August 7, 2022 by V Leigh

The report from Uvalde is tragic. One thing is clear. We can prepare, we can harden, all we want, but until we get military-style weapons off of America’s streets, our people, our children will always be at risk.

Prosecutor Describes Horrific Details of Parkland School Shooter Nikolas… https://t.co/DFy2ul4Zea via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) August 1, 2022

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Daily, gun violence is impacting our communities.

In Boston and around the country, this is a public health crisis.

Devastated for all whom knew & loved this young man.

15 years old. https://t.co/hfXHkUWytZ
— Ayanna Pressley (@AyannaPressley) July 29, 2022

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— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) July 18, 2022

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Multiple people have been wounded and possibly hit by gunfire at Peck Park in the San Pedro neighborhood of Los Angeles, officials said Sunday.https://t.co/kDUc6Woqym
— KSEE24 News (@KSEE24) July 25, 2022

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Ten years ago today, 12 people were murdered and another 70 were injured at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado.

In their memory and honor, we must continue to take steps to end gun violence across this country.
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) July 20, 2022

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The report from Uvalde is tragic. One thing is clear. We can prepare, we can harden, all we want, but until we get military-style weapons off of America’s streets, our people, our children will always be at risk. https://t.co/SwhBgWd0Jw
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) July 17, 2022

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July 11, 2022 by V Leigh

The country has already experienced at least 308 mass shootings so far. At least 308 in just over 26 weeks. This averages out to more than 11 a week.

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— Vee Bruno (@veebruno1) July 4, 2022

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AGAIN: A Houston man with a military-style rifle and a handgun killed two people and wounded four others before turning the gun on himself.

Permitless carry went into effect in Texas last year. #txlege https://t.co/EvuTr16X7Z
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) July 6, 2022

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earning a right not to get murdered by voting is some truly next level means-testing, coming from the most powerful man in the country no less https://t.co/5jOfRvqcbO
— inverted vibe curve: burgertown must be defended (@PatBlanchfield) July 4, 2022

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After last night’s shooting, a reporter asks: You’re looking forward to not being mayor?

Mayor of Philadelphia: “Yeah, as a matter of a fact.”

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— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 5, 2022

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This is the scene in Philadelphia during reported active shooter during firework show tonight.

We need to stop debating and start acting on gun safety. All Americans- left and right do not want gun violence to continue. It doesn’t have to be this way.

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— David Hogg ☮️ (@davidhogg111) July 5, 2022

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Today is day 185 of the year, and the country has already experienced at least 308 mass shootings so far. At least 308 in just over 26 weeks. This averages out to more than 11 a week. https://t.co/BWkow3uRv4
— NPR (@NPR) July 4, 2022

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July 10, 2022 by V Leigh

This is the reflection of who we are right now as a nation. #HighlandPark

“This is the reflection of who we are right now as a nation. We are not safe anywhere, and it is just so important to remember that we have the power to stop this and that comes by out-organizing… these radical extremists” – @shannonrwatts w/ @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/WYrPHurKcc
— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) July 6, 2022

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“At least six dead and 24 injured in shooting at Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, police say” https://t.co/Cbk0VPB8rd
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) July 4, 2022

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I grew up in Evanston, Illinois and the city is closed down after a white male between 18-20 years decided to go on a shooting spree in Highland Park killing 6 people and seriously injuring many more. pic.twitter.com/u04d7k2fCq
— Lisa Ericsson Murphy 🌊🌊TrumpIncitedTheMob (@lisakrstin) July 4, 2022

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At least 6 people have been killed and two dozen injured in a shooting at a Fourth of July parade in a Chicago suburb, authorities say https://t.co/H07W0ox97B
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) July 4, 2022

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Police apprehended a man suspected of killing 6 and wounding 24 without shooting him.

And after a brief chase.

I didn’t want police to kill him.

