NEW YORK—Mayor Michael Bloomberg walked into New York’s City Hall Monday accompanied by 34 people who over the past two decades have lost a loved one to gun violence or have survived it themselves. The 34 people represent the average number of Americans who die each day due to gun violence.
“We’re killing each other—and we’re the only industrialized country where this happens,” Bloomberg said.
“I want to know what our nation’s leaders plan to do,” Bloomberg said. “Congress and the White House has to come up with something that stops this carnage no matter what the political ramifications are.”
The 26 deaths in Newtown, Conn., last week spurred Mayors Against Illegal Guns into action. Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino are co-chairs of the coalition that consists of more than 725 mayors advocating for gun control.
