MAIG Press Releases
"Mayors Against Illegal Guns Releases Video of Tucson Shooting Survivors Sharing Their Stories One Year Later" January 8, 2012
"Mayors Against Illegal Guns Announces Delete Online Outlaws Campaign To Fight Illegal Online Gun Sales" December 14, 2011
"Statement of Mayors Against Illegal Guns on House Approval of Bill to Override State Laws That Restrict Concealed Carrying of Guns" November 16, 2011
"Mayors Against Illegal Guns New Report Shows State and Federal Failures Undermine U.S. Gun Background Check System and Put Guns in the Hands of Killers" November 15, 2011
"Mayors Against Illegal Guns and Survivors of Recent Mass Shootings to Urge Congress to Reform Gun Background Check System Next Week" November 9, 2011
"New Poll from Mayors Against Illegal Guns: Broad Latino Support for Stronger Gun Laws and Opposition to Federal Mandate Overriding State Laws on Concealed Carry Permits" November 3, 2011
"Nationwide Coalition Of U.S. Mayors Calls on Congress to Reject Effort to Strip State Authority to Decide Who Can Carry Concealed, Loaded Guns in Public" October 20, 2011
"600 U.S. Mayors Launch National Campaign to Defend Right of States to Decide Who Can Carry Concealed, Loaded Guns" September 12, 2011
"Statement of Mayors Against Illegal Guns Co-Chairs Applauding Obama Administration's Announcement of New Tool to Fight Trafficking of Illegal Guns to Mexico"
"Six Months after Tucson Shooting, Mayors Urge President Obama to Strengthen Gun Laws and Tighten Enforcement"
"As Al Qaeda Instructs Followers to Exploit Weak U.S. Gun Laws, Mayors Launch TV Ad Urging Congress to Close Loopholes That Let Terrorists and Criminals Buy Firearms" June 28, 2011
"Five Months after Tucson Shootings, Most States and Federal Agencies Still Fail to Report Mental Health Records to National Gun Background Check Database" June 10, 2011
"Statements of Mayors Bloomberg and Menino on Al Qaeda Video Touting Easy Access to Firearms in the United States" June 3, 2011
"Statement of Mayors Michael R. Bloomberg and Thomas M. Menino on Senator Rand Paul's Proposed Patriot Act Amendment" May 25, 2011
"Statements of Mayors Against Illegal Guns Co-Chairs Mayor Bloomberg and Mayor Menino on House Committee Vote on Measure to Close the "Terror Gap" in National Security Laws" May 12, 2011
"As Fatal Law Enforcement Officer Shootings Rise, Analysis Finds Most Killers Were Legally Barred From Owning Guns" May 11, 2011
"U.S. Representatives Introduce Bill to Achieve President Obama's Goal of an "Instant, Accurate, Comprehensive" Gun Background Check System" May 6, 2011
"Statements of Mayors Against Illegal Guns Co-Chairs Michael R. Bloomberg and Mayor Thomas M. Menino on the Exclusion of the Boren Amendment From the Federal Budget" April 12, 2011
"Following President Obama's Call, Tucson Shooting Victims' Families Endorse Plan to Fix U.S. Gun Background Check System" March 28, 2011
"Mayor Bloomberg, Senator Schumer and Members of Congress Including Representative McCarthy Announce Legislation to Fix Gun Background Check System" March 15, 2011
"New Polls in Five Bellwether States Show Overwhelming Support to Fix Gun Background Check System" March 2, 2011
"Senator Schumer, Joined by Mayor Bloomberg, Unveils Legislation for Tougher Penalties for States that Don't Comply with Background Checks; Measure Modeled After Mayors Against Illegal Guns Proposal" February 23, 2011
"New Poll Shows Overwhelming Support in Ohio - Including Among Gun Owners - for Fixing Gun Background Check System" February 23,2011
"Mayors Against Illegal Guns Launches Nationwide Drive To Call Attention To Broken Gun Background Check System" February 17, 2011
"Statement of Mayors Against Illegal Guns Co-Chairs in Response to White House Delay of ATF Policy on Reporting Bulk Sales of Semiautomatic Assault Rifles" February 5, 2011
"Arizona Aftermath: More Than Thirty States Have Failed to Enact Laws Requiring Mental Health Records to be Submitted to the National Gun Background Check Database" January 28, 2011
"Mayors Against Illegal Guns Announces that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' Hero Intern Daniel Hernandez Supports its Plan to Fix Gun Checks and Will Visit New York City Hall on Wednesday" January 25, 2011
"Arizona Officials Announce Support for Mayors' Plan to Fix the National Gun Background Check System" January 24, 2011
Mayors, Martin Luther King III And Family Members of Gun Violence Victims Urge Congress to Fulfill Intent of Historic 1968 Gun Law And Fix Nation's Broken Background Check System
"Obama Administration May Give ATF New Power to Fight Trafficking of U.S. Guns to Mexico" January 22, 2010
"Arizona Aftermath: Federal Agencies Don't Report Known Drug Abusers to Gun Background Check Database" January 21, 2010.
