Springfield’s mayor is not going to support an initiative that 200 other mayors across the county are urging Congress to push for background checks for gun sales.
Mayor Ken McClure says “it calls for taking a position on a specific piece of federal legislation, and city council have not yet vetted the issue.”
Also the city’s code of ethics says the mayor can’t use his position to endorse legislation unless the council agrees as well.
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