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Carry Permits to Habitual Alcohol Abusers and People That Would Usurp the Right of States to Set Their Own Convicted of Violent Misdemeanors 450450 MMAYORSAYORS ASKASK THE U.S. SENATE:ENATE WILL YOU STAND WITH US, OR GUT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY LAWS?LAWS. Dear Majority Leader Reid and the Members of the U.S. Senate: The Senate is now considering dangerous legislation carry permits to habitual alcohol abusers and people that would usurp the right of states to set their own convicted of violent misdemeanors. minimum standards for distributing permits to those who wish to carry a concealed gun. The Thune Concealed The Senate’s concealed carry amendment would Carry Amendment would require states to recognize usurp Nevada law and erase all of its safeguards – permits issued in other states, even if those other as it would for nearly every other state. states have far weaker laws. Senators: We urge you not to gut your own state’s We mayors strenuously oppose any federal attempt public safety laws. Currently, 35 states deny permits to strip cities and states of our right to set minimum to people convicted of certain misdemeanors; 31 standards for carrying concealed guns. Doing so would states deny permits to alcohol abusers; and 31 states threaten the safety of our police officers, by making require applicants to complete gun safety training. it far more difficult for them to separate law-abiding gun owners from common criminals. And it would These minimum, common sense standards would make it easier for gun traffickers to sell illegally. effectively be eliminated by the proposed legislation. All concealed carry states would be forced to recognize Majority Leader Reid: In your own state, the legislature permits issued by many states with no minimum has adopted sensible and constitutional standards standards at all. for issuing concealed carry permits, including the required completion of a gun safety course approved Today, 450 mayors are asking you to stand with us by the Nevada Sheriffs’ and Chiefs’ Association, to protect the public safety laws that your own states which consists of a written exam and live-fire training have adopted. Doing otherwise would undoubtedly with a certified instructor. Nevada also denies concealed result in the deaths of more innocent Americans. Sincerely, Mayors Against Illegal Guns Michael Bloomberg, NY, NY John S. Meserve, Atlantic Beach, FL Mufi Hannemann, Honolulu, HI Gary F. Van Eyll, Chaska, MN John E. McCormac, Woodbridge, NJ Gregory S. Costabile, Mayfield Heights, OH Betty M. Hays, Eagles Mere, PA Jay R. Stover, Telford, PA Thomas Menino, Boston, MA Manny Fernandez, Atlantis, FL Richard Daley, Chicago, IL Gary Peterson, Columbia Heights, MN Orlando Ortega, Jr., Portales, NM Bruce G. Rinker, Mayfield Village, OH Salvatore J. Panto, Jr., Easton, PA Pamela Murphy, Thompsontown, PA Larry P. Langford, Birmingham, AL Susan Gottlieb, Aventura, FL Henderson Yarbrough, Sr., Maywood, IL Don Ness, Duluth, MN David Coss, Santa Fe, NM Robert Shiner, Mentor, OH Keith Hoffman, East Berlin, PA Dale W. Deiter, Tower City, PA Thomas Henderson, Center Point, AL Perry Knight, Bowling Green, FL Christopher Koos, Normal, IL R.T. Rybak, Minneapolis, MN Gerald Jennings, Albany, NY Gary Starr, Middleburg Heights, OH Wayne T. Murphy, Edgeworth, PA Regina T. Beck, Trainer, PA Carroll L. Watson, Lincoln, AL Jerry Taylor, Boyton Beach, FL Rita Mullins, Palatine, IL Chris Coleman, Saint Paul, MN Ann Thane, Amsterdam, NY Susan Renda, Moreland Hills, OH Robert H. Brain, Elizabethtown, PA Adam R. Forgie, Turtle Creek, PA Samuel L. Jones, Mobile, AL Debby Eisinger, Cooper City, FL John A. Spring, Quincy, IL Andrew G. Humprey, Wayzata, MN Steve Gold, Beacon, NY Thomas E. O’Grady, North Olmsted, OH Joseph J. Cisco, Ellwood City, PA Mary Jane Haskins, Ulysses, PA Ron Davis, Prichard, AL Scott J. Brook, Coral Springs, FL Lawrence J. Morrissey, Rockford, IL A.J. Holloway, Biloxi, Mississippi Matthew T. Ryan, Binghamton, NY Kathy Mulcahy, Orange Village, OH Winfield Iobst, Emmaus, PA Emerson Fazekas, Versailles, PA Omar Neal, Tuskegee, AL Linda Riner-Mizell, Dundee, FL Richard Hickman, Angola, IN Johnny DuPree, Hattiesburg, MS Byron Brown, Buffalo, NY Daniel J. Ursu, Richmond Heights, OH Joseph Sinnott, Erie, PA Tina Hagenbuch, Weissport, PA Carolyn Floyd, Kodiak, AK Joyce A. Davis, El Portal, FL Fred L. Armstrong, Columbus, IN Matthew J. Avara, Pascagoula, MS Wayne J. Hall Sr., Hempstead, NY Martin Zanotti, Parma Heights, OH Harry W. McLaughlin Jr., Fox Chapel, PA John Andzelik, West Mifflin, PA Patrick Hays, North Little Rock, AR Bruce Malcolm, Fernandina Beach, FL Tom C. Henry, Fort Wayne, IN Harold Dielmann, Creve Coeur, MO Richard Scalera, Hudson, NY Bruce H. Akers, Pepper Pike, OH Fred C. Moyer, Jr., Freeburg, PA Shane J. Keller, West Reading, PA Carl A. Redus, Pine Bluff, AR Jim Humphrey, Fort Myers, Florida Allan Kauffman, Goshen, IN Mark Funkhouser, Kansas City, MO Elizabeth Feld, Larchmont, NY William Robertson, Rittman, OH Gerald C. Yob, Freemansburg, PA Thomas M. Leighton, Wilkes-Barre, PA Jane P. Kennedy, Campbell, CA Charles Sanders, Greenwood, FL Tom Jones, Linton, IN Francis Slay, St. Louis, MO Marlinda Duncanson, Middletown, NY Earl M. Leiken, Shaker Heights, OH William E. Troxell, Gettysburg, PA John A. 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