500 MAYORS AGREE WITH THE OBAMA AND BUSH ADMINISTRATIONS:

Stop Terror Suspects From Getting Guns

Dear Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid:

The shooting of American troops on American soil at Fort Hood has stunned the nation Over 500 mayors who are members of Mayors Against Illegal Guns support changes in and devastated the families of those killed. The shooting raises the question: what federal law and policy to prevent terrorists from obtaining guns. might the federal government do to prevent future attacks? The federal government should take these urgently needed steps: Here are the emerging facts: t CLOSE THE TERROR GAP in the background check system. In t Major Nidal Malik Hasan was suspected of having terrorist links. The FBI had monitored Hasan, reviewing 10-20 communications between Hasan and 2007, the Bush Administration asked Congress to give the FBI Anwar al Awlaki – an al Qaeda recruiter who acted as a “spiritual advisor” to the power to block gun and explosives sales to terror suspects. two of the 9/11 hijackers. And just last week, Attorney General Eric Holder endorsed t Hasan passed the federal background check that is designed to prevent criminals and other dangerous persons from obtaining guns. this legislation on behalf of the Obama Administration. t FBI counterterrorism o!cials were not noti"ed when Hasan purchased a gun. Unfortunately, Congress has failed to act. According to the t Major Hasan used that gun to kill 13 people and injure more than 30 others. Government Accountability O"ce, over the past #ve years people on the terrorist watch list bought guns or explosives Law enforcement experts recognize that knowledge of Major Hasan’s gun purchase could have been key to the FBI’s investigation into his association with terrorists: more than 850 times.

t REPEAL THE TIAHRT AMENDMENTS which require the FBI to destroy records of approved background checks performed on gun purchasers within 24 hours. Allowing the Department of Justice to maintain those records for 90 days and longer for terror suspects could have given the FBI time “The piece of information about the gun to investigate Hasan’s records. could have been critical,” said former FBI Special Agent Brad Garrett. “One of the

problems is that the law sometimes restricts you in what you can do.” Today, more than 500 mayors are asking you to stand with us to protect the men and —11/12/09 women who serve our country and prevent future mass shootings by terrorists.

Sincerely, Mayors Against Illegal Guns

Samuel L. Jones, Mobile, AL Harriet Pruette, Neptune Beach, FL Harvey Johnson, Jackson, MS Wayne J. Hall Sr., Hempstead, NY Frank Jackson, Cleveland, OH Libby White, Doylestown, PA Joseph McGranghan, Shamokin Dam, PA Ron Davis, Prichard, AL Andre Pierre, North Miami, FL Johnny DuPree, Hattiesburg, MS Bernard Jackson, Hillburn, NY Edward Kelley, Cleveland Heights, OH Heather Ann Bruno, Downingtown, PA Robert Lucas Jr, Sharon PA Omar Neal, Tuskegee, AL Raymond Marin, North Miami Beach, FL Michael Pembleton