Trouble for Bloomberg's Lobby Group

[GeneCC]

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s gun control group Mayors Against Illegal Guns is finding it hard to keep its membership up, thanks to dozens of resignations and lost elections over the last few months.

“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.

Bloomberg’s 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.

Nashua, N.H. mayor Donnalee Lozeau removed her name from the MAIG website when the group released an attack ad, which claimed that Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), who voted against the failed Manchin-Toomey gun legislation, was misleading voters when she claimed to have supported background checks in the past.

“I simply cannot be part of an organization that chooses this course of action instead of cooperatively working with those that have proven over a lifetime of work their true intentions,” Lozeau said in a statement to Nashua’s the Telegraph. “I have faith that Senator Ayotte will continue to work toward finding a responsible solution relative to these issues.”

Another former mayor, Bill Rappaport of Star Valley, Ariz., was forced out of his mayorship specifically because of his support for background checks during private sales at gun shows and over the internet.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jacobfischle...bloombergs-gun

[GeneCC]

There is no substitute for total victory. Keep the Pressure On!!

[eyecanshoot]

Lets make them change their name to Mayors Against Illegal Governments.

[wewo]

Lets make them change their name to Mayors Against Illegal Governments.

But isnt that what they want - illegal governments that unabashedly violate citizens' constitutional rights?

[scruff]

Unfortunately, this is just wishful thinking. They've picked up more new members than they've lost.