STATEMENT
OF PRINCIPLES

MAYORS AGAINST
ILLEGAL GUNS

A program of
Everytown for Gun Safety

Whereas: Over 35.000 Americans are killed every year as a result of gun suicide and gun homicide - devastating families

and communities across the country.?

Whereas: Nearly 90,000 Americans are injured every year as a result of gun assaults, unintenti0nal shootings, attemmed
gun suicides and shootings bylaw enforcement;

Whereas: As mayors, our problems may look different from town to town, but we are united in our duty to do everything
we can to protect our residents from the threat of gun violence;

Now, therefore, we resolve to work together to advance the following principles:

Advance enforcement strategies that
ensure public safety for residents

in communities disproportionately
affected by gun violence. Support
evidence-based. intelligence-led
policing that focuses on preventing
violence among those at highest risk of
shooting or being shot and promote the
enforcement of existing gun laws that
have swift and certain consequences.

Advocate for gun safety legislation
at the local, state. and federal

level. Support life-saving gun violence
prevention laws like c0mprehensive
background checks, domestic violence
?rearm relinquishment, and Red Flag
laws: and oppose harmful laws, like
Stand Your Ground, permitiess carry,
guns in schools. and state preemption.

Collect data to better understand gun
violence in our communities. Analyze
trends in gun suicides, homicides. and
non-fatal iniun'es over time, and map
gun violence incidents to identify the
communities, neighborhoods. and
individuals most impacted.

Advance policies and practices that
reduce ?rearm suicides. Raise public
awareness and advance education about
the risks of ?rearm access encourage the
responsible storage of firearms to prevent
access by children; and create mechanisms
to temporarily remove ?rearms from
households with individuals in crisis.

invest in victim services and
neighborhood-level violence
intervention programs. Help
disrupt cycles of violence by investing
in comprehensive services for victims
and in gun violence intervention and
prevention programs, understanding
that gun homicides and assaults tend
to be concentrated in low-income
neighborhoods and are often
retaliatory in nature.

implement comprehensive tracing of
crime guns. Encourage police to trace

all suspected crime guns to identify the
sources of firearms, to develop leads. and
to identify potential traf?ckers. Target

implement strategies to minimize
shootings by police. Introduce and
invest in de-escaiation and procedural
jusnce training, public reporting police
use of force. and other tactics designed
to minimize police shootings.

Use the courts to advance gun safety.
Challenge dangerous gun lobby-
sponsored laws that limit the ability of
cities to advance gun violence prevention
in their communities and ?ght in court

to defend local gun safety ordinances
against preemption and Second
Amendment challenges.

Use purchasing power to improve

gun safety Encourage businesses to
implement gun sense policies, including
by using municipal purchasing, investing,
and bond-issuing power to incentivize
businesses large and small to adopt
reforms that keep their customers -

and your city safer.

Invite other cities to join us in

illegal supply. including holding accountable this effort.

irresponsible gun dealers who knowingly
sell to straw purchasers and the criminals
who traf?c in illegal guns.

Please print and sign the Statement below. and send a scanned copy to mayors@everytown.org or fax it to 917.410.6932.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Joe Hogsett lndianapolis

MUNICIPALITY

200 E. Washington St. lndianapolis, IN 46202
[Hill's 0"le ADDIESS CITY. STATE. ZIP
317?327-3601 n/a

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01/01/2016 - 12/31/2019 Democrat

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