450 MAYORS ASK450 MAYORS ASKTHE U.S. SENATETHE U.S. SENATE:WILL YOU STAND WITH US, ORGUT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY LAWS.

Michael Bloomberg, NY, NYThomas Menino, Boston, MALarry P. Langford, Birmingham, ALThomas Henderson, Center Point, ALCarroll L. Watson, Lincoln, ALSamuel L. Jones, Mobile, ALRon Davis, Prichard, ALOmar Neal, Tuskegee, ALCarolyn Floyd, Kodiak, AKPatrick Hays, North Little Rock, ARCarl A. Redus, Pine Bluff, ARJane P. Kennedy, Campbell, CACheryl Cox, Chula Vista, CARobert Wasserman, Fremont, CAMarc Searl, Hemet, CARoosevelt F. Dorn, Inglewood, CASukhee Kang, Irvine, CALarry Burrola, Irwindale, CAAntonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles, CA Rob Schroder, Martinez, CAJim Ridenour, Modesto, CAPaul Eaton, Montclair, CARonald V. Dellums, Oakland, CASue Severson, Orinda, CAJean M. Benson, Palm Desert, CA Pamela Torliatt, Petaluma, CAJennifer Hosterman, Pleasanton, CAJonathan Harrison, Redlands, CAGayle McLaughlin, Richmond, CADennis Donohue, Salinas, CAPatrick J. Morris, San Bernardino, CAJerry Sanders, San Diego, CAGavin Newsom, San Francisco, CAChuck Reed, San Jose, CAMiguel Pulido, Santa Ana, CAMarty Blum, Santa Barbara, CASusan Gorin, Santa Rosa, CAJoseph D. Serrano, Sr., Santa Fe Springs, CAKen Genser, Santa Monica, CAPaul Miller, Simi Valley, CAAnn Johnston, Stockton, CAAnthony Spitaleri, Sunnyvale, CAMorris Vance, Vista, CAAbbe Land, West Hollywood, CAChristopher Cabaldon, West Sacramento, CAJohn Hickenlooper, Denver, COBill Finch, Bridgeport, CTApril Capone Almon, East Haven, CTEddie Perez, Hartford, CTJohn DeStefano, New Haven, CTRichard A. Moccia, Norwalk, CTDannel P. Malloy, Stamford, CTScott Slifka, West Hartford, CTAdrian Fenty, Washington, DCCarleton E. Carey Sr., Dover, DEVance A. Funk, III, Newark, DEJames M. Baker, Wilmington, DE

John S. Meserve, Atlantic Beach, FLManny Fernandez, Atlantis, FLSusan Gottlieb, Aventura, FLPerry Knight, Bowling Green, FLJerry Taylor, Boyton Beach, FLDebby Eisinger, Cooper City, FLScott J. Brook, Coral Springs, FLLinda Riner-Mizell, Dundee, FLJoyce A. Davis, El Portal, FLBruce Malcolm, Fernandina Beach, FLJim Humphrey, Fort Myers, Florida Charles Sanders, Greenwood, FLJoy Cooper, Hallandale Beach, FLJoseph S. Kroll, Haverhill, FLPeter Bober, Hollywood, FL Kenneth M. Shultz, Hypoluxo, FLJohn Peyton, Jacksonville, FloridaMuriel H. Whitman, Kenneth City, FLMary Lou Hildreth, Keystone Heights, FLMorgan McPherson, Key West, FL Patricia Gerard, Largo, FL Barrington Russell, Lauderdale Lakes, FL Richard Kaplan, Lauderhill, FLRoseann Minnet, Lauderdale By the Sea, FLPatricia Shontz, Madeira Beach, FL Gene Wright, Malone, FLManuel Diaz, Miami, FLMatti H. Bower, Miami Beach, FLBill Barnett, Naples, FLHarriet Pruette, Neptune Beach, FLJohn Glanzer, Newberry, FLRandall Wise, Niceville, FLAndre Pierre, North Miami, FLRaymond Marin, North Miami Beach, FLDavid Norris, North Palm Beach, FLDarla Lauer, Oak Hill, FLJoseph L. Kelley, Opa-Locka, FLBuddy Dyer, Orlando, FLFred Costello, Ormond Beach, FL Carol McCormack, Palm Shores, FLEmma Shoaff, Pembroke Park, FLFrank C. Ortis, Pembroke Pines, FLLamar P. Fisher, Pompano Beach, FLPatricia Christensen, Port St. Lucie, FLJohn Marks, III, Tallahassee, FL Beth Talabisco, Tamarac, FLPam Iorio, Tampa, FLBeverly Billiris, Tarpon Springs, FL Lois Frankel, West Palm Beach, FLGary Bruhn, Windermere, FLJohn F. Bush, Winter Springs, FLHeidi Davison, Athens-Clarke County, GAShirley Franklin, Atlanta, GAJere Wood, Roswell, GAOtis Johnson, Savannah, GAJohn Fretti, Valdosta, GADonnie Henriques, Woodstock, GA