But I also know #JaylandWalker should be alive, and his body not riddled with 60 bullets. #StateOfTheUnion #HighlandPark
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) July 5, 2022

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These stories out of Highland Park about kids knowing exactly what to do when the shooting began, and guiding parents based on their active shooting drills, embody the burden of violence this next generation of kids endure because of the inaction of their elders
— Ahmed Baba (@AhmedBaba_) July 5, 2022

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Emotionally, this is the most important piece I’ve ever published. May it move you and yours to action, so it can also be important in the fight for gun reform.https://t.co/yYz54T6ze4
— Julia Fine (@finejuli) July 8, 2022

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June 18, 2022 by V Leigh

‘He had no chance’ — Watch as Buffalo’s police commissioner refutes the argument that a ‘good guy with a gun’ can stop a mass shooting

“This is not normal… This is about blood money.”@AOC blasted the illegal trafficking of guns across states and the stark ratio of US mass shootings compared to G-7 countries https://t.co/rhtWFi59dQ pic.twitter.com/dPXq8NgKZH
— Bloomberg Quicktake (@Quicktake) June 8, 2022

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Rep. @AOC (D-NY): “Between 2009 and 2018, how many school shootings did the United States have?”@BeckyPringle: “288.”

AOC: “Let’s look globally, our G7 partners…how many school shootings did those countries have?”

Pringle: “Five.”

AOC: “It is internationally embarrassing.” pic.twitter.com/pWMgSSuxSK
— The Recount (@therecount) June 8, 2022

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“There is no discussion about gun violence in New York City without discussing the iron pipeline,” says @AOC, referring to a flow of guns out of states with looser gun restrictions and into crime scenes hundreds of miles away. pic.twitter.com/acxuAVfaeu
— LX News (@NBCLX) June 8, 2022

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— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) June 15, 2022

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Or we could just ban assault weapons and keep some people from acquiring guns altogether…pic.twitter.com/C0oHRnsf4j
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) June 12, 2022

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JUST IN: 11 dead and 45 injured in weekend mass shootings https://t.co/ntBdFe14ss pic.twitter.com/nszeJ3nw3j
— The Hill (@thehill) June 13, 2022

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BREAKING: Police say multiple people were shot at an Alabama church in the Birmingham suburb of Vestavia Hills and that a suspect is in custody.

The police statement didn’t elaborate on the number of victims or their conditions. https://t.co/V7I1323D8t
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 17, 2022

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Breaking Update: One dead, 2 injured in Vestavia Hills church shooting. Here’s the latest: https://t.co/QPHOxh4aFv pic.twitter.com/vlCEMkxApL
— #WVTM13 (@WVTM13) June 17, 2022

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‘He had no chance’ — Watch as Buffalo’s police commissioner refutes the argument that a ‘good guy with a gun’ can stop a mass shooting pic.twitter.com/s7EDpYfptx
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 9, 2022

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June 12, 2022 by V Leigh

“For all the billions and trillions that this body authorizes in the name of National Security, we can’t even keep our kids safe from their schools being turned into a war zone.”

In the United States, cannabis is criminalized and AR-15s are legal.

That’s backwards.
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) June 7, 2022

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On this day in 1968, before many of you might even have been born, my uncle, Robert F. Kennedy was gunned down while running for president. Gunned down on his victory night. He left a devastated pregnant wife and ten children and a shattered extended family.
— Maria Shriver (@mariashriver) June 5, 2022

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“My mother’s life mattered. My mother’s life mattered.”

— Garnell Whitfield, Jr., son of the oldest Buffalo massacre victim Ruth Whitfield, at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on domestic terrorism. pic.twitter.com/5OcCOFw5nG
— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) June 7, 2022

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Son of Buffalo shooting victim asks Senate: “Is there nothing that you personally are willing to do to stop the cancer of white supremacy and the domestic terrorism it inspires? Because if there is nothing, then…you should yield your positions.” https://t.co/pWMOabbzGz pic.twitter.com/dLzoVWZHK9
— ABC News (@ABC) June 7, 2022

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Eleven years after her own life was massively altered by gun violence, former congresswoman Gabby Giffords stood in front of the Washington Monument Tuesday and lobbied anew for stricter gun laws after yet another string of mass shootings in America. https://t.co/0FgAEGJid7 pic.twitter.com/BIqMyNugnR
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 7, 2022

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Matthew McConaughey calls for action on gun reform at the White House press briefing

“I promise you, America – we are not as divided as we are being told we are … we can’t truly be leaders if we’re just living for re-election” pic.twitter.com/rH4XTSTKm9
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) June 7, 2022

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“We start by making the loss of these lives matter.”

