TexasObserver, (edited ) to news
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“The Board and the Governor have put their politics over justice and made a mockery of our legal system.”

Yesterday, Governor Greg Abbott issued a full pardon for Daniel Perry, who killed Garrett Foster, a protester at a Black Lives Matter march in 2020. Special Investigative Correspondent @stevanzetti explains all the context the governor ignored: https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-pardon-daniel-perry-garrett-foster/

br00t4c, to church
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Louisiana parishioners stop armed teen who entered children’s church service

Boy, 16, who entered Catholic first communion service in Abbeville with rifle charged with terrorizing and firearms possession

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/14/abbeville-louisiana-church-armed-teen?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

br00t4c, to random
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Three people killed in shooting at May Day party after 1,000 revellers turn up

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/alabama-shooting-stockton-may-day-party-b2544119.html

br00t4c, to random
@br00t4c@mastodon.social avatar

'A handgun in every nightstand': art installation shines light on US gun violence

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/10/art-victim-mass-shooting-columbine-washington-dc

si_irini, to Help German
@si_irini@mastodon.social avatar

Please
and

What do you think about gun violence?

Words
sentences
feelings

No matter what

Send me something and maybe you can help me get some inspiration to write a poem for wearorange

I have an inspiration low but somehow I feel I could write something

You are welcome to take your time, the important thing is to express your feelings, that would really help me

THANKS

br00t4c, to chicago
@br00t4c@mastodon.social avatar

Panther in the Sky tackles gun violence

https://chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/theater/theater-review/panther-in-the-sky-chicago-danztheatre-ensemble/

br00t4c, to random
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The Bogus Legal Theory Driving America's Gun Violence Crisis

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/05/american-gun-problems-originalism-scotus.html

Yehuda, to random

A reflection of me taking a picture of a bullet hole in a front window of my building after a shooting in January 2020

br00t4c, to DC
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Shocking day of gun violence in Washington DC sees a toddler shot dead and a teenager grazed by bullet at school

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/gun-violence-washington-dc-children-b2540032.html

GottaLaff, to MIguns
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

Another day, another…

Several people were injured in a in Long Beach, , late Saturday night, according to police https://abcnews.go.com/US/injured-long-beach-shooting-police/story?id=109936864&cid=social_twitter_abcn

glassdelusion, to random
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Fredrich Nietzsche sees this confused pro bumper sticker, is like, I too want to kill God

CWilbur, to random
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Hail Kristi, full of grace
Shoot your puppy in the face

Show us how punishment’s done
When you’re mad and have a gun

DemLabs, to northcarolina
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Mapping accountability from weakened gun laws to tragic North Carolina mass shooting
https://thedemlabs.org/2024/04/30/mapping-accountability-from-weakened-gun-laws-to-tragic-north-carolina-mass-shooting/

br00t4c, to chicago
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The neighborhoods missing from Chicago's community safety plans

https://chicagoreader.com/news-politics/news/chicago-gun-violence-neighborhoods/

markwyner, to Tennessee
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American citizens: we need gun control so our kids will stop dying at school to mass shooters.

Republicans: okay, here’s a law to arm teachers that we just passed.

Teachers: so…do we need a bake sale for this?

Six years ago I wrote about teacher militias and my teacher Mrs. Smith. It’s still relevant, apparently:
https://markwyner.medium.com/teachers-are-for-inspiration-not-militias-60bfb140442c

GottaLaff, to northcarolina
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

Another day, another…

Numerous law enforcement officers have been struck by gunfire on Monday, according to police in Charlotte, .
https://apnews.com/article/42d3e25ec6ec990634c9ac209e0f779a

markwyner, to Guns
@markwyner@mas.to avatar

Republicans in Tennessee are out of their fucking minds. What kind of insanity is this?

The solution to school shootings isn’t to arm teachers!

America is a shit show beyond all logic. The unfathomable has become reality here. Nationalists like to say “these colors never run.” But they do. The color red plentifully runs through our streets.

😡🤬😖

https://apnews.com/article/tennessee-arming-teachers-guns-2d7d80fa1f54f8f9585a6d2e98fec9fd

br00t4c, to chicago
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The neighborhoods missing from Chicago's community safety plans

https://chicagoreader.com/news-politics/chicago-gun-violence-neighborhoods/

br00t4c, to random
@br00t4c@mastodon.social avatar

Stopping Gun Violence Means Building a Social Safety Net -- and Community

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/gun-violence-safety-net-community-1235011499/

whangdoodler, to politics Finnish
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We have a country wide hostage situation going on in Finland.

