The Gun Grabbing Mayor of Hurst, Texas

The Gun Grabbing Mayor of Hurst, Texas
By
James Scott Trimm

As I have said many times before in my blogs, the majority of voters in Hurst are conservatives.  Unfortunately, out of over 22,000 voters, only between 1,000 to 2,000 voters vote in our city elections.  The result has been that liberals are running our city.

One very good example of this is our Mayor Richard Ward.  The vast majority of Hurstonians strongly support gun rights in fact many are NRA members.  And most Hurstonians are shocked to learn that our Mayor uses his position as Mayor of our city to promote Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun agenda, and help lobby for anti-gun laws nationwide! 

Richard Ward is one of only seven Texas Mayors to sign onto Michael Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG), a coalition of over 1,000 mayors that support gun control.  In an appearance on “Meet the Press,” Bloomberg announced that his intent is to counter the influence of the NRA.

When Richard Ward joined MAIG he signed the following statement of principle: "Keep lethal, military-style weapons and high capacity ammunition magazines off our streets."

In 2009 MAIG successfully lobbied against the enactment of the "Thune Amendment," which would have allowed interstate concealed carry of firearms by individuals who hold valid concealed carry permits (either issued by their home state or another state) in much the same way that our drivers licenses are recognized by other states.  Our Mayor supported this action by MAIG saying:

"...I do not want one state to be able to force another by federal law to allow them to carry a concealed weapon into another state ..."

(Richard Ward, Oct, 10th 2009)

Mayor Patricia Shontz (R) of Madeira Beach, Florida wrote, “I am withdrawing [from MAIG] 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 went on to say, “It appears the MAIG has misrepresented itself to the Mayors of America and its citizens.  This is gun control, not crime prevention.”

In a 2009 statement Mayor Richard Ward expressed his own opposition to the NRA saying: "…the NRA has totally brainwashed its members." (Richard Ward; Oct. 12, 2009)

 Just a year and a half ago Mr. Ward bragged that while he had gotten over 100 letters from his constituents who are NRA members, urging him to leave MAIG, he had refused to do so, and continued to be reelected.  Ward bragged:

“The next election I got 90 percent of the vote,” he said, chuckling. “After that I got 86 percent — they’re gaining on me!”
(New York Times; Jan. 17 2013)

Mayor Ward is laughing at his constituents for failing to remove him from office.

Hurst residents should know that our Mayor uses the title of the office to which our citizens have elected him, to stand firmly against gun rights nationwide!  This is despite the fact that the majority citizens he has been elected to represent support gun rights very strongly.  This amounts to a betrayal of the very citizens Mr. Ward was elected to represent.

(All quotes from Mayor Ward taken from Joel Downs Correspondence with Mayor Richard Ward  https://www.facebook.com/notes/joel-d-downs/correspondence-with-hurst-mayor-richard-ward-about-guns/150812329778 )

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