Arizonans Demand Explanation From Senator Flake On His 'No' Vote On Background Checks And Unanswered Meeting Requests

PHOENIX, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Arizona gun violence survivors and family members will gather on Thursday in Phoenix to demand a response to their requests to meet with Senator Jeff Flake to learn more about why he voted against the 90 percent of Arizona voters who support background checks for gun sales. Parents, families, friends and individuals who have been affected by gun violence have sent letters and emails asking for a face-to-face meeting and an explanation on Flake's vote against commonsense background checks – their requests have gone unanswered.

The bipartisan legislation Flake voted against was proposed by Senators Joe Manchin and Pat Toomey, and would have closed the loopholes that make it easy for dangerous people to get guns. A recent poll also showed that in a future election, 52 percent of Arizona voters were less likely to cast a ballot for Flake because of his "no" vote on the background check bill.

Details of the event are below:

What: Arizona gun violence survivors and family members demand response from Senator Flake on unanswered meeting requests

Who: Caren Teves – mother of Alex Teves who was killed shielding his fiancee during the Aurora movie theatre shootings               
Pat Maisch - wrestled a magazine of bullets away from Tucson shooter Jared Loughner to prevent additional shootings
Other Arizona gun violence survivors and family members

When: Thursday, May 2, 2013, 9:45 AM

Where: Senator Jeff Flake's Office: 2200 E. Camelback Road, Phoenix AZ

About Mayors Against Illegal Guns
Since its creation in April 2006, Mayors Against Illegal Guns has grown from 15 members to more than 900 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.

Media Contact
Christina Martinez at [email protected] or 602-316-9732
Dana Kennedy at [email protected] or 480-225-1275

SOURCE Mayors Against Illegal Guns

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