It has now been one month since 26 people were killed in the terrible elementary school shooting in Connecticut. Monday, the mayor of Lancaster spoke out demanding Washington tightens gun laws.
Later this week, Vice President Joe Biden is expected to announce his recommendations to the president for gun control on this hot button issue. But ahead of that, local mayors are having their voices heard.
A commercial, from a group called Demand a Plan, is part of a new ad campaign aimed at tightening gun laws in America. It uses people who lost loved ones to gun violence to spread the message of gun control, a message Mayor Rick Gray of Lancaster favors.
“We are not just demanding a plan from Congress, we are demanding a plan from the President of the United States, too,” echoed Mayor Gray. “Public safety is not a partisan issue.”
Mayor Gray was joined Monday by Reading’s Mayor, Vaughn Spencer. They are two of more than 800 in a group called Mayors against Illegal Guns.
The plan they favor would ban assault rifles and magazines holding more than 10 rounds as well as make background checks mandatory for all firearm sales. It would also make gun trafficking a federal crime.
Even though Mayor Gray is a strong proponent of the new laws, he does admit if they were passed they still would not have stopped the massacre at Sandy Hook.
“There are some people who say that some of these things you want to do wouldn’t do anything,” Mayor Gray admitted. “You have to begin somewhere in dealing with the problem. You can’t blame it all on mental health. You can’t blame it all on violence in society and you can’t blame it all on guns. But you have to start somewhere.”
We did ask Mayor Gray if assault weapons and high capacity magazines were banned, what would happen to the millions already in America. He said he didn’t know, but one solution could be confiscation.
To see if you know the statistics on just how much guns are a problem in today's society compared to previous decades, be sure to check out the attached quiz.
Later this week, Vice President Joe Biden is expected to announce his recommendations to the president for gun control on this hot button issue. But ahead of that, local mayors are having their voices heard.
A commercial, from a group called Demand a Plan, is part of a new ad campaign aimed at tightening gun laws in America. It uses people who lost loved ones to gun violence to spread the message of gun control, a message Mayor Rick Gray of Lancaster favors.
“We are not just demanding a plan from Congress, we are demanding a plan from the President of the United States, too,” echoed Mayor Gray. “Public safety is not a partisan issue.”
Mayor Gray was joined Monday by Reading’s Mayor, Vaughn Spencer. They are two of more than 800 in a group called Mayors against Illegal Guns.
The plan they favor would ban assault rifles and magazines holding more than 10 rounds as well as make background checks mandatory for all firearm sales. It would also make gun trafficking a federal crime.
Even though Mayor Gray is a strong proponent of the new laws, he does admit if they were passed they still would not have stopped the massacre at Sandy Hook.
“There are some people who say that some of these things you want to do wouldn’t do anything,” Mayor Gray admitted. “You have to begin somewhere in dealing with the problem. You can’t blame it all on mental health. You can’t blame it all on violence in society and you can’t blame it all on guns. But you have to start somewhere.”
We did ask Mayor Gray if assault weapons and high capacity magazines were banned, what would happen to the millions already in America. He said he didn’t know, but one solution could be confiscation.
To see if you know the statistics on just how much guns are a problem in today's society compared to previous decades, be sure to check out the attached quiz.