Mufi Hannemann, Honolulu, HIRichard Daley, Chicago, ILHenderson Yarbrough, Sr., Maywood, ILChristopher Koos, Normal, ILRita Mullins, Palatine, ILJohn A. Spring, Quincy, ILLawrence J. Morrissey, Rockford, ILRichard Hickman, Angola, INFred L. Armstrong, Columbus, INTom C. Henry, Fort Wayne, IN Allan Kauffman, Goshen, INTom Jones, Linton, INStephen Luecke, South Bend, INBruce Hosier, Portland, INBarbara Ewing, Tell City, INErnest B. Wiggins, Warsaw, INKay Halloran, Cedar Rapids, IAT.M. Franklin Cownie, Des Moines, IA Clausie W. Smith, Bonner Springs City, KSJoe Reardon, Kansas City, KSLarry G. Meeker, Lake Quivira, KSKenneth W. Bernard, Lansing, KS Elaine Walker, Bowling Green, KYJohn Link, Edgewood, Kentucky Jerry Abramson, Louisville, KYSusan Barto, Lyndon, KYMelvin “Kip” Holden, Baton Rouge, LAAlbert Doughty, Benton, LA Ray Nagin, New Orleans, LACedric B. Glover, Shreveport, LALaurent F. Gilbert Sr., Lewiston, MEJill C. Duson, Portland, MEEllen Moyer, Annapolis, MDSheila Dixon, Baltimore, MD Thatcher W. Kezer, III, Amesbury, MAJames E. Harrington, Brockton, MAE. Denise Simmons, Cambridge, MA Michael A. Tautznik, Easthampton, MARobert Correria, Fall River, MAMark Hawke, Gardner, MAJim Fiorentini, Haverhill, MAMichael J. Sullivan, Holyoke, MAMichael Sullivan, Lawrence, MAEdward C. Caulfield, Lowell, MARichard C. Howard, Malden, MAScott Lang, New Bedford, MAJohn F. Moak, Newburyport, MAClare Higgins, Northampton, MAThomas G. Ambrosino, Revere, MAKimberley Driscoll, Salem, MAJoseph A. Curtatone, Somerville, MADomenic Sarno, Springfield, MASusan M. Kay, Weymouth, MABobby J. Hopewell, Kalamazaoo, MIBrenda L. Lawrence, Southfield, MISteve Lampi, Brooklyn Park, MNElizabeth B. Kautz, Burnsville, MN

