A bipartisan group of mayors nationwide released a letter urging Senate leaders to take action on gun control legislation.
In response to the recent mass shootings and the "continuing increase in gun violence that is plaguing our cities and our people across this nation," the U.S. Conference of Mayors wrote that it wasThe reissued letter, addressed to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, urges lawmakers to take action on two pieces of background check legislation that have passed in the House but stalled in the Senate.
"We have updated the list of original signatories, removed those mayors who no longer are in office, and added new mayors who have asked to be listed," the group noted.
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