New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg waits to speak at a gun violence summit at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, where he outlined his proposals for federal gun control reforms. Sitting alongside Bloomberg is Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley. Bloomberg urged President Barack Obama and Congress to increase background check requirements for firearms purchases, and also said the federal government needs to get tougher on gun trafficking. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Bloomberg says in a speech to the U.S. Conference of Mayors that mayors remain on the front lines and deal with gun violence on a daily basis, often comforting families of shooting victims. Members of Congress, he says, are "more removed from this issue."
Bloomberg says mayors need to push lawmakers to support Obama's sweeping plan after the deadly shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn.
The billionaire mayor, who has used his own money to push gun-control causes, says he will support members of Congress who support the plan and "remember those who don't."
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