Press Conference: Floridians to Oppose Senator Rubio's 'No' Vote on Background Checks

Rubio Voted Against Background Checks Despite the 94% of Florida Voters Who Support the Commonsense Reform; www.DemandAction.org

***Media Advisory***

DORAL, Fla., April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Yesterday Senator Marco Rubio voted against bipartisan legislation proposed by Senators Joe Manchin and Pat Toomey that would have closed the loopholes that make it easy for criminals and dangerous people to get guns.  Looking past Florida and toward a likely run for the presidency, Rubio chose to vote with the Washington gun lobby and defied the 94 percent of Floridians who support background checks for all gun sales.  Pinecrest Mayor Cindy Lerner, a member of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, and community leaders will hold a press conference today to criticize Senator Rubio for siding with the NRA and turning his back on the overwhelming majority of Florida voters who support background checks. 

What: Press conference to oppose Senator Rubio's vote on background checks

Who:

• Pinecrest Mayor Cindy Lerner
• League of Women Voters of Miami-Dade County Director Maggie Fernandez
• God's Tabernacle of Deliverance Ministry Pastor Vernon Gillum, son murdered by gun violence
• RJT Foundation President Denise Baker-Brown, son murdered by gun violence

When:Thursday, April 18, 2013
2:00 PM

Where: NW 87^th Avenue and NW 36^th Street
Doral, FL 33166

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
Carlos Andrade: (786) 351-1699

SOURCE Mayors Against Illegal Guns

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