"Arizona Aftermath: Permit-Free Carry Law Prevented Law Prevent Law Enforcement from Having an Opportunity to Stop Jared Loughner from Carrying a Gun" January 20, 2010
"Arizona Aftermath: Congress' Failure to Fund the ATF Prevents ATF from Effectively Fighting Gun Crime" January 19, 2011
"In Aftermath of Tucson Shooting New Bipartisan Poll Shows Americans Including Gun Owners Support Tougher Laws to Keep Firearms out of Dangerous Hands" January 18, 2011
"Arizona Shooter's Gun Purchases Should Have Been Blocked: The First Was Illegal, The Second Violated the Law's Intent" January 17, 2011
"Arizona Shootings: Twenty-Eight States Have Submitted Fewer Than 100 Mental Health Records to Background Check Database for Gun Sales" January 16, 2011
"Arizona Aftermath: Senate Failure to Confirm ATF Chief Undermines Agency" January 15, 2011
"After Arizona Shootings, Background Checks Examined: Congress Refused to Fund All Changes Made After Virginia Tech" January 14, 2011
"Gun Laws Examined in Wake of Arizona Shootings: States with Weak Gun Laws Export Far More Guns Used in Crimes" January 13, 2011
"Mayor Bloomberg Joins Mayors from Around the Region to Outline Common-Sense Steps to Help Prevent Another Shooting Tragedy" January 11, 2011
"Statement of Mayors Against Illegal Guns Co-Chairs in Response to New ATF Policy on Reporting Bulk Sales of Long Guns" December 19, 2010
"Ohio Mayors Against Illegal Guns Oppose Legislation to Give Drug Criminals Access to Guns" December 7, 2010
"Statement of Mayors Against Illegal Guns Co-Chairs Bloomberg and Menino on President Obama's Nomination of Andrew Traver as ATF Director" November 16, 2010
"Mayors Against Illegal Guns Releases Groundbreaking Report Showing a Strong Connection Between Weak Gun Laws and Interstate Gun Trafficking" September 27, 2010
"Mayors Against Illegal Guns Releases New Report On Crime Guns Trafficked Into Mexico Fueling Drug Cartel Violence" September 7, 2010
"Mayors Against Illegal Guns Thanks President Obama and Congress for Increasing Critical Funding For Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives" August 13, 2010
"Coalition Co-Chair Mayor Bloomberg Urges Congress to Enact Common Sense Ban on Sales of Guns and Explosives to Terror Suspects" May 5, 2010
"186 Pennsylvania Members of Mayors Against Illegal Guns Ask Senators Specter and Casey to Close Gun Show Loophole" April 21, 2010
"Mayors Against Illegal Guns Launch New National Campaign to Close the Gun Show Loophole" April 20, 2010
"New Poll by Frank Luntz Shows NRA-Members and Other Gun Owners Support Sensible Measures to Keep Guns Out of the Hands of Criminals" December 10, 2009
"Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Now Over 500 Members Strong, Urges Congress to Prevent Sales of Guns to Terror Suspects by Closing the Terror Gap and Repealing the Tiahrt Amendments" November 23, 2009
"Statement of Mayors Against Illegal Guns Co-Chairs on Testimony of Attorney General Holder in Support of Coalition-Endorsed Terror Gap Legislation" November 18, 2009
"Statement of Mayors Against Illegal Guns Co-Chairs on the Defeat of the Thune Amendment" July 22, 2009
"Mayors Against Illegal Guns Urge Senators from Ohio and North Carolina to Preserve Commonsense Gun Policies and Oppose the Thune Concealed Carry Reciprocity Proposal" July 22, 2009
