Guns are the #1 killer of our generation. If Congress really cares about protecting kids, they’ll take action on gun violence. Tell your representative and senators to prioritize gun safety in the 119th Congress: https://t.co/X0YO6QKLtw pic.twitter.com/24dEVw5WlC
— Students Demand Action (@StudentsDemand) January 7, 2025
A list of mass killings in the United States this year https://t.co/VTlifcQbSe
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 19, 2024
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Every year, our experts analyze and grade every state’s gun laws. This year, 22 states are failing at protecting their communities from gun violence.
— GIFFORDS (@GIFFORDS_org) December 21, 2024
That’s unacceptable. See where your state stands and how it can improve:https://t.co/zQ03Kjs2ro pic.twitter.com/KAQxrUfVaf
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Someone is shot in a road rage incident every 18 hours in America.
— Students Demand Action (@StudentsDemand) January 3, 2025
Aggressive driving isn’t unique to the United States, but road rage shootings are. We shouldn’t have to fear being shot on our streets. https://t.co/7hvwiHHjde
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Two brothers were killed and five other people were injured in Kankakee, Illinois in a shooting at a New Year’s Day party where 50 people had gathered.
— GIFFORDS (@GIFFORDS_org) January 3, 2025
Days of celebration should never end in tragedy. Gun violence is preventable.https://t.co/f0WbrIQ3TZ
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HORRIFIC: Ten-year-old Yaneliz Munguia was struck in the head and killed by celebratory gunfire while watching her family light off fireworks outside of their Florida apartment on New Year’s Eve. A search is still underway for the person who fired the gun.
— Moms Demand Action (@MomsDemand) January 2, 2025
Engaging in… pic.twitter.com/YqRBRsFWIL
TRAGIC: Mollian Johnson, 43, her grandchildren, Jedorah, 5, and Jontavious, 1, and their mother Kaylyn Samuels, 26, were shot and killed by Mollian’s boyfriend—who then killed himself—at their home in Georgia.
— Everytown (@Everytown) December 13, 2024
Guns can make abuse fatal.https://t.co/GZLJFyh6k3
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When I started @momsdemand, if a mother was shot and killed unintentionally by her toddler it would have been major national news story. Now it happens so regularly that we all shrug. https://t.co/mckXMuAuta
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) December 12, 2024
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One CEO gets shot now all these corp dorks are hella scarred to back to the office. Imagine how our children feel going back to school.
— Monica💚Free 🇨🇩🇵🇸🇸🇩 (@BlakPantherBabe) December 11, 2024
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Today, Dec 11, is the 🎂 of Irma Garcia. The loving, devoted teacher died May 2022 at Robb Elem. The 2019 teacher of the year, she shielded students from bullets & died holding a child in her arms. 2 days later, Joe, her hs sweet❤️& husband of 25 years, died of cardiac arrest. pic.twitter.com/qH5DTpq8pT
— The Birthday Fairy Project 🟧 (@TBFPToodle_oo) December 11, 2024
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Charlotte
— GIFFORDS (@GIFFORDS_org) December 14, 2024
Daniel
Rachel
Olivia
Josephine
Dawn
Dylan
Madeleine
Catherine
Chase
Jesse
Ana
James
Grace
Anne Marie
Emilie
Jack
Noah
Caroline
Jessica
Avielle
Lauren
Mary
Victoria
Benjamin
Allison
Always remember the lives stolen at Sandy Hook. pic.twitter.com/CCQ10CCpIc
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NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE VIGIL: People impacted by gun violence came together in Hyde Park, Sunday night, to mark 12 years since the Sandy Hook school mass shooting by also remembering the Chicago lives lost to gun violence and calling on continued gun reform.
— Tre Ward ABC 7 (@TreWardTV) December 16, 2024
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Right now, firearms are the leading cause of death for children and teens in the US.
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) December 16, 2024
That’s unacceptable.
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Multiple people have been injured after a shooting at a Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin, police say https://t.co/ajKeHHukKf
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) December 16, 2024
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Gun violence is the NUMBER ONE cause of death for children and teens in the US.
— GIFFORDS (@GIFFORDS_org) December 16, 2024
Not car crashes. Not cancer. It’s guns.
Schools should be sites of learning for our kids, not centers of carnage.
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A student and a teacher were just killed in Madison, Wisconsin. Two other students are in critical condition. What’s doubly heart breaking is knowing the ruling class won’t blink. They won’t devote 1% of the energy to these people that they expended when one of their own died.
— Read Abolish Rent (@JPHilllllll) December 16, 2024
This week’s horrific shooting that critically wounded two kindergarteners was at least the 202nd shooting at a school this year, according to @Newsweek.
— Everytown (@Everytown) December 8, 2024
A future where our kids can go to school free from the threat of gun violence is worth fighting for.https://t.co/qbyi0pwQkB
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A dispute outside a Miami apartment yesterday turned fatal when two teens allegedly shot and killed 15-year-old Nolan King.
— GIFFORDS (@GIFFORDS_org) December 9, 2024
A young life was cut tragically short because of easy access to guns. This shouldn’t have happened.https://t.co/IWB6EBirfX
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AGAIN. A 2-year-old boy was unintentionally shot and killed by his 7-year-old brother, who found a loaded and unlocked gun in the glove box of their mother’s vehicle and discharged it.