Gary F. Van Eyll, Chaska, MNGary Peterson, Columbia Heights, MNDon Ness, Duluth, MN R.T. Rybak, Minneapolis, MNChris Coleman, Saint Paul, MNAndrew G. Humprey, Wayzata, MNA.J. Holloway, Biloxi, MississippiJohnny DuPree, Hattiesburg, MS Matthew J. Avara, Pascagoula, MSHarold Dielmann, Creve Coeur, MOMark Funkhouser, Kansas City, MOFrancis Slay, St. Louis, MO Ron Tussing, Billings, MTChris Beutler, Lincoln, NEDonald A. Groesser, Ralston, NEJim Bouley, Concord, NHKevin G. Sanders, Asbury Park, NJJoseph V. Doria, Jr., Bayonne, NJJason J. Varano, Berkeley Township, NJGwendolyn A. Faison, Camden, NJSophie Heymann, Borough of Closter, NJCarol Foster, Corbin City, NJJames Carroll, Demarest, NJJoseph R. Smith, East Newark, NJRobert L. Bowser, East Orange, NJJun Choi, Edison, NJJ. Christian Bollwage, Elizabeth, NJSteven Weinstein, Fair Lawn, NJJohn F. Bencivengo, Hamilton, NJJames C. DiNardo, Hazlet Township, NJMeryl Frank, Highland Park, NJWayne Smith, Irvington, NJJerramiah Healy, Jersey City, NJEugene Kulick, Little Falls, NJFrank W. Minor, Logan Township, NJNicholas Russo, Longport, NJMichael Fressola, Manchester Twnshp, NJFrank M. North, Merchantville, NJJames A. Gallos, Borough of Milford, NJDonald Cresitello, Morristown, NJCory Booker, Newark, NJPeter C. Massa, North Arlington, NJFrancis M. Womack, III, N. Brunswick, NJRandy George, North Haledon, NJMichael Luther, Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJSamuel Rivera, Passaic, NJJose Torres, Paterson, NJJack Killion, Pennsauken, NJHarry L. Wyant, Phillipsburg, NJGary Giberson, Port Republic, NJPasquale Menna, Borough of Red Bank, NJEarl Gage, Salem, NJEmilia Siciliano, Shrewsbury, NJDouglas Palmer, Trenton, NJBetty Simmons, Victory Gardens, NJRobert Romano, Vineland, NJ Shing-Fu Hsueh, West Windsor, NJ

John E. McCormac, Woodbridge, NJOrlando Ortega, Jr., Portales, NMDavid Coss, Santa Fe, NMGerald Jennings, Albany, NYAnn Thane, Amsterdam, NY Steve Gold, Beacon, NYMatthew T. Ryan, Binghamton, NY Byron Brown, Buffalo, NYWayne J. Hall Sr., Hempstead, NYRichard Scalera, Hudson, NYElizabeth Feld, Larchmont, NYMarlinda Duncanson, Middletown, NY Clinton Young, Mount Vernon, NYNicholas Valentine, Newburgh, NYNoam Bramson, New Rochelle, NYRobert M. Maciol, NY Mills, NY Daniel J. Dwyer, Rensselaer, NY Robert Duffy, Rochester, NYBrian U. Stratton, Schenectady, NYMatthew J. Driscoll, Syracuse, NYDavid R. Roefaro, Utica, NYMichael P. Manning, Watervliet, NYPhilip Amicone, Yonkers, NYTerry Bellamy, Asheville, NCRonnie K. Wall, Burlington, NCKevin Foy, Chapel Hill, NCJohn R. Bost, Clemmons, NCBill Bell, Durham, NCYvonne Johnson, Greensboro, NCPatricia C. Dunn, Greensville, NCCharles Meeker, Raleigh, NC Dennis Walaker, Fargo, NDDan Pillow, Addyston, OHDonald Plusquellic, Akron, OHMerle S. Gorden, Beachwood, OHDaniel Pocek, Bedford, OHFletcher Berger, Bedford Heights, OHJohn Licastro, Bratenahl, OHSamuel J. Alai, Broadview Heights, OHDale Strasser, Brunswick, OHMark Mallory, Cincinnati, OHFrank Jackson, Cleveland, OHEdward Kelley, Cleveland Heights, OHMichael Coleman, Columbus, OHJack M. Bacci, Cuyahoga Heights, OHRhine McLin, Dayton, OHMarilee Chinnici-Zuercher, Dublin, OHBill Cervenik, Euclid, OHTheodore Shannon, Fairfax, OHThomas J. Longo, Garfield Heights, OHJoseph C. Hubbard, Glendale, OHAlan Zaffiro, Golf Manor, OHDeborah Neale, Lakeline, OHMichael A. Kolomichuk, Lakemore, OHJo Ann Toczek, Linndale, OHJim Brown, Lockland, OHDonald Kuchta, Macedonia, OH