Jr, Sunflower, MS Michael McDermott, Homer, NY Michael Coleman, Columbus, OH Betty M. Hays, Eagles Mere, PA Bruce Hockersmith, Shippensburg, PA Carolyn Floyd, Kodiak, AL David Norris, North Palm Beach, FL Mark Funkhouser, KS City, MO Shannon Hogan, Hornell, NY Rhine McLin, Dayton, OH Salvatore J. Panto, Jr., Easton, PA Robert Prah, Smithton, PA Patrick Hays, North Little Rock, AR Darla Lauer, Oak Hill, FL Francis Slay, St. Louis, MO Richard Scalera, Hudson, NY Marilee Chinnici-Zuercher, Dublin, OH Wayne T. Murphy, Edgeworth, PA William Meyer, Somerset, PA Carl A. Redus, Pine Blu!, AR Joseph L. Kelley, Opa-Locka, FL Chris Beutler, Lincoln, NE Carolyn Peterson, Ithaca, NY Bill Cervenik, Euclid, OH Robert H. Brain, Elizabethtown, PA John Reynolds, Souderton, PA Jane P. Kennedy, Campbell, CA Buddy Dyer, Orlando, FL Jim Suttle, Omaha, NE Samuel Teresi, Jamestown, NY Theodore Shannon, Fairfax, OH Joseph J. Cisco, Ellport, PA James C. Kennedy, South Coatesville, PA Cheryl Cox, Chula Vista, CA Fred Costello, Ormond Beach, FL Donald A. Groesser, Ralston, NE James Sottile, Kingston, NY Thomas J. Longo, Garfield Heights, OH Richard Carr, Emlenton, PA Boyd Paul, Snow Shoe, PA Robert Wasserman, Fremont, CA Frank C. Ortis, Pembroke Pines, FL Kevin G. Sanders, Asbury Park, NJ Robert Blais, Lake George, NY Joseph C. Hubbard, Glendale, OH Winfield Iobst, Emmaus, PA Sherman Metzgar, Stockertown, PA Ashley Swearengin, Fresno, CA Patricia Christensen, Port St. Lucie, FL Ronald Jones, Beachwood, NJ Anthony Caprino, Lakewood, NY Alan Zaffiro, Golf Manor, OH George Rossi, Emsworth, PA Charles Baughman, Stroudsburg, PA Roosevelt F. Dorn, Inglewood, CA Robert Wishner, Sunrise, FL Jason J. Varano, Berkeley Township, NJ Elizabeth Feld, Larchmont, NY Deborah Neale, Lakeline, OH Joseph Sinnott, Erie, PA Warren Lubenow, St. Lawrence, PA Sukhee Kang, Irvine, CA John Marks, III, Tallahassee, FL Gwendolyn A. Faison, Camden, NJ Carl Luft, Lima, NY Michael A. Kolomichuk, Lakemore, OH Gary Foster, Evans City, PA Paul R. McArdle, Summit Hill, PA Larry Burrola, Irwindale, CA Beth Talabisco, Tamarac, FL Sophie Heymann, Borough of Closter, NJ Robert Peters, Little Falls, NY Jo Ann Toczek, Linndale, OH Olive McKeithan, Farrell, PA Luke Duignam, Tatamy, PA , Los Angeles, CA Pam Iorio, Tampa, FL Carol Foster, Corbin City, NJ Corrine Kleisle, Lyons, NY Donald Kuchta, Macedonia, OH Harry W. McLaughlin Jr., Fox Chapel, PA Jay R. Stover, Telford, PA Rob Schroder, Martinez, CA Lois Frankel, West Palm Beach, FL James Carroll, Demarest, NJ Barbara Clark, Madison, NY Bruce G. Rinker, Mayfield Village, OH Fred C. Moyer, Jr., Freeburg, PA Kenneth Danser, Timblin, PA Paul Eaton, Montclair, CA Heidi Davison, Athens-Clarke County, GA Joseph R. Smith, East Newark, NJ Patricia McDonald, Malverne, NY Gary Starr, Middleburg Heights, OH Gerald C. Yob, Freemansburg, PA Pamela Murphy, Thompsontown, PA Ronald V. Dellums, Oakland, CA Shirley Franklin, Atlanta, GA Robert L. Bowser, East Orange, NJ Anthony Sylvester, Mechanicville, NY Susan Renda, Moreland Hills, OH