In an emotional speech at the White House, Matthew McConaughey called for lawmakers to act on gun reforms — two weeks after a school shooting in his hometown left 19 students and two teachers dead. pic.twitter.com/0BZvgK3omL
— POLITICO (@politico) June 7, 2022

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Rep. Katie Porter: ‘This is absurd. After *one* child died using a Peloton treadmill last year, the Consumer Product Safety Commission intervened & recalled the product. But when hundreds of children die using guns, there is no federal response!’ pic.twitter.com/enG06wkWKN
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 8, 2022

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What does it say about us as a nation that a brave, traumatized, 11-year-old girl who soaked herself in another child’s blood to prevent her own murder had to testify before Congress to explain to our lawmakers that we are dealing with a national emergency? (1/6)
— Will Hurd (@WillHurd) June 8, 2022

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NEW: @AOC just shut down Republicans scapegoating big cities like NYC and Chicago that face gun violence: “Let’s talk facts. 70% of illegally trafficked guns in NYC come from [red states with loose gun laws]. We’re losing children due to lawlessness unleashed by red states.”
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) June 8, 2022

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“For all the billions and trillions that this body authorizes in the name of National Security, we can’t even keep our kids safe from their schools being turned into a war zone.”

Following testimony from victims of the Buffalo & Uvalde shootings, Rep. AOC spoke on gun reform ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/f5pmY8Hbqt
— Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@RepAOC) June 8, 2022

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June 4, 2022 by V Leigh

Time after time we’ve given the GOP a chance to help us stop gun violence—and time after time, they’ve chosen to put their right to kill over our right to live.

Guess what happened where the red line is. Anyone? pic.twitter.com/vkahBGCkbj
— Mike Jason (@mikejason73) May 27, 2022

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— Freedom from Prejudice 🌊🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@iPicNews) June 2, 2022

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At least 33 children have been killed in school shootings in 2022 so far.

20 cops have been shot and killed in the line of duty.

It is more dangerous to be a student than a police officer in America in 2022.

(Sources: https://t.co/1h3A95z5xY https://t.co/ldfCOgOWe7)
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) May 24, 2022

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For all of our mass shooting talk and angst….the Las Vegas shooting doesn’t get talked about enough.

The scope of the carnage caused by 1 MAN and a weapon of mass destruction.

Almost 500 people shot. 60 killed.

That is horrifying. Terrifying. #NotTalkedAboutEnough
— Eileen🇺🇲🇺🇦🌻 (@Eileenleftnotri) May 30, 2022

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Can you imagine if pro-lifers focused on ending gun violence? Or stopping police killings? Or fighting poverty?

You know, things that would actually save lives…
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) May 25, 2022

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She smeared blood on herself and played dead: 11-year-old reveals chilling details of the massacre – CNN https://t.co/aPHPo5K32j
— Robert Greenwald (@robertgreenwald) May 28, 2022

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The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.

The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.

Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.

Pharma buys off Congress. No action on drug prices.

Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) June 2, 2022

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Think about it: If a plane crashed every day w/ 110 people on it, Congress would be outraged. It would act immediately to prevent more deaths. Yet everyday, 110 people die from gun violence & NOTHING changes. Instead, shootings occur day after day after day. This is NOT normal.
— Jackie Speier (@RepSpeier) June 2, 2022

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Infographic: #Massshootings in the US over the past 10 years – https://t.co/mh6Epg8ODP
— Dc Slumdog (@DcSlumdog) June 3, 2022

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Time after time we’ve given the GOP a chance to help us stop gun violence—and time after time, they’ve chosen to put their right to kill over our right to live.

The time for chances is over. I’ve had enough. pic.twitter.com/DUPG9S7FF3
— Rep. Mondaire Jones (@RepMondaire) June 2, 2022

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June 2, 2022 by V Leigh

Guns are now the leading cause of death for American kids. This is a policy choice.

Multiple people have been killed in a shooting on the campus of St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma, according to officials. The gunman is dead, police say.https://t.co/NkCfjTzfjy
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) June 1, 2022

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Today’s shooting at my med school hospital in Dayton, OH didn’t even make national news because it was overshadowed by another shooting at another hospital in Tulsa, OK.
— 🌈 Courtney (@shortney0006) June 1, 2022

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A teacher who was murdered in the Uvalde shooting last week, and her husband who died the next day of a grief heart attack, had their funerals today. Then 3 active shootings happened simultaneously tonight, and we had to decide whether to feature all 3 or focus on the deadliest.
— Laura Bassett (@LEBassett) June 1, 2022

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The shooter who murdered my beautiful butterfly Dylan carried ten 30-round magazines into Sandy Hook Elementary. In just four minutes, he shot 154 bullets, killing 20 children and six educators. Sign our petition demanding action to prevent school shootings now. – Nicole
— Sandy Hook Promise (@sandyhook) May 25, 2022

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How blasé are we to another mass shooting? #Tulsa
— Randall Blazak, PhD. (@rblazak) June 2, 2022

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“At least 10 people were shot, one fatally, in separate mass shootings less than 24 hours apart in Lawndale & West Humboldt Park.”

