So, now we’ve got police going to the wrong address and shooting innocent civilians, and white civilians shooting innocent black kids who ring the wrong doorbell. The persistence of hate narratives and shoot-first-ask-questions-later knee jerk reactions show how absolutely dangerous an #NRA fueled gun society is. Their answer: More Guns! Because “guns aren’t the problem. People are the problem.” My question: So why in God’s name would you give guns to the problem? #guns#guncontrol#gunviolence
MSNBC: Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) calls his opposition to an #AssaultWeaponsBan a mistake after deadly mass shooting in his district.
Golden: I have opposed efforts to ban deadly weapons of war like the assault rifle he used to carry out this crime. The time has now come for me to take responsibility for this failure. Which is why I now call on the US congress to ban assault rifles..for those who have been harmed, I ask for forgiveness" #GunViolence
Here’s an excellent article about important lawsuits just filed on behalf of Uvalde families who lost loved ones to a mass shooting there. The families, represented by the same attorney who represented the Sandy Hook families, are suing Daniel Defense, the maker of the AR-15 used by the shooter, as well as the publisher of Call of Duty video games and Meta. (I am quoted in the story.) https://wapo.st/3R1Y9LA#LawFedi#GunViolence
#Trump said "Democrats are able to kill the baby after birth." Beyond this being a truly dumb lie, here are facts.
My baby was killed after birth because of #GunViolence. Republicans, by blocking gun violence prevention, apparently support killing babies after birth.
‘Not What Democracy Looks Like’: TN GOP Lawmakers Order Police to Remove Silent Protestor From Pro-Gun Hearing
Tenn House Rep holding a hearing on legislation to allow guns in schools ordered state troopers to physically remove a woman who was silently protesting by holding a small sign
The protestors in the House Judiciary Committee’s Civil Justice hearing sat quietly holding signs that read, “1 kid > all the guns” (one kid is greater than all the guns)
Just a reminder that the EPS say gun violence is at unprecedented levels in Edmonton, while Pierre Poilievre is constantly trying to slam Trudeau over restricting assault weapons just like these.
We need to reduce the number of weapons made for mass killing available to civilian residents, period.
Instead of weapons of mass killing which Trudeau has legislated restrictions on, Pierre Poilievre argues that we should be restricting basic tools (knives) instead. #yeg#GunViolence#cdnpoli#abpoli
“Police are responding to a #shooting near Union Station in Kansas City, #Missouri, on Wednesday, where revelers gathered to celebrate with a parade and rally for the Chiefs' Super Bowl win.
Two armed people have been detained, according to Kansas City police.” #GunViolence
#BREAKING. UPDATE. At least 16 killed, 50 to 60 people are injured in the incidents, though it’s unclear how many are injured due to gunfire, the sources told CNN. #Maine#GunViolence
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Man with handgun seeking #Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers arrested in state Capitol, posts bail and returns with assault rifle. #GunViolence
“A federal judge has blocked part of a public health order that suspended the right to carry guns in public across #NewMexico’s largest metro area.
The ruling Wednesday by U.S. District Judge David Urias marks a setback for Democratic New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham as she responds to several recent shootings that took the lives of children, including an 11-year-old boy as he left a minor league baseball game in Albuquerque.” #legsl#GunViolence
There’s A Gun-demic: 7 Mass Shootings In One Weekend
Here we go again. We’ve been in this mind space before. Many times. We’ve been shocked, dismayed, heartbroken, crushed, angry, bitter — I can keep going with a lexicon of the reactions which are common every single time there is bloodshed and death from an automatic weapon.
Watching the news these days is like one of those horror movies where Satan comes back to rule, Rosemary’s Baby with an AR-15
The cities with the highest firearm homicide rates are clustered in the South, generally in red states with less restrictive gun laws, according to the CAP Action Fund.
Johnson is a ChristoFascist slug, and is likely, of course, to continue the effort to impeach Biden. New Gallup poll today shows Congress approval at 13%, lowest since 2017.
Via Emptywheel:
The #Speaker of the House says Americans' human hearts are somehow flawed in a way (far more secular) Europeans' human hearts are not.
Rupar:
Speaker Mike Johnson dismisses gun control: "The problem is the human heart. It's not #guns ... this is not the time to talk about legislation." #GunViolence
“#NewMexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued an emergency public health order that suspends the open and permitted concealed carry of firearms in Albuquerque for 30 days in the midst of a spate of #GunViolence.
Dem gov said she is expecting legal challenges but felt compelled to act in response to gun violence, incl the fatal shooting of an 11-year-old boy outside a minor league baseball stadium this week”
“Almost 42 million Americans – over one-eighth of the US population – are estimated to have lived within one mile of a mass shooting since 2014, according to an original CNN analysis of data from the Gun Violence Archive (GVA) and US Census Bureau.” #GunViolence
“A 13-year-old in #Ohio is facing criminal charges after allegedly crafting “a detailed plan” for a mass #shooting at a synagogue in September, according to court documents obtained by CNN” #GunViolence