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A little good news for a change:
MAIG claims they are still growing, but members bailing has to be a good thing.
According to their rolls, 50 some mayors have dropped their membership this year.
Mayors Abandon Bloomberg's Gun Control Group
MAIG claims they are still growing, but members bailing has to be a good thing.
According to their rolls, 50 some mayors have dropped their membership this year.
Mayors Abandon Bloomberg's Gun Control Group
The original focus, I thought, was going to be on focusing on better on enforcement of our existing laws, and if anything, we have talked about not getting involved with things like banning assault weapons and banning magazine clips, said Rockford, Il. Mayor Lawrence Morrissey, who left the group in June because, he said at a town hall meeting, the group had veered from what he originally thought it was about.
Bloombergs group has come under fire recently for naming murder suspects, including Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, in its list of victims of gun violence and for hosting its website on New York City government servers.