What’s behind the surge in gun violence? University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA, at Club Q in Colorado Springs, CO, and at a Walmart store in Chesapeake, VA. Three horrific acts of gun violence this week stress the urgent need for gun safety reforms. Republicans claim to be for law and order, but block gun safety reforms …
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A 15-year-old fatally shot five people and wounded others in Raleigh, N.C. – WaPo. Vote to end gun violence. The Raleigh shooting was the latest in a violent week across the country. Five people were killed in a shooting at a home in Inman, South Carolina. Two police officers were fatally shot in Connecticut. Police …
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Six dead, dozens injured in mass shooting at July Fourth parade outside Chicago. The shooting comes weeks after a racist mass shootings at a Buffalo grocery store where 10 people died. President Biden invoked the sites of some of those other massacres, including El Paso, Pittsburgh and Charleston, S.C. Ten days after the massacre in Buffalo, A gunman killed 19 students …
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‘Texas Republicans have repeatedly loosened gun laws despite mass shootings.’ – SourceNM What bills has Greg Abbott passed? How do they relate to the surge in mass shootings? What resources do Texas Republicans offer shooting victims. Follow along with this relationship map and see what can be done to reduce gun violence? HB1927 – No …
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In 2022, there have been 206 mass shootings as of May 25th, killing 236 Americans and injuring 888. Mass shootings seem to occur so frequently that it’s easy to get numb to the tragedy behind each statistic. These numbers are innocent school children, people praying and shopping for groceries. Visualize the price Americans pay for …
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“The country grappled with yet another bloody rampage in Indianapolis, only weeks after back-to-back mass shootings last month in Atlanta and Boulder, Colorado” – NYT These editorial cartoons highlight the NRA’s influence, Republican obstruction and the urgent need for common sense gun safety laws. DeepakDemLabs Common sense gun safety measures – GIF Common sense gun …
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