— Moms Demand Action (@MomsDemand) December 4, 2024
Yet another family devastated by preventable gun violence.https://t.co/8HzQVpHhHO
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WOULD BE BREAKING NATIONAL NEWS IN A HEALTHY COUNTRY: Two children were wounded Wednesday in a shooting at a tiny religious K-8 school in Northern California and the shooter died from a suspected self-inflicted gunshot. https://t.co/X0UjG6Rq3z
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) December 5, 2024
The gun industry is one of the most protected industries in America—allowing gun makers to keep lining their pockets while guns remain the #1 killer of American children and teens.@StudentsDemand launched a campaign this week to expose the industry’s #KillerBusiness and ask:… pic.twitter.com/mbdFwNQYXw
— Everytown (@Everytown) November 22, 2024
A 25-year-old Montgomery man has been arrested and charged federally with possession of a machine gun after a mass shooting on the campus of Tuskegee Universityhttps://t.co/kDnR1pbwtG
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) November 10, 2024
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This weekend, 18-year-old La’Tavion Johnson was killed and 16 others were injured after a man opened fire with a machine gun at Tuskegee University’s 100th homecoming celebration 💔
— GIFFORDS (@GIFFORDS_org) November 12, 2024
We will never stop fighting to end America’s gun violence crisis.https://t.co/o2tqQAlVJ5
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A Minnesota man shot and killed his wife, 45-year-old Kathryn Nephew (Ramsland), their son, 7-year-old Oliver Nephew, in addition to his former partner, 47-year-old Erin Abramson and their 15-year-old son, Jacob Nephew. He then killed himself. https://t.co/CZ6nsihymI
— Moms Demand Action (@MomsDemand) November 10, 2024
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Women in the US are 21 times more likely to die from gun violence than women in other high-income countries.
— GIFFORDS (@GIFFORDS_org) November 17, 2024
Our Research Director shares solutions that can save lives 👇https://t.co/zcvYaU92W8
“At least 389 mass shootings have taken place so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which defines mass shootings as those in which four or more victims are shot. That’s an average of more than 1.5 mass shootings every day.”https://t.co/Es7RcSlZKK | @CNN
— The Gun Violence Archive (@GunDeaths) September 13, 2024
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A 26-year-old mother was shot and killed in front of her two young children on Thursday in Houston during a birthday party. The shooter is allegedly the father of the children.
— GIFFORDS (@GIFFORDS_org) September 15, 2024
Too many women have lost their lives because of easy access to guns.https://t.co/he17hLOSVE
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Killer Uber Driver Blames Imaginary Black Man In DISTURBING Death Of Woman https://t.co/HlHmtuvKeF via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) September 13, 2024
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— Kenny Akers (@KeneAkers) September 19, 2024
“School shootings are recurring markers of a societal sickness, an unshakeable acceptance of violence and senseless death.” https://t.co/liSV6lbvoY
— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) September 8, 2024
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NEW: The man who opened fire and shot five people on a Kentucky highway today was out on bail after being arrested last month for making terrorist threats. According to police scanners, the suspect purchased an AR-15 and 2,000 rounds of ammo this morning. https://t.co/JMdKAXoZQc
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) September 8, 2024
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400 officers in Uvalde couldn’t stop an 18 year old with an assault rifle.
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) September 6, 2024
Secret Service in Butler couldn’t stop a 20 year old with an assault rifle.
SROs in Winder couldn’t stop a 14 year old with an assault rifle.
JD Vance: More security will fix it. https://t.co/B2QsZqBU2y
“When I was president, I totally protected the guns.” -Donald Trump, 8/8/24
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) September 4, 2024
How about we start protecting kids?
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In the 25 years since Columbine, gun violence has become the leading cause of death for American children.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) September 4, 2024
We are failing our nation’s children by letting NRA-backed politicians (almost all of one party) stand in the way of meaningful gun reform. pic.twitter.com/GqqLpypcjn
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More than 3,600 American kids have been shot already this year. Nearly a thousand of them were killed.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) September 4, 2024
When will we break the gun lobby’s grip on our politics?
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The next time you hear someone repeating NRA propaganda, you can respond with these 5 points. pic.twitter.com/nYwojkOkqi
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) September 4, 2024
We regulated seatbelts, child seats, speed limits, car ownership, and insurance.
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) September 4, 2024
If only we regulated guns in the same way we regulated cars. https://t.co/llwbExCmn4
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When Republicans inevitably blame mental health and not the guns for yet another school shooting – kindly remind them that 205 of them voted AGAINST a bill to expand school-based mental health services. pic.twitter.com/CWiqbPVr9v
— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) September 4, 2024
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Meet Rep. Mike Collins, who represents the congressional district where Apalachee High School is located.
— Moms Demand Action (@MomsDemand) September 4, 2024
While Rep. Collins is busy promoting gun extremism, his constituents are suffering the cost of his inaction.
ELECTIONS. MATTER. pic.twitter.com/RkTcMaYivT
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UPDATE: The shooter is believed to be a 14-year-old boy.
— Everytown (@Everytown) September 4, 2024
Georgia has no minimum age to purchase rifles, doesn’t require parents to securely store guns, and doesn’t have background checks on all gun sales.https://t.co/1wfeu7t9RF
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I will never forget that abortions were banned before AR-15s.
— Andrea Junker (@Strandjunker) September 4, 2024
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The right to go to school and not get killed by an AR-15 is more important than the right to an AR-15.
— Jack Cocchiarella 🌴🥥 (@JDCocchiarella) September 4, 2024