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Mayors Against Illegal Guns
Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 6:23 pm
by VoiceofReason
Mayors Against Illegal Guns
but don’t list our names.
It appears that belonging to MAIG is something the mayors aren’t proud of. I could not find the names of member mayors anywhere on their site. Seems like being a member is not good for one’s career.
They do have a ticker with the names of Cities on it.
Re: Mayors Against Illegal Guns
Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 6:34 pm
by jmra
This link at one time listed all of the Mayors that MAIG claimed were members. Click the link and see what happens now.
http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org ... bers.shtml
Re: Mayors Against Illegal Guns
Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 6:40 pm
by MechAg94
I think I also heard once that they were claiming membership from people who had no idea about it.
Re: Mayors Against Illegal Guns
Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 6:45 pm
by jmra
MechAg94 wrote:I think I also heard once that they were claiming membership from people who had no idea about it.
That's my bet as to why the link I posted is no longer valid. That and others jumping ship left and right.
Re: Mayors Against Illegal Guns
Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 8:34 pm
by VoiceofReason
That is what I ran into. They also had this link on their home page. When clicked on it went no where and suddenly that link on their home page is gone.
Hope this means they are re-evaluating their position.
Re: Mayors Against Illegal Guns
Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2014 10:43 pm
by Oldgringo
I don't know about the mayors, but I'm against illegal guns.
Re: Mayors Against Illegal Guns
Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2014 5:51 am
by jmra
Oldgringo wrote:I don't know about the mayors, but I'm against illegal guns.
I'm against any gun being illegal.
Re: Mayors Against Illegal Guns
Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2014 11:27 am
by TomV
Interesting way to inflate numbers.
I noticed from scanning the list Austin and Brownsville TX are both listed. So, let's say Brownsville has an election and they get a new mayor. That individual has no idea he's on the list. Let's say he does and contacts MAIG and says "Take me off your list." Will they?
It really is easier to just list the city and state. It's real easy to look up the mayor of that city.
It's all about money. As usual
Re: Mayors Against Illegal Guns
Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2014 11:48 am
by RoyGBiv
http://www.examiner.com/article/new-yor ... ber-roster" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The new roster, which appears as a scrolling list in the redesigned site, now only gives the names of the cities, not of the mayors. As some have speculated, that could be because the number of serious lawbreakers and other out-and-out embarrassments in the rank of mayors has been easy to point out in the past, so just listing cities would add a layer of political insulation for MAIG as well as its individual members.
............... This move toward obfuscation and deflection could (and should) open the door to other criticisms, including citizens demanding their cities be removed from the list unless there is a recorded resolution passed by their elected council representatives, or insisting that the name on the list be that of the individual who perceived it advantageous to join up.
Re: Mayors Against Illegal Guns
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2014 4:51 am
by Bolton Strid
RoyGBiv wrote:
This move toward obfuscation and deflection could (and should) open the door to other criticisms, including citizens demanding their cities be removed from the list unless there is a recorded resolution passed by their elected council representatives, or insisting that the name on the list be that of the individual who perceived it advantageous to join up.
Oh SNAP - what the MAIG-gots have done is (mis)represent those cities as being onboard with their agenda as a matter of
municipal policy. It will probably take legal action to make those despots give any ground to undo that and even then that's probably not going to be a sure solution. They figure they can pull any stunt they like and not face any serious consequences - and so far they haven't.