Media Advisory: Atlanta Mother Who Lost Her Son To Gun Violence To Join Other Moms For Back-To-School Phone Bank Tomorrow Urging Senators Chambliss And Isakson To "Take Another Look" At Background Checks

As School Year is About to Begin, Atlanta Mothers Will Call Other Moms to Discuss How Commonsense Background Checks Keep Kids Safe

Senators Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson Voted Against Life-Saving Background Checks Supported by 91 Percent of Georgians

ATLANTA, Aug. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Atlanta moms will join a mother who lost her son to gun violence for a back-to-school phone bank tomorrow aimed at urging Senators Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson to "take another look" at their votes against life-saving background checks on gun purchases. At the phone bank, mothers will call other moms to discuss how commonsense background checks can keep kids safe and ask them to contact the offices of both senators and urge them to change their votes.

In April, Senators Chambliss and Isakson were among those who voted against bipartisan legislation proposed by NRA A-rated Republican Senator Pat Toomey and Democratic Senator Joe Manchin that would have closed the loopholes that make it easy for criminals and dangerous people to get guns. Recent independent polls that have found that 91 percent of Georgians support background checks for all gun buyers.

Event details are below.

What: Georgia Moms and Teachers Back-to-School Phone Bank Urging Sens. Chambliss and Isakson to "Take Another Look" at Background Checks for Kids' Safety 

Who: Lucy McBath, Atlanta resident who lost her son to gun violence
Mothers in support of background check expansion 

When: Wednesday, August 7 at 6:30 PM

Where: Private Residence: 555 Wyncourtney Drive, Atlanta, GA 30328

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.

MEDIA CONTACT
Kate Downen: [email protected] or 406-224-5056
Jack Warner: [email protected] or 914-575-1090

SOURCE Mayors Against Illegal Guns

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