Gregory S. Costabile, Mayfield Heights, OHBruce G. Rinker, Mayfield Village, OHRobert Shiner, Mentor, OHGary Starr, Middleburg Heights, OHSusan Renda, Moreland Hills, OHThomas E. O’Grady, North Olmsted, OHKathy Mulcahy, Orange Village, OHDaniel J. Ursu, Richmond Heights, OHMartin Zanotti, Parma Heights, OHBruce H. Akers, Pepper Pike, OHWilliam Robertson, Rittman, OHEarl M. Leiken, Shaker Heights, OHJohn Smith, Silverton, OHKevin C. Patton, Solon, OHGeorgine Welo, South Euclid, OHMatthew Brett, South Russell, OH Carleton S. Finkbeiner, Toledo, OHDarreyl D. Davis, Trotwood, OHKatherine A. Procop, Twinsburg, OHBeryl Rothschild, University Heights, OHJean A. Anderson, Vermilion, OHMarlene Anielski, Walton Hills, OHMichael J. O’Brien, Warren, OHBarry Porter, Wyoming, OHJay Williams, Youngstown, OHKathy Taylor, Tulsa, OKDenny Doyle, Beaverton, ORKitty Piercy, Eugene, ORJohn H. McBeth, Akron, PAEd Pawlowski, Allentown, PAAnthony Battalini, Aliquippa, PACharles T. Wahl, Ambler, PA Bernard Killian, Aspinwall, PAAlexander Bennett, Jr, Baldwin, PACloyd W. Wagner, Beavertown, PA David E. Orr, Beech Creek, PA John B. Callahan, Bethlehem, PARobert M. Myers, Birdsboro, PAKeith Billig, Bowmanstown, PAMarianne Deery, Boyertown, PAJeffrey A. Cowan, Brackenridge, PAKenneth Lockhart, Brentwood, PAMargaret Stock, Butler, PAJustin M. Taylor, Carbondale, PAKirk R. Wilson, Carlisle, PA Donald Baumgarten, Castle Shannon, PABarbara A. Schlegel, Catasauqua, PAWendell N. Butler, Jr., Chester, PARonald W. Lockwood, Cherry Valley, PABrian P. Fox, Christiana, PA Paul H. McKenna, Churchill, PAJonathan J. Mack, Coopersburg, PAHelen Thomas, Darby, PAMary Ann Fichthorn, Denver, PA Thomas R. Lloyd, Dormont, PALibby White, Doylestown, PAHeather Ann Bruno, Downingtown, PA

Betty M. Hays, Eagles Mere, PA Salvatore J. Panto, Jr., Easton, PAKeith Hoffman, East Berlin, PAWayne T. Murphy, Edgeworth, PA Robert H. Brain, Elizabethtown, PA Joseph J. Cisco, Ellwood City, PAWinfield Iobst, Emmaus, PAJoseph Sinnott, Erie, PAHarry W. McLaughlin Jr., Fox Chapel, PAFred C. Moyer, Jr., Freeburg, PA Gerald C. Yob, Freemansburg, PAWilliam E. Troxell, Gettysburg, PA Karl E. Eisaman, Greensburg, PACathryn H. Rape, Harmony, PAStephen R. Reed, Harrisburg, PA Norah Hawkes, Hatboro, PAJoseph R. Dodson, Hollidaysburg, PABetty Esper, Homestead, PANicholas Yanosich, Industry, PA Sandra Green, Kutztown, PAJ. Richard Gray, Lancaster, PAJayne C. Young, Lansdowne, PA Robert P. Carpenter, Laporte, PA Fred Feltenberger, Laureldale, PATrish Ward, Lebanon, PAJohn L. Mark, Liverpool, PA Gerard J. McGlone, Jr., Malvern, PARussell LaRew, Marianna, PAOliver C. Overlander, II, Marietta, PARichard Friedberg, Meadville, PA Angela Adkins, Midland, PA Karen Bartosh, Midway, PA Richard C. Trostle, Mohnton, PAJohn P. Antoline, Monaca, PA Josh Nowotarski, Mount Penn, PA Jeffrey L. Repasky, Mount Oliver, PA James F. Kinder, Mount Wolf, PA Joyce K. Somers, Murrysville, PA Betty T. Cain, New Alexandria, PAFrank E. Link, New Kensington, PARaymond McDonough, N. Braddock, PALeonard L. Santimyer, North Irwin, PA Thomas Reenock, Northampton, PAMichele Petrini Avvisato, Old Forge, PA Geoffrey L. Henry, Oxford, PAArdele R. Gordon, Parkside, PAMichael Nutter, Philadelphia, PAMorris S. Williams, Pine Gove, PA Luke Ravenstahl, Pittsburgh, PAJohn D.W. Reiley, Pottsville, PATom McMahon, Reading, PAWalter Niedermeyer, Slatington, PAJames C. Kennedy, South Coatesville, PABill Welch, State College, PACharles Baughman, Stroudsburg, PA Paul R. McArdle, Summit Hill, PA Luke Duignam, Tatamy, PA

