Everytown has an advisory board composed of mayors , business and military leaders , and survivors of gun violence . As of January 2014 , the organization 's advisory board consisted of the following members : MAIG membership consists of " more than 1,000 current and former Mayors . " MAIG membership dropped 15 % , from 1,046 to 885 , between the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in December 2012 and a count reported in February 2014 . NRA president James W. Porter , said " there 's very little political will to take on any of these gun issues . " Some mayors said the group had moved from being against illegal guns to simply being against guns . MAIG chairman John Feinblatt said the group has the same principles as before and that the membership drop was " just the natural course of events that mayors leave and join our coalition based on the electoral cycle . " Meanwhile , in Rockford Illinois , Mayor Larry Morrissey believed " Mayors Against Illegal Guns " would be a group focused on guns that were illegally possessed by prohibited persons , but instead found the focus of MAIG was to promote legislation that made rifles and magazines illegal
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
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