New York Gun Owners To Urge Representative Gibson To Support Common-Sense Background... -- KINGSTON, N.Y., Aug. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- 94 Percent of New Yorkers in Rep. Gibson's District - and 82 Percent of Gun Owners Nationally - Support Comprehensive, Tough-On-Crime Background Checks KINGSTON, N.Y., Aug. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Gun owners will gather at Rep. Chris Gibson's office on Wednesday to call on him to support comprehensive background checks that will help guns out of the wrong hands. Polls have found that 94 percent of residents in Rep. Gibson's district support common-sense background checks. Additionally, 82 percent of gun owners - including 74 percent of NRA members - support this tough-on-crime measure. There is currently bipartisan legislation in the U.S. House that would close the loopholes that make it easy for criminals and dangerous people to get guns. Introduced by Reps. Peter King (R-N.Y.) and Mike Thompson (D-CA), the King-Thompson bill is the corresponding legislation to the amendment in the U.S. Senate introduced by Senators Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) and Pat Toomey (R-PA). Gun owners will call on Rep. Gibson to add his name to the list of more than 180 members of congress that have co-sponsored the King-Thompson bill to keep guns out of the wrong hands and save lives. Events details are below: What: New York Gun Owners to Gather at Rep. Gibson's Office to Call on him to Support Common-Sense Background Checks Where: Rep. Chris Gibson's Kingston Office 721 Broadway Kingston, NY 12401 When: Wednesday, August 28 12:00 p.m. The coalition has more than 1.5 million grassroots supporters, making it the largest gun violence prevention advocacy organization in the country. Co-chaired by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, Mayors Against Illegal Guns has united the nation's mayors around these common goals: protecting communities by holding gun offenders accountable; demanding access to crime gun trace data that is critical to law enforcement efforts to combat gun trafficking; and working with legislators to fix weaknesses and loopholes in the law that make it far too easy for criminals and other dangerous people to get guns. Learn more at www.MayorsAgainstIllegalGuns.org MEDIA CONTACTS Kate Downen: kdownen@maig.org or 406-224-5056 Jack Warner: jwarner@maig.org or 646-324-8246