The nazi government is lying, threatening and pushing through never before seen capacity of austerity measures that will not only cripple the economy and shatter peaceful society, but also push finnish people into poverty and uncertainty.

A good but inexperienced leader learns quickly from one crisis and handles the next one better, and Orpo and Purra have not lacked crisis training in this government. But they just don't learn for the better. Orpo and Purra either can't lead or don't want to lead. And both options are completely unsustainable in this situation. Besides the leadership deficit, another big problem is the current form of the Finns party. I believe that Mr Vornanen's actions have come as a shock to all members of the party, and I am sure that none of Basic Finns will support such actions. But it is still necessary to discuss why we have a party in government and a very strong popular support base that not only attracts irresponsible and dangerous people like a magnet, but also repeatedly elevates them to positions of responsible power. It is no coincidence that Basic Finns politicians have the most criminal backgrounds, or that a child molester or neo-Nazi can become a minister in Basic Finns, or that radical far-right groups in Finland have repeated links with Basic Finns.
The Basic Finns are a party whose two leading stars, Riikka Purra and Jussi Halla-aho, have publicly written violent fantasies in which they use a handgun in public, and the Basic Finns voters approve of this, as they do of all the other dangerous and irresponsible behaviour of Basic Finns politicians. And when discrimination, hostility, racist crime and fantasies of violence are accepted and even praised within the party, this has a consequence: more people who act in a discriminatory and hostile way and who foster violent fantasies of power end up in the party. These two issues, the government's total lack of leadership and the chaotic unpredictability of Basic Finns party, lead to the third problem, which is possibly the biggest of all. Finns' confidence in the political system and society is being destroyed at an unprecedented rate. The government came to power by lying about virtually all its election promises. It has not even tried to deliver on its promise of zero tolerance of racism and disinformation. The government listens to no one and cares not a jot about the crushing impact of its cuts on people's daily lives - on the contrary, it arrogantly mocks the poor it hurts with by posing with scissors in hand. The most common response to criticism is to label the critics unjustifiably as communists or representatives of the "Trade Union_mafia".
Ultimately, society works on trust. People must be able to trust that the majority, and above all politicians, will act for the common good. And when, on top of such cruel and intransigent policies, our leaders shirk their responsibilities in a situation that has shocked all Finns, it severely shatters that already fragile trust. This is not acceptable. And it must be said loudly to the decision-makers. Much louder than before. Because when a small group arbitrarily decides the fate of a large group by threatening, lying and behaving with unpredictable aggression, and the large group can only helplessly obey and somehow try to endure and hang on, it is no longer a question of democratic governance of the welfare state, it is a hostage situation.

GottaLaff, to random
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Another day, another…

A suspect is in custody after 5 people were shot in the nation's capital, police say - ABC News https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/suspect-custody-after-5-people-shot-club-nations-109715345

heidilifeldman, to random
@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social avatar

As many of you know already, I am especially interested in the use of statutes to ground suits against irresponsible sales and marketing by member of the gun industry. In , the state legislature and state AG have been using this approach to deal with large capacity magazines. 1/2

GottaLaff, to Guns
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GAAA! "Tennessee passes bill to let teachers carry , a year after mass shooting" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/04/23/tennessee-bill-arming-teachers-guns-passes/?location=alert

KimPerales, to random
@KimPerales@toad.social avatar

"ABHORRENT: Against the will of the people—including survivors of The Covenant School shooting in Nashville—Tennessee lawmakers just passed a dangerous bill to allow teachers to carry guns in schools. What’s worse: Parents will not be notified if their child’s teacher is armed."
-Moms Demand Action

"Tennessee remains the arena of one of the fiercest debates over gun policy nationwide."

🔫

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/04/23/tennessee-bill-arming-teachers-guns-passes/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

TexasObserver, (edited ) to poetry
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"fasten the firearm and firm the foundation for a bloodbath"

Sarah Bawany's poem, in our latest magazine, is a heartbreaking indictment of our culture of gun violence: https://www.texasobserver.org/poem-elegy-for-the-insert-school-shooting/

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