Vincent Abbato, Green Tree, PA Charles Harper, Three Springs, PA Sue Severson, Orinda, CA Jere Wood, Roswell, GA Jun Choi, Edison, NJ Marlinda Duncanson, Middletown, NY Thomas E. O’Grady, North Olmsted, OH Roy Del Rosario, Hamburg, PA Regina T. Beck, Trainer, PA Pamela Torliatt, Petaluma, CA Otis Johnson, Savannah, GA J. Christian Bollwage, Elizabeth, NJ John Karl, Monroe, NY Kathy Mulcahy, Orange Village, OH Stephen R. Reed, Harrisburg, PA Catherine Resch, Tunnelhill, PA Jennifer Hosterman, Pleasanton, CA John Fretti, Valdosta, GA Steven Weinstein, Fair Lawn, NJ Jeffrey Oppenheim, Montebello, NY Daniel J. Ursu, Richmond Heights, OH Norah Hawkes, Hatboro, PA Adam R. Forgie, Turtle Creek, PA Gayle McLaughlin, Richmond, CA Donnie Henriques, Woodstock, GA John F. Bencivengo, Hamilton, NJ Gordon Jenkins, Monticello, NY Martin Zanotti, Parma Heights, OH John Hoerner, Highspire, PA William Allar, Tremont, PA Dennis Donohue, Salinas, CA Mufi Hannemann, Honolulu, HI Meryl Frank, Highland Park, NJ Clinton Young, Mount Vernon, NY Bruce H. Akers, Pepper Pike, OH Joseph R. Dodson, Hollidaysburg, PA Thomas Micozzie, Upper Darby, PA Patrick J. Morris, San Bernardino, CA Richard Daley, Chicago, IL Paul Anzano, Hopewell, NJ Don Braun, Naples, NY Earl M. Leiken, Shaker Heights, OH Betty Esper, Homestead, PA Emerson Fazekas, Versailles, PA Jerry Sanders, San Diego, CA Elizabeth Tisdahl, Evanston, IL Wayne Smith, Irvington, NJ Nicholas Valentine, Newburgh, NY John Smith, Silverton, OH Nicholas Yanosich, Industry, PA Jeffrey Steffler, Wampum, PA Gavin Newsom, San Francisco, CA Henderson Yarbrough, Sr., Maywood, IL Jerramiah Healy, Jersey City, NJ Noam Bramson, New Rochelle, NY Kevin C. Patton, Solon, OH Charles Ritter, Ivyland, PA Ester Cotner, WAville, PA Chuck Reed, San Jose, CA Christopher Koos, Normal, IL Frank W. Minor, Logan Township, NJ , NY, NY Georgine Welo, South Euclid, OH Bruce Smallacombe, Jermyn, PA David Perruso, Wilson, PA Miguel Pulido, Santa Ana, CA Lawrence J. Morrissey, Rockford, IL Nicholas Russo, Longport, NJ Robert M. Maciol, NY Mills, NY Matthew Brett, South Russell, OH Donald Bosh, Knoxville, PA Tina Hagenbuch, Weissport, PA Marty Blum, Santa Barbara, CA Richard Hickman, Angola, IN Michael Fressola, Manchester Township, NJ John Heindorf, North Syracuse, NY Carleton S. Finkbeiner, Toledo, OH Robert Slaby, Kulpmont, PA Ralph Harrington, West Elizabeth, PA Susan Gorin, Santa Rosa, CA Fred L. Armstrong, Columbus, IN Frank M. North, Merchantville, NJ Lawrence Soos, North Tonawanda, NY Darreyl D. Davis, Trotwood, OH Sandra Green, Kutztown, PA John Andzelik, West Mifflin, PA Ken Genser, Santa Monica, CA Tom C. Henry, Fort Wayne, IN James A. Gallos, Borough of Milford, NJ Joseph Maiurano, Norwich, NY Beryl Rothschild, University Heights, OH Joseph Legnasky, Lake City, PA William Goldsworthy, West Pittston, PA Ann Johnston, Stockton, CA Allan Kauffman, Goshen, IN Jerry Fried, Montclair, NJ John Nader, Oneonta, NY Michael J. O’Brien, Warren, OH J. Richard Gray, Lancaster, PA John Henry, West View, PA