal gun safety laws; free legal advice and representation to fight for gun safety — and against the gun lobby — in court; draft language, legal counsel, and strategic support to pass local ordinances; opportunities for press; connections to local Moms Demand Action and Students Demand Action volunteers; and more.
Mayors Against Illegal Guns is a joint program of the Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund and Everytown for Gun Safety, the largest gun violence prevention organization in the country with nearly 11 million supporters and more than 700,000 donors. Learn more at mayors.everytown.org.