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	Press Releases "Coalition Of Mayors Against Illegal Guns Announces 31 New Members Since Tuesday's National Summit" MayorsAgainstIllegalGuns.org, January 27, 2007 "Bi-Partisan Coalition Of Mayors Against Illegal Guns Holds National Summit In Washington, DC" MayorsAgainstIllegalGuns.org, January 23, 2007


	Summit Editorials and Op-Eds "Get the killer guns..." Palm Beach Post, February 04, 2007 "U.S. mayors get tough on illegal firearms" Star Tribune, January 27, 2007 "Walaker's focus was illegal guns" The Fargo Forum, January 28, 2007 "Sights on illegal guns." The Washington Times, January 23, 2007


	Summit News "Taylor takes aim at illegal gun trade" Tulsa World, January 25, 2007 "Mayors Against Illegal Guns swells its ranks" Albany Times-Union, January 31, 2007 "Mayors Have Shopping List For Congress", CBS News, January 25, 2007 "Gun crackdown tops mayors' agenda" The Associated Press, January 24, 2007 "On Guns, Bloomberg Issues Threat to Capitol Hill Lawmakers" New York Sun, January 24, 2007 "Brown among mayors seeking to ease limits on tracing gun sales" The Buffalo News, January 24, 2007 "Mayors unite on gun-tracking effort" The Washington Times, January 24, 2007 "Fenty, Other Mayors Decry Gun Trafficking" Washington Post, January 24, 2007 "Mayors' group swaps ideas on illegal guns." delawareonline.com, January 24, 2007 "The Morning News: The State of Our Cities" readexpress.com, January 24, 2007 "Mayors Urge Crackdown on Illegal Guns." NYTimes.com, January 23, 2007 "Sheila Dixon Attends Gun Summit For U.S. Mayors" wjz.com, January 23, 2007 "Tulsa mayor urges end to federal restrictions on gun tracking." kswo.com, January 23, 2007 "Menino tells mayors to band together against guns." Boston.com, January 23, 2007 "Mayor Brown Heads To D.C. For Gun Summit." wben.com, January 23, 2007 "Street joins nation's mayors in D.C. today to press for gun control." Philadelphia Daily News, January 23, 2007


	Summit Press Contacts All media inquiries related to the Mayors Against Illegal Guns 2007 Summit should be directed to the following press officers: New York Mayor Bloomberg's Press Office 212-788-2958 Boston Mayor Menino's Press Office 617-635-4461 See more articles about Mayors Against Illegal Guns




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