April 20, 2021 by V Leigh

Another day of gun violence in this country!?!!

Another day of gun violence in this country!?!!
Having made a deal with the devil and prioritized profit over people’s lives, America is experiencing the inevitable consequences. This is what Malcolm X, referred to as “Our chickens, coming home to roost!”
— LeVar Burton (@levarburton) April 16, 2021

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President Biden calls gun violence in the US an “epidemic”: “Our flag was still flying at half-staff for the victims of the horrific murder of eight primarily Asian-American people in Georgia, when 10 more lives were taken in a mass murder in Colorado” https://t.co/spd2klgGPm pic.twitter.com/LsyikiGcUx
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) April 8, 2021

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Today we’re unveiling the Gun Violence Memorial—an installation of 40,000 flowers on the National Mall to show the scope of our gun violence crisis.

40,000 people are killed with guns each year.

This is a tribute to them and a call on the Senate to find the #CourageToAct. pic.twitter.com/YVmWCLHZva
— Giffords (@GiffordsCourage) April 13, 2021

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Too many Americans have lost a loved one to gun violence.

We’ve placed nearly 40,000 flowers outside the Capitol—one for each person shot and killed every year.@GiffordsCourage‘s memorial is both a tribute and a message to Congress: We must find the #CourageToAct. pic.twitter.com/Xf4lWWr0Xx
— Gabrielle Giffords (@GabbyGiffords) April 13, 2021

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March 25, 2021 by V Leigh

The Shootings Never Stopped

A small business. A vigil. A neighborhood. A club. A party. A grocery store. In seven days there were seven mass shootings, as everyday gun violence has taken countless lives.
— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) March 24, 2021

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They Survived a Global Pandemic, But Not America’s Gun Epidemic. https://t.co/QkoWw22kMU
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) March 23, 2021

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You can purchase a gun, go out, and shoot someone the same day in Georgia, but you can’t register and vote on the same day. As long as these types of laws reflect politicians’ values, you’ll see racist tragedies like we’ve seen this week. pic.twitter.com/vTIK4uXyyo
— Dr. Jason Johnson (@DrJasonJohnson) March 20, 2021

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We now know FULL names of the 8 killed (names of Korean women released by officials, not understanding Korean name structure.)

Soon Chung Park, 74
Hyun Jung Kim*, 51
Suncha Kim, 69
Yong Ae Yue, 63

Xiaojie Tan, 49
Daoyou Feng, 44
Delaina Ashley Yaun, 33
Paul Andre Michels, 54
— Frances Wang (#FrannyInMiami) (@FrancesWangTV) March 19, 2021

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Watching people claim the alleged murderer of 6 Asian women was not motivated by racism, only by ‘sexual addiction,’ I’m reminded of the 2015 Chapel Hill execution-style shooting of 3 Muslim students, which we were told was not a hate crime but merely a ‘parking dispute’.
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) March 18, 2021

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And that’s the point. Efforts to strip the word “democracy” of its meaning are mirroring efforts to strip the word “racism” of its meaning.

When democracy loses its meaning, no one will know when it dies. When racism loses its meaning, no one will know when it lives. https://t.co/hBf2LODhWH
— Ibram X. Kendi (@DrIbram) March 18, 2021

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Good morning to everyone who knows you don’t need a racist misogynist to say “I’m a racist mysogynist” to know they’re a racist mysogynist.

If Asian women are targeted as a “temptation” you feel the need to “eliminate,” you’re a racist mysogynist.

We shouldn’t have to say this
— brittany packnett cunningham is on extended break. (@MsPackyetti) March 18, 2021

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Why We Should’ve Seen The Atlanta Shootings Coming | The Daily Social Di… https://t.co/Jj22OtiuwZ via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) March 18, 2021

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11 senators are more worried about their elections than the next shooting

Blood is on the hands of those who love power more than our children

Tears fill the eyes of millions of Americans that have had loved ones stolen from them by gun violence

Haven’t we had enough?
— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) March 24, 2021

