Ahead of Concord Rally, Gun Violence Survivor to Deliver List Memorializing More Than 6,000 Victims of Gun Violence at Senator Ayotte's Manchester Office

CONCORD, N.H., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Just before the 5 p.m. rally at City Plaza in Concord, aimed at holding Senator Kelly Ayotte accountable for voting against common-sense background checks legislation, John Cantin – a survivor of gun violence who was shot while trying to help his daughter before she was gunned down by her estranged husband in Manchester in October 2009 – is set to deliver a list of more than 6,000 names of people who have been murdered with guns since the December shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut to Ayotte's Manchester office.

What: Gun violence survivor to drop off a delivery at Senator Kelly Ayotte's office of more than 6,000 names of gun violence victims who have been murdered with guns since Newtown, in an effort to hold Ayotte accountable for opposing a tough-on-crime background checks bill that would help save lives.

Who: John Cantin, a local survivor of gun violence who was shot while trying to help his daughter before she was gunned down by her estranged husband in Manchester in October 2009.

Where: Senator Ayotte's Manchester Office

1200 Elm Street, Suite 2
Manchester, New Hampshire

When: Tuesday, June 18^th at 3:30 p.m.

NOTE: John Cantin will then head directly to the rally from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.:

City Plaza
107 N. Main Street
Concord, New Hampshire

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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