"Mayors Against Illegal Guns Intensify Fight against Concealed Carry Reciprocity Proposal Currently Before Congress" July 21, 2009
"Mayors Against Illegal Guns Announce Opposition To Concealed Carry Reciprocity Bill Currently Before Congress" July 16, 2009
"Mayors Against Illegal Guns Surpasses 400 Mayors" June 16, 2009
"Mayor Bloomberg Announces Formation of New York Chapter of State Legislators Against Illegal Guns" May 8, 2009
"Statement by Mayors Against Illegal Guns Co-Chairs on Obama Administration's Reform of the Tiahrt Amendments" May 7, 2009
"Mayors Against Illegal Guns Urge Washington to Close Terror Gap After New FBI Data Reveal That People On Terrorist Watch List Exploited Terror Gap 230 Times to Purchase Guns" April 29, 2009
"Mayors Against Illegal Guns Announces Support for New Federal Legislation to Close the Gun Show Loophole" April 21, 2009
"Mayors Against Illegal Guns Releases Groundbreaking Report Showing A Strong Connection Between Weak Gun Laws And Interstate Trafficking Of Illegal Guns" December 5, 2008
"Mayors Against Illegal Guns Announces 29 Mayors From Ohio Join Bi-Partisan Coalition at Cleveland Conference" December 2, 2008
"Mayors Against Illegal Guns Sends Survey to Senators John McCain and Barack Obama" August 6, 2008
"Mayors Against Illegal Guns Hails Introduction of Legislation to Achieve Common Sense Agenda to Fix the Broken Background Check System" July 31, 2008
"Mayors Against Illegal Guns Hails Passage of U.S. Conference of Mayors' Resolution in Support of Fight against Illegal Guns" June 23, 2008
"Statement by Mayor Bloomberg About Pre-Trial Victory in Case Against Adventure Outdoors Gun Shop" June 2, 2008
"Mayors Against Illegal Guns Announces Advertisement To Air In Kentucky On Eve Of Primary" May 15, 2008
"Mayors Testify Before Congressional Task Force on Illegal Guns on Common Sense Steps to Fix Broken Background Check System" April 15, 2008
"At National Summit, Mayors Against Illegal Guns Announces Four Common Sense Steps to Fix the Broken Federal Background Check System" April 14, 2008
"Wal-Mart and Mayors Against Illegal Guns Announce 'Responsible Firearms Retailer Partnership": A 10-Point Voluntary Code' April 14, 2008
"Americans Overwhelmingly Support Common Sense Measures to Stop Illegal Guns, New National Poll Finds" April 10, 2008
"Days Before National Summit, Mayors Against Illegal Guns Membership Grows to Over 300" April 9, 2008
"Mayor Bloomberg and County Executive Spano Announce Launch of New National Coalition: County Executives Against Illegal Guns" April 8, 2008
"Mayors Against Illegal Guns Hails Introduction of the Firearms Information Use Act of 2008" March 14, 2008
"Mayors Against Illegal Guns Conference Convenes in Jacksonville, FL" March 3, 2008
"Mayor Dixon and Mayor Bloomberg Host Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition Regional Conference in Baltimore" February 13, 2008
"Mayors Against Illegal Guns Announces Advertisements to Remind Presidential Candidates and Voters about Importance of Fight against Illegal Guns" December 27, 2007
"Mayors Against Illegal Guns Praises Defeat of Measure That Threatened Police with Prison for Tracking Illegal Guns" December 21, 2007
"Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition Reacts to Congressional Passage of NICS Bill" December 20, 2007