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America has a gun death rate 11 times that of other high-income countries. We are not powerless to stop this—we can save lives. On behalf of the millions of Americans who have experienced gun violence, we must renew our fight to end this epidemic. #EndGunViolence
— Sen. Cory Booker (@SenBooker) March 24, 2021

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A Colorado judge blocked Boulder from enforcing its 2-year-old assault rifle ban on March 12 after the NRA sued. A week later, a gunman with an “AR-15 style rifle” opened fire in a Boulder supermarket, killing 10 people, including a Boulder Police officer. https://t.co/Kle76shPjn
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) March 23, 2021

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JUST IN: Multiple people, including a Boulder police officer, have been killed at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, authorities say. A person of interest was taken into custody, police Commander Kerry Yamaguchi said. https://t.co/RI1HEiv12J
— CNN (@CNN) March 23, 2021

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AP: Court documents show that the 21-year-old suspect in the Colorado supermarket shooting purchased an assault rifle less than a week before the attack that killed 10 people
— Jesse Rodriguez (@JesseRodriguez) March 23, 2021

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The people killed at the King Soopers supermarket ranged in age from 20 to 65. Here are their stories. https://t.co/WuYUI44aQG
— BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) March 23, 2021

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Shootings never stopped during the pandemic: 2020 was the deadliest gun violence year in decades https://t.co/eOfWZtl1sv
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 24, 2021

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March 9, 2021 by V Leigh

As the Biden administration works with states and cities to implement the bill over the coming months, they shouldn’t pass up the opportunity to combat the pandemic’s companion public health crisis: #GunViolence

Arkansas school shooting: Student reportedly shot on first day of in-person learning – New York Post https://t.co/Z2y5YsIR2l via @GoogleNews
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) March 1, 2021

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My heart breaks for the family of Reuben Lewis, and for every other family that has lost someone to violence in this community. Reuben was a father and a youth mentor and will be dearly missed. We can’t forget that gun violence is another pandemic and we must end it. https://t.co/MbkJHFYrre
— Rep. Barbara Lee (@RepBarbaraLee) March 1, 2021

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U.S. District Judge Esther Salas says the FBI found evidence that the man who killed her son also targeted Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Bill Whitaker reports, Sunday. https://t.co/RZn8X3QjEK pic.twitter.com/kBuQPvzR1i
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) February 19, 2021

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As the Biden administration works with states and cities to implement the bill over the coming months, they shouldn’t pass up the opportunity to combat the pandemic’s companion public health crisis: #GunViolence #AmericanRescuePlan https://t.co/PSZe6lPlpx
— Joseph Sakran (@JosephSakran) March 7, 2021

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40,000 Americans die annually from gun violence & Republicans have introduced 0 bills to save lives from gun violence.

0 evidence of election fraud & Republicans have already introduced 253 bills in 43 states to suppress the right to vote.

GOP was never about life or liberty.
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) March 1, 2021

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January 25, 2020 by V Leigh

An estimated 1,444 Americans have been killed by guns in the first two weeks of 2020.

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

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— 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

January 1, 2020 by V Leigh

US Mass Shooting Reach Record in 2019

“This seems to be the age of mass shootings.” https://t.co/X3y6CGG4ak

— Slate (@Slate) December 29, 2019

December 21, 2019 by V Leigh

It’s been seven years since the shooting at #SandyHook Elementary School, and Congress has done nothing to prevent another tragedy like this from happening.

Every 16 hours, a woman in America is shot and killed by a former or current partner.

Yet @senatemajld and @SenJoniErnst are REFUSING to reauthorize #VAWA to close the deadly "boyfriend loophole" that allows domestic abusers to access guns. This is a disgrace. #VAWA4ALL https://t.co/7YIdd4QBHX

— Brady (@bradybuzz) December 12, 2019

In any other situation with lives on the line we act w/o hesitation. Why are we not waking up to the 384 mass shootings, and the 35K that have died in just 2019?

