Article: Brady Campaign Urges Support for Bill to Close Gun Show Loophole

To: POLITICAL EDITORS

Contact: Peter Hamm of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, +1-202-898-0792, phamm@bradymail.org

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Several families of the Virginia Tech massacre and Brady Campaign President Paul Helmke joined Senators Frank Lautenberg and Jack Reed on Capitol Hill today as the Senators announced the introduction of legislation that would strengthen the Brady background check system by closing the gun show loophole.

We make it too easy for dangerous people to get dangerous weapons. Closing the gun show loophole is a sensible step to take to strengthen the Brady criminal background check system, said Paul Helmke, President of the ...

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