8 children have been shot in St. Louis since the start of the new year. The youngest one year old.
Mass shootings can’t be the only gun violence that grabs our nation’s attention. These children deserve attention and action too. https://t.co/lYftykyhR3
— Giffords (@GiffordsCourage) January 18, 2020
"The public sees media reports of mass shootings happening in movie theaters, schools, night clubs and beyond—these are the ones that keep us all up at night…But the majority of these mass shootings involved intimate and family member victims." https://t.co/PexIbT1rZK
— Protect Minnesota (@ProtectMN) January 25, 2020
Collectively, mass shootings have killed 125 and wounded 137 people in these nine mayors’ cities. Enough is enough – we need universal background checks now. #MayorsDemandAction #MayorsDC2020 pic.twitter.com/jY3kKXzKj4
— U.S. Mayors (@usmayors) January 24, 2020
Listening to mayors discuss their experience with mass shootings. Such a raw, powerful and emotional discussion. #MayorsDC20 pic.twitter.com/BZU5D6HPC7
— Alisha Powell Gillis (@GillisAlisha) January 24, 2020
In an attempt to intimidate lawmakers and subvert the will of voters, the @NRA gave away high-capacity magazines – similar to those used in America's deadliest mass shootings – to random civilians at the Virginia statehouse today. #valeg https://t.co/bbnN3rm7I3
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) January 14, 2020
VA is in a state of emergency because white supremacists and nazi’s are using their 2nd amendment rights to shutdown the 1st amendment rights of students, veterans, and clergy.
Tweet out a video with your support for laws that protect kids, not guns with.#IStandWithVirginia pic.twitter.com/wPiRSVDGZu
— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) January 19, 2020
Kids should be worried about their homework, not their survival #IStandWithVirginia
— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) January 19, 2020
We came with flowers and signs. They came with assault rifles and riot shields.
Our message is so powerful that they are scared to face us unarmed. We’re just a bunch of kids that want to be safe and not get shot. #IStandWithVirginia
— March For Our Lives (@AMarch4OurLives) January 20, 2020
Gun rights supporters — many heavily armed — are rallying today in Richmond. (Steve Earley/The Virginian-Pilot)
Live updates: https://t.co/hQZOI3BC9x pic.twitter.com/ZG5HsUPzz8
— The Virginian-Pilot (@virginianpilot) January 20, 2020
An estimated 1,444 Americans have been killed by guns in the first two weeks of 2020. This includes 924 suicides and 8 mass shootings. At least 121 children have been killed or injured by guns this year, according to data from the Gun Violence Archive pic.twitter.com/eK0jN6pUvN
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) January 15, 2020