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==Resignations from the coalition==

===Announced resignations===

Twelve mayors that had been members<ref>http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/downloads/pdf/7_14_09_maig_letter.pdf</ref> have withdrawn from the organization, claiming either that they were misled about the group's anti-gun platform, or that they were enrolled in the coalition without their knowledge.<ref>Mayor Withdraws from anti-gun coalition, The Indianapolis Star, June 27, 2007 By: Tania E. Lopez http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070627/LOCAL0101/706270329/1015/LOCAL01</ref><ref>Letter to the Editor, Anchorage Daily News, February 4, 2007 by Mayor Mark Begich http://www.adn.com/opinion/letters/story/8614932p-8507468c.html</ref><ref>An Idaho Mayor Withdraws From Bloomberg's Gun Group, The New York Sun, January 17, 2007 By: Bradley Hope https://www.nysun.com/article/46799</ref> They are:
 
*[[Idaho Falls, Idaho]] Mayor Jared Fuhriman<ref name="nysun.com">https://www.nysun.com/new-york/fourth-mayor-quits-bloomberg-anti-gun-group/50547</ref>
 
*[[Carmel, Indiana]] Mayor James Brainard
 
*[[Rio Rancho, New Mexico]] Mayor Kevin Jackson<ref name="nysun.com"/>
 
*[[Anchorage, Alaska]] Mayor Mark Begich<ref name="nysun.com"/>
 
*[[Oldmans Township, New Jersey]] Mayor Harry Moore<ref>http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BQY/is_11_53/ai_n20512691/</ref><ref>[http://sev.prnewswire.com/sports/20070709/NYM15609072007-1.html National Shooting Sports Foundation: Firearms Industry Hails New Jersey Mayor Following Resignation from Bloomberg Coalition]</ref><ref name="nssf.org">http://www.nssf.org/share/PDF/070907_MooreResignationMAIG.pdf</ref>
	
*[[Walton Hills, Ohio]] Mayor Marlene Anielski,<ref>http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/printable/node/6840</ref>
 	
*[[Williamsport, Pennsylvania]] Mayor Mary B. Wolf<ref name="nysun.com"/><ref>http://www.saf.org/viewpr-new.asp?id=215</ref>
 	
*[[Madeira Beach, Florida]] Mayor Patricia Shontz<ref name="urlGun Owners Call Mayors Out On Mayors Against Illegal Guns">{{cite web |url=http://www.ammoland.com/2009/09/12/gun-owners-call-mayors-out-on-mayors-against-illegal-guns/ |title=AmmoLand.Com - Gun Owners Call Mayors Out On Mayors Against Illegal Guns |format= |work= |accessdate=2009-09-12}}</ref>
 	
*[[Knoxville, Tennessee]] Mayor Bill Haslam<ref>http://politics.nashvillepost.com/2009/04/09/bill-haslam-joined-the-nra-in-late-february-or-early-march/</ref><ref>http://politics.nashvillepost.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/maig-2.pdf</ref>
 	
*[[Warsaw, Indiana]] Mayor Ernest B. Wiggins<ref>http://www.timesuniononline.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=224&ArticleID=4255</ref>
 	
*[[Sioux Falls, South Dakota]] Mayor Dave Munson<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/04/AR2009080403132_4.html?sid=ST2009080502296</ref>
 	
*[[Houston, Texas]] Mayor Bill White<ref>http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/firstreading/entries/2009/07/28/health_care_seems_the_next_fro.html</ref>
 	 

In her resignation letter, Mayor Patricia Shontz of Madeira Beach, Florida wrote, “I am withdrawing because I believe the MAIG is attempting to erode all gun ownership, not just illegal guns. Additionally, I have learned that the MAIG may be working on issues which conflict with legal gun ownership.” She added, “It appears the MAIG has misrepresented itself to the Mayors of America and its citizens. This is gun control, not crime prevention.”<ref name="urlGun Owners Call Mayors Out On Mayors Against Illegal Guns"/>
 
In his resignation letter to Bloomberg, Mayor Harry Moore stated: "It is simply unconscionable that this coalition, under your leadership, would call for a repeal of the Shelby /Tiahrt amendment that helps to safeguard criminal investigations and the lives of law enforcement officers, witnesses and others by restricting access to firearms trace data solely to law enforcement. How anyone, least of all a public official, could be willing to sacrifice such a law enforcement lifeline in order to gain an edge in suing an industry they have political differences with is repugnant to me. The fact that your campaign against this protective language consisted of overheated rhetoric, deception and falsehoods is disturbing."<ref name="nssf.org"/>
 	
The resignations of Kevin Jackson and Jared Fuhriman left the state of Idaho completely unrepresented in the organization, and Alaska with just one representative mayor. Since Mayor [[Rocky Anderson]] of [[Salt Lake City, Utah|Salt Lake City]] left office, it has also left Utah unrepresented. Mayor [[Kathy Taylor]] of [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]] has announced that she will not seek re-election,<ref>http://www.ktul.com/news/stories/0609/629082.html</ref> and as of September, 2009, her name has been removed from the coalition's roster. This also leaves Oklahoma unrepresented.
According to the U.S. [[Conference of Mayors]] there are 1,201 cities in the US with a population of 30,000 or more that are headed by mayors.<ref>http://usmayors.org/about/overview.asp</ref> Several of the mayors in the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition represent even smaller towns and cities—particularly in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, which are disproportionately represented.