The #NewOrleansShooting like each before it should be the last. We NEED to raise the standard for gun ownership. https://t.co/hqf5cGkzMb

— Guns Down America (@gunsdownamerica) December 1, 2019

We agree @SpeakerPelosi, gun violence prevention is an issue which can unite the nation. 97% of Americans support expanding background checks yet @senatemajldr refuses to hold a vote on **bipartisan** legislation which the House passed over 280 days ago.#PelosiTownHall

— March For Our Lives (@AMarch4OurLives) December 6, 2019

Yesterday during our rally outside the Supreme Court, @NRA employees harassed gun violence survivors and made videos mocking them, and their supporters interrupted a moment of silence for victims by reading the Second Amendment through a bullhorn.

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— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) December 3, 2019

▪️Leah Minda Ferencz owned the Kosher deli w/ her husband

▪️Douglas Rodriguez had immigrated from Ecuador 3 years ago

▪️Moshe Deutsch was a yeshiva student grabbing lunch

▪️Joseph Seals was a 15-year-veteran of the police department#HonorWithAction https://t.co/D3jXHsRnMC

— Brady (@bradybuzz) December 12, 2019

Today,

We mourn the loss of 20 children
& 6 adults that were lost at Sandy Hook Elementary School on this day 7 years ago. We are sending love & strength on this painful day to all who were affected, & pledge our continued action so that tragedy like this never happens again. pic.twitter.com/aVSoTtTXQo

— March For Our Lives (@AMarch4OurLives) December 14, 2019

Seven years ago today, a gunman armed with an assault weapon murdered 20 children and 6 educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

We must end this country's gun violence epidemic. We vow to never stop fighting in their honor. #HonorWithAction #EndGunViolence pic.twitter.com/XpGHdYRkQ5

— Brady (@bradybuzz) December 14, 2019

It's been seven years since the shooting at #SandyHook Elementary School, and Congress has done nothing to prevent another tragedy like this from happening. pic.twitter.com/2NkfzMvLnu

— Guns Down America (@gunsdownamerica) December 14, 2019

December 3, 2019 by V Leigh

Shooting on the edge of the French Quarter leaves 11 injured in New Orleans

#NewOrleansShooting pic.twitter.com/FxMsUZpahR

— March For Our Lives New Orleans (@march_nola) December 1, 2019

At least 11 people were shot in New Orleans overnight. The shooting happened a few hours ago on Canal Street. Police say two were critically injured and one person is in custody. #NewOrleansShooting pic.twitter.com/vwbHPaXkV7

— ⓐⓓⓡⓞⓩ (@adroz) December 1, 2019

Shooting on the edge of the French Quarter leaves 11 injured in New Orleanshttps://t.co/0MJDs0kHm5 pic.twitter.com/jyITq2ZbHF

— CNN (@CNN) December 1, 2019

November 4, 2019 by V Leigh

The Gun Violence Problem

Remembering the 11 victims of the Tree of Life massacre:

Joyce Fienberg
Richard Gottfried
Rose Mallinger
Jerry Rabinowitz
David Rosenthal
Cecil Rosenthal
Sylvan Simon
Bernice Simon
Daniel Stein
Melvin Wax
Irving Youngerhttps://t.co/llpkIrmugo pic.twitter.com/pGOz1SROBP

— Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (@PittsburghPG) October 27, 2019

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“I study terrorism. A white supremacist attack in my neighborhood woke me up to the danger at home” https://t.co/Ys3HG4iiKb An important read by Pittsburgh terrorism researcher @ColinPClarke

— bill peduto (@billpeduto) October 27, 2019

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Domestic violence and gun violence. You can’t adequately address one without the addressing the other.

New report from @amnesty: https://t.co/hhshR1Za70 pic.twitter.com/IVF5PUu58u

— Amnesty International (@amnestyusa) October 27, 2019

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NEW: Every 2020 candidate has a unique story to tell about gun violence.