"Mayors Against Illegal Guns Announces Presidential Candidate Questionnaire" December 9, 2007
"Mayor Bloomberg and Senator Lautenberg Announce Support for Sen. Frank Lautenberg - Rep. Peter King" September 17, 2007
"Members of Mayors Against Illegal Guns Stand with Police Chiefs and Members of Congress to Urge Repeal of Tiahrt Amendment" July 10, 2007
"Mayors against Illegal Guns Coalition Hails 1,139-Member U.S. Conference of Mayors' Passage of Resolution in Support of Efforts to Fight Illegal Guns" June 26, 2007
"Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition Runs TV Ads to Urge Repeal of Tiahrt Amendment in Advance of Upcoming Appropriations Committee Vote" June 14, 2007
"Bi-Partisan Coalition of Mayors Against Illegal Guns Launches New Television Advertisement to Urge Repeal of Tiahrt Amendment" June 8, 2007
"Bi-Partisan Coalition of Mayors Against Illegal Guns Urges Repeal of Tiahrt Amendment in Open Letter to Congress" June 5, 2007
"Bi-Partisan Coalition of Mayors Against Illegal Guns Launches Targeted Television Advertising Campaign" April 18, 2007
"14 Mayors From Ohio and Kentucky Join Bi-Partisan Coalition of Mayors Against Illegal Guns" April 12, 2007
"Coalition Of Mayors Against Illegal Guns Announces 31 New Members Since Tuesday's National Summit" January 27, 2007
"Bi-Partisan Coalition Of Mayors Against Illegal Guns Holds National Summit In Washington, DC" January 23, 2007
Bridgeport, CT
"Bridgeport's Mayor Fabrizi Joins 100+ Mayors Nationwide United in Effort Against Illegal Guns." October 18, 2006
Boston, MA
"Statement by Boston Mayor Menino on Tiahrt Amendment" July 12, 2007
"Mayor Menino and Mayor Bloomberg Announce Expansion of Mayors Coalition Against Illegal Guns." October 5, 2006
Newark, NJ
"Mayor Booker Joins National Mayors' Coalition to Rid the Nation of Illegal Handguns." October 5, 2006
New York, NY
"Statement by Mayor Bloomberg About Pre-Trial Victory in Case Against Adventure Outdoors Gun Shop" June 2, 2008
"Statement by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Vote by House Appropriations Committee on Tiahrt Amendment" July 12, 2007
"Mayor Bloomberg Urges Attorney General Gonzales to Share Gun Trace Data and Support Repeal of Tiahrt Amendment." May 3, 2007 (in PDF)
"Mayor Bloomberg Announces First Settlement Resulting from Second Round of Gun Dealer Lawsuit." December 22, 2006
"Mayor Bloomberg Announces the Filing of Second Federal Lawsuit Against Irresponsible Gun Dealers." December 7, 2006
"Mayor Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Menino Announce Expansion of Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition to More Than 100 Mayors Nationwide." October 5, 2006
Yonkers, NY
"Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition Grows to More Than 100 Mayors Nationwide." October 5, 2006
Providence, RI
"Mayor Cicilline to Join Nation's Mayors for First National Gun Summit on Illegal Guns in New York." April 21, 2006
Minneapolis, MN
"Mayor Rybak Calls for Tougher Illegal Gun Laws" August 28, 2007
"Mayor Rybak Criticizes Bad House Vote on Illegal Guns" July 12, 2007
"Mayor Rybak Joins National Fight Against Illegal Guns." April 26, 2006
Dallas, TX
"Mayor Miller Joins NYC Mayor Bloomberg and Other Mayors From Around the U.S. in Unified Effort in the Fight Against Illegal Guns" April 26, 2006