Anthony Spitaleri, Sunnyvale, CA Tom Jones, Linton, IN Donald Cresitello, Morristown, NJ Brian Wona, Otisville, NY Barry Porter, Wyoming, OH Jayne C. Young, Lansdowne, PA Thomas M. Leighton, Wilkes-Barre, PA Morris Vance, Vista, CA Stephen Luecke, South Bend, IN Cory Booker, Newark, NJ Mary Foster, Peekskill, NY Jay Williams, Youngstown, OH Christopher Blaydon, Langhorne, PA John A. Thompson, Wilkinsburg, PA Abbe Land, West Hollywood, CA Kay Halloran, Cedar Rapids, IA Peter C. Massa, North Arlington, NJ Christopher Sanders, Piermont, NY Kitty Piercy, Eugene, OR Robert P. Carpenter, Laporte, PA Mitchell Mogilski, Sr., Wind Gap, PA Christopher Cabaldon, West Sacramento, CA T.M. Franklin Cownie, Des Moines, IA Francis M. Womack, III, N. Brunswick, NJ John Tkazyik, Poughkeepsie, NY Sam Adams, Portland, OR Fred Feltenberger, Laureldale, PA Larry Markel, Windsor, PA John Hickenlooper, Denver, CO Clausie W. Smith, Bonner Springs City, KS Randy George, North Haledon, NJ Robert Weitzner, Port WA, NY Ed Pawlowski, Allentown, PA Trish Ward, Lebanon, PA Thomas Stanton, Wheatland, PA Bill Finch, Bridgeport, CT Joe Reardon, KS City, KS Michael Luther, Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ George Motz, Quogue, NY Anthony Battalini, Aliquippa, PA Peter Poninsky, Leetsdale, PA Jacqueline B. Mosley, Yeadon, PA April Capone Almon, East Haven, CT Larry G. Meeker, Lake Quivira, KS Samuel Rivera, Passaic, NJ John Bruno, Ravena, NY Charles T. Wahl, Ambler, PA John Gides, Lilly, PA John Sanford, Yoe, PA Eddie Perez, Hartford, CT Kenneth W. Bernard, Lansing, KS Jose Torres, Paterson, NJ Daniel J. Dwyer, Rensselaer, NY Gretchen Dosch, Applewold, PA Nick Vay, Lincoln, PA John S. Brenner, York, PA John DeStefano, New Haven, CT Elaine Walker, Bowling Green, KY Harry L. Wyant, Phillipsburg, NJ Kevin Neary, Richmondville, NY Bernard Killian, Aspinwall, PA John L. Mark, Liverpool, PA Alford Shull, York Springs, PA Richard A. Moccia, Norwalk, CT , Louisville, KY Gary Giberson, Port Republic, NJ Robert Duffy, Rochester, NY Alexander Bennett, Jr, Baldwin, PA Randy Schlegel, Lyons, PA Joan Derco, Youngwood, PA Dannel P. Malloy, Stamford, CT Melvin “Kip” Holden, Baton Rouge, LA Pasquale Menna, Borough of Red Bank, NJ Susan Ben-Moshe, Roslyn Estates, NY Phillip Ferrizzi, Bally, PA Gerard J. McGlone, Jr., Malvern, PA David Cicilline, Providence, RI Scott Slifka, West Hartford, CT Ray Nagin, New Orleans, LA Earl Gage, Salem, NJ Carolyn Stevens, Scarsdale, NY Cloyd W. Wagner, Beavertown, PA David Sturgess, Manor, PA Joseph Riley, Charleston, SC Adrian Fenty, Washington, DC Cedric B. Glover, Shreveport, LA , Trenton, NJ Diana Smith, Seneca Falls, NY David E. Orr, Beech Creek, PA Russell LaRew, Marianna, PA Robert D. Coble, Columbia, SC Michael J. Smith, Blades, DE Arthur Verow, Brewer, ME Betty Simmons, Victory Gardens, NJ Brian U. Stratton, Schenectady, NY Stanley Goldman, Bellefonte, PA Oliver C. Overlander, II, Marietta, PA Joseph T. McElveen, Jr., Sumter, SC Wayne Baker, Dagsboro, DE Laurent F. Gilbert Sr., Lewiston, ME