Dear Editor,
My heart goes out to the victims and their families of the recent tragedy at Virginia Tech University, I only hope that their sorrow can serve to wake-up Americans to the dangers of hand guns.
I commend Mayor Bloomberg and other national mayors who have united with many local and state police organizations to get illegal hand guns off our streets.
Mayor Bloomberg, Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory and several other Ohio mayors joined last week to sign onto a national coalition seeking to curb illegal gun sales - Mayors Against Illegal Guns.
ProtectPolice.org is a project of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a bi-partisan coalition of more than 160 mayors in more than 40 states. Mayors Against Illegal Guns is dedicated to making America’s cities safer by cracking down on illegal guns.
To the Mayor’s credit he has put his money where his mouth is by co-founding the brand new campaign, designed to let the public know what the NRA is trying to do to our police officers in Congress.
Radical NRA-supporters in Congress are working hard to try and pass the Tiahrt Amendment, which would keep law enforcement officers from sharing data about where guns come from before they’re used in crimes.
“Keeping illegal guns off our streets has absolutely nothing to do with the Second Amendment or the rights of lawful gun owners,” Bloomberg said. “It’s about enforcing the law and cracking down on criminals.”
It’s true, the illegal gun issue has nothing to do with the Second Amendment and everything to do with law enforcement. Mayors have the direct responsibility to protect their communities and the police officers who put their lives on the line every day.
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5 years ago