Back 2 back #MassShooting’s in #Chicago! This won’t get national coverage & survivors won’t get resources!#PeaceBook now!https://t.co/WlRioh5Lpa
— GoodKidsMadCity (@GKMC18) May 30, 2022

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They should still be here. #Buffalo 🕊 pic.twitter.com/MXQUEslMGN
— Maya Contreras (@mayatcontreras) May 28, 2022

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Why should someone’s right to own guns outweigh my right that they don’t?
— UnityAfterAccountability (@BetterAngels21) May 28, 2022

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Guns are the leading cause of death for children in this country.

I don’t know what more the GOP needs to hear before they act on gun reform.
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) May 29, 2022

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Guns are now the leading cause of death for American kids. This is a policy choice.
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) May 28, 2022

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May 27, 2022 by V Leigh

A video has surfaced on social media showing parents desperately pleading with law enforcement officers to save children from a gunman’s rampage at a Uvalde elementary school. Warning: Some may find this video disturbing.

This video make so much more sense now. The cops literally stopped parents from helping their kids. pic.twitter.com/zhQfUjlpjd https://t.co/DqgZUH3uCC
— Matt Novak (@paleofuture) May 26, 2022

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Brave of those police officers to make sure nobody went inside. Including themselves. https://t.co/GofEJcF50w
— Gareth Reynolds (@reynoldsgareth) May 26, 2022

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Breaking from law enforcement presser in Uvalde:

– There was *not* a school officer on scene, despite initial reports
– The backdoor gunman used was unlocked
– It took an hour to take the gunman out after he entered
– Gunman shot at witnesses in the street before entering
— Reese Oxner (@reeseoxner) May 26, 2022

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Refusing to wait for the police who were CUFFING HER AND OTHER DESPERATE PARENTS — she entered the building where the massacre was occurring and rescued her children herself.
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) May 26, 2022

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“Protecting” kids from masks, from LGBTQ people, from history, from getting health care but not from getting shot and killed at school.

Got it.
— Chase Strangio (@chasestrangio) May 25, 2022

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Between the lack of police action at the subway shooting when there’s a cop on every inch of the platform to the 911 dispatch hanging up on a Buffalo victim to the starting police negligence in TX, I really don’t know how anyone can continue to justify the existence of the police
— Stop Donating to BLM National and Shaun King! (@WrittenByHanna) May 26, 2022

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Those cops have assault weapons, so that blows the idea that they want to project that they were out gunned. You have cops with assault weapons and tactical gear who refused to assault the building with one shooter. So, they were there for crowd control? This gets worse by minute https://t.co/WvVZNQPuVL
— Neville Pearson, Jr (@1TRUMPHATER) May 26, 2022

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The police didn’t go in because they knew what an AR-15 could do. They knew. And, they were scared.
— AntifaPuddin’Pop™️ (@Andie00471) May 26, 2022

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Witnesses said families BEGGED police to enter the school for nearly an hour, but that it wasn’t until Jacinto threatened to go into the school himself that police finally mustered up the courage to go.

Then police took ANOTHER 30 minutes to FIND A KEY. I kid you not. https://t.co/Lj0WZBG6Xe
— Shaun King (@shaunking) May 26, 2022

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“There was at least 40 lawmen armed to the teeth but didn’t do a damn thing until it was far too late. The situation could’ve been over quick and we as a community witnessed it firsthand.”