Jay R. Stover, Telford, PAPamela Murphy, Thompsontown, PA Dale W. Deiter, Tower City, PARegina T. Beck, Trainer, PAAdam R. Forgie, Turtle Creek, PAMary Jane Haskins, Ulysses, PA Emerson Fazekas, Versailles, PA Tina Hagenbuch, Weissport, PAJohn Andzelik, West Mifflin, PAShane J. Keller, West Reading, PAThomas M. Leighton, Wilkes-Barre, PA John A. Thompson, Wilkinsburg, PAMitchell Mogilski, Sr., Wind Gap, PALarry Markel, Windsor, PAJacqueline B. Mosley, Yeadon, PAJohn S. Brenner, York, PADavid Cicilline, Providence, RIJoseph Riley, Charleston, SCRobert D. Coble, Columbia, SCJoseph T. McElveen, Jr., Sumter, SCDave Munson, Sioux Falls, SDDavid Shumaker, Bristol, TNTom Beehan, Oak Ridge, TN A C Wharton, Shelby County, TN Bill White, Houston, TXRichard Ward, Hurst, TXBob Kiss, Burlington, VTChristopher C. Louras, Rutland City, VTWilliam B. Euille, Alexandria, VAPaul D. Fraim, Norfolk, VAAnnie M. Mickens, Petersburg, VAJames W. Holley III, Portsmouth, VADwight C. Jones, Richmond, VA Peter B. Lewis, Auburn, WACary Bozeman, Bremerton, WAGreg Nickels, Seattle, WABill Baarsma, Tacoma, WARoyce E. Pollard, Vancouver, WADavid Edler, Yakima, WATom Kennedy, Beaver Dam, WIJeff R. Speaker, Brookfield, WIThomas M. Taylor, Franklin, WIJames J. Schmitt, Green Bay, WIDave Cieslewicz, Madison, WITom Barrett, Milwaukee, WIRichard Johns, Rhinelander, WIAl Richards, Saint Francis, WI Andrew Halverson, Stevens Point, WIDavid Ross, Superior, WIKristine M. Deiss, West Bend, WI Ronald J. Krueger, Watertown, WILarry Nelson, Waukesha, WI

Sincerely, Mayors Against Illegal Guns

WILL YOU STAND WITH US, ORGUT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY LAWS?

Call Majority Leader Reid and ask him to please vote against the Thune Concealed Carry Amendment.

Majority Leader Reid

202-224-3542 Call Your Senator

202-224-3121

The Senate is now considering dangerous legislation that would usurp the right of states to set their own minimum standards for distributing permits to those who wish to carry a concealed gun. The Thune Concealed Carry Amendment would require states to recognize permits issued in other states, even if those other states have far weaker laws.

We mayors strenuously oppose any federal attempt to strip cities and states of our right to set minimum standards for carrying concealed guns. Doing so would threaten the safety of our police officers, by making it far more difficult for them to separate law-abiding gun owners from common criminals. And it would make it easier for gun traffickers to sell illegally.

Majority Leader Reid: In your own state, the legislature has adopted sensible and constitutional standards for issuing concealed carry permits, including the required completion of a gun safety course approved by the Nevada Sheriffs’ and Chiefs’ Association, which consists of a written exam and live-fire training with a certified instructor. Nevada also denies concealed

Dear Majority Leader Reid and the Members of the U.S. Senate:carry permits to habitual alcohol abusers and people convicted of violent misdemeanors.

The Senate’s concealed carry amendment would usurp Nevada law and erase all of its safeguards – as it would for nearly every other state.

Senators: We urge you not to gut your own state’s public safety laws. Currently, 35 states deny permits to people convicted of certain misdemeanors; 31 states deny permits to alcohol abusers; and 31 states require applicants to complete gun safety training.

These minimum, common sense standards would effectively be eliminated by the proposed legislation. All concealed carry states would be forced to recognize permits issued by many states with no minimum standards at all.

Today, 450 mayors are asking you to stand with us to protect the public safety laws that your own states have adopted. Doing otherwise would undoubtedly result in the deaths of more innocent Americans.

Paid for by Mayors Against Illegal Guns Action Fund.