Statements on Delaware Governor's Signing of Comprehensive and Enforceable Background Check Legislation
NEW YORK, May 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Delaware Governor Jack Markell signed HB 35, bipartisan legislation that includes comprehensive and enforceable background checks on the private sales of all firearms except shotguns. Mayors Against Illegal Guns Co-Chair and New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, along with Delaware mayors, issued the below statements.
Mayors Against Illegal Guns Co-Chair and New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg
"After more than 40 U.S. Senators shirked their responsibility to protect the American people by voting against comprehensive background checks, Delaware stepped up and made reform a reality at the state level. I thank Governor Markell and Delaware's lawmakers for passing commonsense legislation that will help save lives. Even as Washington refuses to take action against gun violence, this is the latest example of how states are leading the way."
Delaware Mayors
Wilmington Mayor Dennis P. Williams: "By passing comprehensive gun reform legislation, Governor Markell and Delaware's legislators stood with the overwhelming majority of Americans who have demanded action to help save lives. Members of Congress may have failed America with their vote against life-saving background checks last month, but I'm proud that Delaware is putting our citizens' safety ahead of the Washington gun lobby. We have a lot more work to do, but today we took a step in the right direction."
Middletown Mayor Kenneth Branner: "Congress should take a lesson from Delaware. Our legislature listened to the will of Delaware residents and crafted a bi-partisan bill that will help stop gun violence and save lives, without infringing on Second Amendment rights. These common-sense background checks are proof that both sides of the aisle can come together to responsibly reduce crime."
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
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