We sat down w/ @JoeBiden, @CoryBooker, @PeteButtigieg, @KamalaHarris, @AmyKlobuchar, @BetoORourke, @BernieSanders, & @EWarren—watch each of their stories here⬇️ #GunSafetyPresident https://t.co/frfrgwl4VL

— Giffords (@GiffordsCourage) October 21, 2019

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Long Beach Shooting: Three Killed, Nine Injured in Southern California – DiversityInc https://t.co/OPfRPoG3W9

— glenn robinson (@glncv) October 31, 2019

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September 5, 2019 by V Leigh

A slew of new laws easing restrictions on firearms went into effect in Texas on Sunday, one day after a gunman went on a shooting rampage

Opinion: We analyzed 53 years of mass shooting data. Attacks aren't just increasing, they're getting deadlier https://t.co/WPL6Dyocyp

— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) September 1, 2019

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Several new laws loosening gun restrictions in Texas went into effect a day after a mass shooting killed 7 people and injured 22.

The laws:
– allow handguns in places of worship
– let people store guns, ammunition in school parking lots
– allow more armed guards in schools pic.twitter.com/BUAFE6Z8pq

— AJ+ (@ajplus) September 2, 2019

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As of September 1, which was the 244th day of the year, there have been 283 mass shootings in the U.S.

After each mass shooting, the GOP defends the NRA more than children, families, and victims.

THIS HAS TO STOP.#VoteBlueToSaveAmerica https://t.co/Lxdrzc9APh

— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) September 2, 2019

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Trump's response to the Odessa mass shooting during a media availability on Sunday was to thank law enforcement and say "it could've been worse." He didn't say a word about the victims or about guns. He quickly moved on to other topics. pic.twitter.com/v1NRJeFZJX

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 2, 2019

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It’s almost as if there’s a correlation between looser gun laws and mass shooting. https://t.co/TBq6jiv9eL

— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) September 2, 2019

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The @HouseJudiciary Committee will vote on multiple #GunViolence prevention bills on September 10th. These policies have broad bipartisan support among the American people, but I doubt Mitch McConnell will hold a vote. #Enough #EndGunViolence pic.twitter.com/cPG1OKqQ0S

— Steve Cohen (@RepCohen) September 2, 2019

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September 1, 2019 by V Leigh

Midland-Odessa, TX Mass Shooting

Frustrating&heartbreaking that we’re living through 279th mass shooting of 2019 (We’re on day 243 of 2019, btw)

But we have the power to stop this madness

In November 2020, we must vote out lawmakers who empower killers by ensuring guns are easy to get. It really is that simple

— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) August 31, 2019

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Officials in West Texas say there were at least five people killed and 21 shooting victims https://t.co/H9n7JKbYS7 https://t.co/EMNtlzveYS pic.twitter.com/ymcbuF1AbY

— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 31, 2019

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1/ After a mass shooting left 8 dead in West Texas, a Texas lawmaker is asserting that he would not support any new gun restrictions.

He says that includes:
+ No "red flag" laws
+ No universal background checks
+ No bans on AR-15shttps://t.co/3VDxSSgKth #txlege #TexasShooting

— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) September 1, 2019

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17-month-old Odessa-Midland shooting victim Anderson Davis & 6-year-old Gilroy shooting victim Stephen Romero make me wonder how GOP politicians still call themselves "#ProLife."#TexasShooting #MassacreMitch https://t.co/eP8cy4084O

— Matt (@nosoupforgeorge) September 1, 2019

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The latest on what we know on the #TexasShooting:
+ The gunman worked alone
+ The shooting left 8 people dead, including the shooter
+ 22 others were injured
+ The @WSJ, citing law enforcement, has identified the shooter as 36-year-old Seth Atorhttps://t.co/rifspi6lJg

— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) September 1, 2019

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Another day of gun violence in this country!?!!

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The Shootings Never Stopped

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As the Biden administration works with states and cities to implement the bill over the coming months, they shouldn’t pass up the opportunity to combat the pandemic’s companion public health crisis: #GunViolence

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An estimated 1,444 Americans have been killed by guns in the first two weeks of 2020.

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US Mass Shooting Reach Record in 2019

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It’s been seven years since the shooting at #SandyHook Elementary School, and Congress has done nothing to prevent another tragedy like this from happening.

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Shooting on the edge of the French Quarter leaves 11 injured in New Orleans

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The Gun Violence Problem

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A slew of new laws easing restrictions on firearms went into effect in Texas on Sunday, one day after a gunman went on a shooting rampage

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Midland-Odessa, TX Mass Shooting

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