‘The problem is the human heart. It’s not guns.’ said Mike Johnson. The Lewiston, Maine shooter killed 18 people and injured dozens more. – WaPo. How many people would have died, if the shooter was carrying a water pistol, regardless of what was in his heart? Military style assault weapons on our streets are reason …
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24 shootings on Oct 25th 2023 killed 33 people and injured 66 more. Gun violence incidents are on the rise. In 2021, nearly 21,000 people were killed by firearms (not including suicides), according to the Gun Violence Archive, an online database of U.S. gun violence incidents. That’s a 33 percent increase from 2017, the year that firearm-related …
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Actions speak louder than words. DeSantis condemned the racist killing three Blacks in a hate crime on the 60th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr’s historic March on Washington to protest racial inequality. In the past DeSantis has weakened gun safety laws and supported racists. DeSantis had defended a supporter who said “bring back the …
“Calls grow to investigate Allen shooting as a hate crime” A shooter with ‘tattoos of Nazi imagery and expresses a fascination with mass shootings’ murders eight in a Texas mall where ‘most or all of the victims of the shooting were people of color, and disproportionately Asian American’. Yet Republican authorities in Texas refuse to …
“9 killed in shooting at Texas outlet mall” – ABC News Texas logged 4,613 firearms-related deaths in 2021, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It had the 27th-highest gun death rate of any U.S. state that year. – Washington Post The recent spate of gun violence in Texas — including …
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After mass shooting, Tennessee House moves to expel three members calling for gun control – Popular Info Holding a hand-drawn sign calling to “protect kids, not guns” and speaking through a megaphone, State Representatives Justin Jones, Justin J. Pearson and Gloria Johnson led chants and called on their colleagues to pass stricter gun laws, forcing the legislative …
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“TENNESSEE CONGRESSMAN TIM BURCHETT WINS AWARD FOR MOST F**KED-UP RESPONSE TO COVENANT SCHOOL SHOOTING” – Vanity Fair Burchett said that what had happened was “a horrible, horrible situation”… “we’re not going to fix it” and “Criminals are going to be criminals”. As a congressperson he is paid $174,000 annually with our tax dollars for such …
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There have been 130 mass shootings in 2023 till March 27. 193 killed. 498 injured. – Gun Violence Archive Where did these shootings occur? Who are the congressional reps and senators representing those districts? Where was the closest mass shooting to where you live? Who is blocking common sense gun safety reforms? How can you …
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Ten people were killed and another ten injured in a mass shooting in Monterey Park CA. – NBC It’s the 37th mass shooting this year. We’re 23 days into 2023 and over 2,200+ Americans have already died of gun violence. – Thom Hartmann How do you harness the horror and outrage into action? Make it easy for …
Oregon voters pass a Ballot Measure 114 to reduce mass shootings. The gun lobby loses, but gets Measure 114 blocked by judge in a small rural county. Ignoring the will of the people isn’t democracy. How many more people will have to die in mass shootings? “The court cannot sustain Measure 114 on mere speculation that the …
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