Robert Romano, Vineland, NJ Carl Wright, Sloatsburg, NY Kenneth Opipery, Ben Avon, PA Richard Friedberg, Meadville, PA Tom Beehan, Oak Ridge, TN John W. Martin, Delaware City, DE Jill C. Duson, Portland, ME Shing-Fu Hsueh, West Windsor, NJ John Patterson, Sherman, NY John B. Callahan, Bethlehem, PA Angela Adkins, Midland, PA A C Wharton, Shelby County, TN James L. Ford III, Lewes, DE Roland Michaud, Saco, ME John E. McCormac, Woodbridge, NJ Karen Strickland, South Dayton, NY Gail Stoudt, Bernville, PA Richard C. Trostle, Mohnton, PA Richard Ward, Hurst, TX Kenneth Branner, Middletown, DE Ellen Moyer, Annapolis, MD David Coss, Santa Fe, NM Patricia DuBow, South Nyack, NY Robert M. Myers, Birdsboro, PA John P. Antoline, Monaca, PA Bob Kiss, Burlington, VT Donald Minyon, Millville, DE Sheila Dixon, Baltimore, MD Gerald Jennings, Albany, NY John Keegan, Suffern, NY Marianne Deery, Boyertown, PA Anthony Petacia, Monessen, PA Christopher C. Louras, Rutland City, VT John Klingmeyer, New Castle, DE James Ireton, Jr, Salisbury, MD James Gaughan, Altamont, NY Matthew J. Driscoll, Syracuse, NY Kenneth Lockhart, Brentwood, PA John Dorin, Montoursville, PA William B. Euille, Alexandria, VA James M. Baker, Wilmington, DE Thatcher W. Kezer, III, Amesbury, MA Jeff Roderick, Arkport, NY John Fitzpatrick, Tuckahoe, NY Joseph Saxton, Bristol, PA Jeffrey L. Repasky, Mount Oliver, PA Faye Prichard, Ashland, VA John S. Meserve, Atlantic Beach, FL , , MA Ann Thane, Amsterdam, NY David R. Roefaro, Utica, NY David Wonderling, Brookville, PA James F. Kinder, Mount Wolf, PA Dave Norris, Charlottesville, VA Manny Fernandez, Atlantis, FL James E. Harrington, Brockton, MA Steve Gold, Beacon, NY Michael P. Manning, Watervliet, NY Margaret Stock, Butler, PA Raymond Bodnar, Munhall, PA Robin S. Gardner, Falls Church, VA Susan Gottlieb, Aventura, FL E. Denise Simmons, Cambridge, MA Donna Sherrer, Bellerose, NY David Carr, Westfield, NY John Henicheck, Callery, PA Joyce K. Somers, Murrysville, PA James P. Councill III, Franklin, VA Perry Knight, Bowling Green, FL Jim Fiorentini, Haverhill, MA Matthew T. Ryan, Binghamton, NY John Ramundo Jr, West Haverstraw, NY Justin M. Taylor, Carbondale, PA Thomas Lush, Myerstown, PA Brenda Pelham, Hopewell, VA Debby Eisinger, Cooper City, FL Michael J. Sullivan, Holyoke, MA Eugene Christopher, Broadalbin, NY Ludwig Odierna, Williston Park, NY Kirk R. Wilson, Carlisle, PA Betty T. Cain, New Alexandria, PA Joe Frank, Newport News, VA Scott J. Brook, Coral Springs, FL Michael Sullivan, Lawrence, MA Byron Brown, Buffalo, NY Philip Amicone, Yonkers, NY Donald Baumgarten, Castle Frank E. Link, New Kensington, PA Paul D. Fraim, Norfolk, VA Joyce A. Davis, El Portal, FL Edward C. Caulfield, Lowell, MA Leigh Fuller, Canandaigua, NY Terry Bellamy, Asheville, NC Shannon, PA Frances Tkach, New Philadelphia, PA Annie M. Mickens, Petersburg, VA Bruce Malcolm, Fernandina Beach, FL Richard C. Howard, Malden, MA Jerome Kobre, Chestnut Ridge, NY Kevin Foy, Chapel Hill, NC Barbara A. Schlegel, Catasauqua, PA Raymond