-Jacinto Cazares, father of 10-year-old shooting victim Jacklyn Jaylen Cazares, told ABC pic.twitter.com/LBQjLsE8Ys
— Shaun King (@shaunking) May 26, 2022

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“We’ve been given a lot of bad information so why don’t you clear all of this up now and explain to us how your officers were in there for an hour but yet no one was able to get inside that room?” pic.twitter.com/VIgTazT3I9
— Acyn (@Acyn) May 26, 2022

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A video has surfaced on social media showing parents desperately pleading with law enforcement officers to save children from a gunman’s rampage at a Uvalde elementary school. Warning: Some may find this video disturbing. https://t.co/8jc8Erp6qP
— KSAT 12 (@ksatnews) May 27, 2022

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May 27, 2022 by V Leigh

Senate Republicans blocked a domestic terrorism bill that would have opened debate on difficult questions surrounding gun safety in the US following the Uvalde, Texas school shooting

Senate Republicans blocked a domestic terrorism bill that would have opened debate on difficult questions surrounding gun safety in the US following the Uvalde, Texas school shooting pic.twitter.com/1aPv5urPKP
— Bloomberg Quicktake (@Quicktake) May 27, 2022

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Today is the 144th day of 2022.

The Uvalde shooting is the 212th mass shooting of 2022.

Gun violence is a public health crisis.
— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) May 24, 2022

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“After this latest shooting, I’m convinced this country, especially Republicans, aggressively hates its children.”

Read @WajahatAli‘s new piece: https://t.co/rPr7VtlQIa
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) May 25, 2022

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Imagine how many children wouldn’t be slaughtered in school if being pro-life was more than just a talking point for Republicans in Congress.
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) May 25, 2022

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May 26, 2022 by V Leigh

It takes a monster to kill children. But to watch monsters kill children again and again and do nothing isn’t just insanity—it’s inhumanity.

It takes a monster to kill children. But to watch monsters kill children again and again and do nothing isn’t just insanity—it’s inhumanity.
— Amanda Gorman (@TheAmandaGorman) May 24, 2022

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“Spare me the bullshit of mental illness,” says Sen. Murphy of the United States. “We’re not an outlier on mental illness, we’re an outlier on firearms”
— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) May 24, 2022

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The number is actually 18 children and 3 adults killed in a mass shooting in Ulvalde TX!! The heart bleeds; and the pain of the families is unimaginable. Yes, we’re shocked, but not surprised. #Enough! https://t.co/mhQOJzJQe3 https://t.co/RQdQOFVADP
— Wade Henderson (@Wade4Justice) May 25, 2022

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Robb Elementary students went to school today ready to laugh with friends, exchange ideas, and learn. Fourteen aren’t ever coming home.

These deaths come days after shootings in Buffalo, Houston, and here in Orange County. Another day is too long to wait to reduce gun violence.
— Rep. Katie Porter (@RepKatiePorter) May 24, 2022

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When will this country come together to denounce and deter the killing of innocent children and adults by heavily armed killers in a society where guns are so easily accessible? Another recent mass killing of 14 children in Uvalde, Texas, by an 18-year-old! Gun Control now!
— Maxine Waters (@RepMaxineWaters) May 24, 2022

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Just this past weekend, 134 people across this country lost their lives to gun violence. Another 264 were injured.

We shouldn’t have to live under the constant threat of gun violence. It’s time for the Senate to act and pass common sense gun safety reforms.
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) May 23, 2022

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Gun violence is the number one killer of children in this country.

We must do better.https://t.co/AAbyv1y71v
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) May 25, 2022

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Here’s Greg Abbott last year bragging about how “no license or training is needed” to carry a gun in Texas.

Republicans in TX passed an open-carry firearm bill LAST YEAR. pic.twitter.com/MmCI3IG4zu
— Sawyer Hackett (@SawyerHackett) May 24, 2022

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If more guns was the solution to violence we’d be the safest country on the planet.
— Krystal Ball (@krystalball) May 26, 2022

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It’s been nearly 10 years since our loved ones were murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary, and not nearly enough action has been taken since to prevent future tragedies – so we need your help. Please sign our petition now demanding action to prevent school shootings!
— Sandy Hook Promise (@sandyhook) May 25, 2022

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‘He had no chance’ — Watch as Buffalo’s police commissioner refutes the argument that a ‘good guy with a gun’ can stop a mass shooting

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“For all the billions and trillions that this body authorizes in the name of National Security, we can’t even keep our kids safe from their schools being turned into a war zone.”

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Time after time we’ve given the GOP a chance to help us stop gun violence—and time after time, they’ve chosen to put their right to kill over our right to live.

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Guns are now the leading cause of death for American kids. This is a policy choice.

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