Media Call: New Gun Violence Prevention Group 'Everytown For Gun Safety' Unites Mayors, Moms And Millions Of Americans On New Paths To Victory: State Capitols, Corporate Responsibility, Voter Activation


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TO NATIONAL EDITORS:

Media Call: New Gun Violence Prevention Group 'Everytown For Gun

Safety' Unites Mayors, Moms And Millions Of Americans On New Paths To

Victory: State Capitols, Corporate Responsibility, Voter Activation

NEW YORK, April 16, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Almost a year

after a minority of the U.S. Senate blocked legislation to require

comprehensive gun background checks despite near-unanimous public

support, a new organization launching today will unite millions of

Americans who will work together to end gun violence and counter the

Washington gun lobby: Everytown for Gun Safety. A press release

announcing this new organization was just released, which can be found

here.

At its center, the organization will house Mayors Against Illegal

Guns, founded by former New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and

former Boston Mayor Tom Menino, and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense

in America, a grassroots movement of moms that was founded the day

after Newtown. Everytown will ask Americans to join the fight to

reduce the gun violence that kills 86 Americans every day and affects

every town - big cities and small towns alike. This means continuing

to press for change in Washington and moving beyond Congress to bring

the fight for common-sense gun policies to state capitols, corporate

boards, and state and federal elections - fields of play formerly

occupied almost solely by the gun lobby. Supporters of Everytown will

back candidates and legislation that will save lives, donate to the

group's efforts and take action to raise awareness for important

issues like guns in schools, domestic violence, child access to guns,

suicide and the other ways that gun violence affects all Americans.

Former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced in a New York Times

article published today that he plans to spend at least $50 million

this year to reduce gun violence through Everytown's educational and

advocacy efforts and through personal expenditures.

The organization also announced the launch of the Gun Sense Voter

campaign today that will, for the first time, mobilize one million

Americans to vote on guns and its aim to grow its ranks to 2.5 million

supporters this year by addressing the ways that gun violence touches

Americans including child access to guns, domestic violence, guns on

campus and suicide. The group released the first video in a series

called, "Scenes from Everytown: Stop the Violence" that illustrates

the dangers of child gun access - it can be viewed here.

Who: John Feinblatt, President of Everytown for Gun

Safety Shannon Watts, Founder of Moms Demand Action

When: Wednesday, April 16 at 12:00 PM EDT

Call Details: Email press@everytown.org for dial-in information

About Everytown for Gun Safety

Everytown for Gun Safety is a movement of Americans fighting for

common-sense policies that will reduce gun violence and save lives.

Everytown is the largest gun violence prevention organization in the

country with more than 1.5 million supporters including moms, mayors,

survivors, and everyday Americans who are fighting for reforms that

respect the Second Amendment and protect people. At the core of

Everytown are Mayors Against Illegal Guns, founded in 2006 by former

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former Boston Mayor Tom

Menino, and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a grassroots

movement of American mothers founded on the day after Newtown. Learn

more at www.everytown.org and follow us @Everytown

CONTACTS Erika Soto Lamb: erika@everytown.org or 646-580-5281 Stacey

Radnor: sradnor@everytown.org or 202-870-6668

SOURCE Everytown for Gun Safety

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CO: Everytown for Gun Safety

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