McDonough, N. Braddock, PA James W. Holley III, Portsmouth, VA Charles Sanders, Greenwood, FL Scott Lang, New Bedford, MA Robert Goering, Clinton, NY John R. Bost, Clemmons, NC Marilyn Becker, Chalfont, PA Gennaro Cantalupo, Northern Iris Tharp, Quantico, VA Joy Cooper, Hallandale Beach, FL John F. Moak, Newburyport, MA John McDonald, Cohoes, NY Bill Bell, Durham, NC Wendell N. Butler, Jr., Chester, PA Cambria, PA Dwight C. Jones, Richmond, VA Roland Via, Holly Hill, FL Clare Higgins, Northampton, MA Barbara Alberti, Depew, NY Yvonne Johnson, Greensboro, NC Ronald W. Lockwood, Cherry Valley, PA Thomas Reenock, Northampton, PA William D. Sessoms Jr, VA Beach, VA Peter Bober, Hollywood, FL Thomas G. Ambrosino, Revere, MA Paul Rickenbach, East Hampton, NY Charles Meeker, Raleigh, NC Paul H. McKenna, Churchill, PA Michele Petrini Avvisato, Old Forge, PA Peter B. Lewis, Auburn, WA Kenneth M. Shultz, Hypoluxo, FL Kimberley Driscoll, Salem, MA Daniel Liedka, East Syracuse, NY Victor Varela, Ronda, NC David Virgona, Clairton, PA Geoffrey L. Henry, Oxford, PA , Seattle, WA John Peyton, Jacksonville, FL Joseph A. Curtatone, Somerville, MA Jeffrey Kaplan, Ellenville, NY Dennis Walaker, Fargo, ND John Hartman, Cleona, PA Ardele R. Gordon, Parkside, PA Bill Baarsma, Tacoma, WA Muriel H. Whitman, Kenneth City, FL Domenic Sarno, Springfield, MA Mark Olson, Fayetteville, NY Dan Pillow, Addyston, OH Claire Remington, Coaldale, PA Richard Pegg, Patterson Heights, PA David Edler, Yakima, WA Mary Lou Hildreth, Keystone Heights, FL Susan M. Kay, Weymouth, MA Charles Weiss, Flower Hill, NY Donald Plusquellic, Akron, OH Judy Reed, Connellsville, PA , Philadelphia, PA Dave Cieslewicz, Madison, WI Patricia Gerard, Largo, FL Brenda L. Lawrence, Southfield, MI John Diamond, Glens Falls, NY Merle S. Gorden, Beachwood, OH Jonathan J. Mack, Coopersburg, PA Morris S. Williams, Pine Gove, PA Tom Barrett, Milwaukee, WI Barrington Russell, Lauderdale Lakes, FL Steve Lampi, Brooklyn Park, MN Dorothy Vorce, Gouverneur, NY Daniel Pocek, Bedford, OH John Haberland, Coraopolis, PA Luke Ravenstahl, Pittsburgh, PA Thomas Ratzlaff, Park Falls, WI Richard Kaplan, Lauderhill, FL Elizabeth B. Kautz, Burnsville, MN Barbara Moore, Greenwood Lake, NY Fletcher Berger, Bedford Heights, OH Helen Thomas, Darby, PA John D.W. Reiley, Pottsville, PA Richard Johns, Rhinelander, WI Roseann Minnet, Lauderdale By the Sea, FL Don Ness, Duluth, MN Martin Natoli, Hagaman, NY John Licastro, Bratenahl, OH Michael Cooper, Deer Lake, PA Tom McMahon, Reading, PA Al Richards, Saint Francis, WI Matti H. Bower, Miami Beach, FL R.T. Rybak, Minneapolis, MN Emery Cummings Jr, Hammondsport, NY Samuel J. Alai, Broadview Heights, OH Mary Ann Fichthorn, Denver, PA Frank Schnee, Robesonia, PA Kristine M. Deiss, West Bend, WI Bill Barnett, Naples, FL Chris Coleman, Saint Paul, MN Michael Kohut, Haverstraw, NY Mark Mallory, Cincinnati, OH Thomas R. Lloyd, Dormont, PA Anthony Hajjar, Seward, PA Larry Nelson, Waukesha, WI

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