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	Coalition Releases Blueprint for Federal Action

	Mayors Against Illegal Guns released a comprehensive list of 40 concrete steps the federal government can take through administrative action to better enforce existing gun laws. The report, entitled Blueprint for Federal Action on Illegal Guns, was sent to President Obama and key members of his administration on August 7, 2009, but had not been made public to give the Administration adequate time to review it. The recommendations include better information-sharing among law enforcement agencies, increasing ATF resources and new focused research to combat illegal guns. If implemented, these recommendations would curb illegal gun trafficking, help stop terrorists and other dangerous persons from obtaining guns, and help to stop the flow of guns across the southwest border. Read the Blueprint for Federal Action on Illegal Guns (in PDF) Read the Press Release Read the Cover Letter sent to the Obama Administration (in PDF)

Poll: NRA Members Support Efforts to Fight Illegal Guns
A new poll by Republican pollster Frank Luntz reveals that NRA members and other Americans who own guns strongly support a sensible approach to gun laws that balances personal freedoms with measures to keep illegal guns out of the hands of criminals. The poll finds that both NRA members and non-NRA gun owners support various reforms that the bi-partisan coalition of Mayors Against Illegal Guns has called on Congress to enact, such as proposals to fix the Terror Gap and close the gun show loophole.
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Read the press release
Download the Luntz Poll Questionnaire and Responses (in PDF)
Download the Luntz Poll Slides (in PDF)

Mayors Against Illegal Guns Expands Efforts to Close the Terror Gap
November 23 - The coalition is expanding its efforts to close the Terror Gap in federal law, which leaves the FBI powerless to block gun sales to terror suspects. In an ad in today's Washington PostÂ and on the companion Web site CloseTheTerrorGap.org, the coalition calls on Congress to learn from the tragedy at Fort Hood and close the Terror Gap once and for all.
Download the ad (in PDF)
Learn more and take action at CloseTheTerrorGap.org
Visit the coalition's Terror Gap page

OUR MISSION: Support the Second Amendment and Keep Illegal Guns Out of the Hands of Criminals
For more than three years, Mayors Against Illegal Guns has worked with law enforcement and legislators to advance a simple but powerful idea: support for Second Amendment rights goes hand-in-hand with keeping illegal guns out of the hands of criminals.

Join: Mayors interested in joining our growing coalition can contact the coalition staff here

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Editorials: Read Recent Editorials About the Coalition's Purpose

Department of Justice Endorses Legislation to Block Terror Suspects from Purchasing Guns
November 2009 - During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Attorney General Eric Holder indicated that the Department of Justice continues to support legislation to give FBI the power to block gun and explosive purchases by terror suspects. Such legislation had been drafted and endorsed by the Department of Justice during the Bush administration.
Learn more about the Terror Gap
Read the statements from the coalition co-chairs

Pennsylvania Mayors Advance Effort to Require Reporting of Lost and Stolen Guns
Mayors in Pennsylvania are leading a city-by-city and town-by-town effort to pass and enforce common sense lost and stolen gun reporting laws. In a new Mayors Against Illegal Guns video, mayors of some of the Pennsylvania cities and towns with new lost and stolen explain why lost and stolen reporting laws are a critical public safety measure.
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Mayors and Police Chiefs Unite to Protect Public Safety Laws
Mayors across the country have helped defeat legislation in the U.S. Senate that would have interfered with the right of states to control their own public safety laws. The Thune Amendment would have forced law enforcement to recognize concealed carry permits issued by every other state, including states with the weakest rules. Mayors Against Illegal Guns does not take a position on the general issue of concealed carry. Instead, the coalition believes each state should have the right to use its own judgment in deciding how to grant concealed carry permits.
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Read the statements from the coalition co-chairs
Read the letter from the IACP
Read the letter from the Major Cities Chiefs

Wal-Mart Joins Coalition to Form the Responsible Firearms Retailer Partnership
The coalition has formed a landmark partnership with Wal-Mart - the nation's largest firearms retailer - that includes a 10-point voluntary code that will help ensure that prohibited buyers are not able to acquire guns.
Learn more about the Responsible Firearms Retailer Partnership
Read the press release

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