November 3, 2023 by V Leigh

“More than 600 people have been killed in mass shootings in the U.S. so far this year, the highest death toll from mass shootings in at least 10 years, according to the Gun Violence Archive…”

“More than 600 people have been killed in mass shootings in the U.S. so far this year, the highest death toll from mass shootings in at least 10 years, according to the Gun Violence Archive…”https://t.co/EvL1u75WMW | @forbes
— The Gun Violence Archive (@GunDeaths) October 31, 2023

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Earlier this year, Republican members of Congress wore these AR-15 lapel pins handed out by Congressman Andrew Clyde, who has a $25 million stake in a company that makes assault rifles.

Gun violence is the leading cause of death among children and teens in America. pic.twitter.com/0vb44gTT5W
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) October 26, 2023

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18 people were killed in the Lewiston, Maine shootings last week.

A dozen other mass shootings took place over the weekend, according to the Gun Violence Archive. 11 people were killed and 70+ others injured

We do not have to keep living like this. Inaction is a policy choice.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) October 30, 2023

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GameStop Worker Fatally Shoots Black Student Over Pokémon Cards https://t.co/Sv16G7v3xL via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) October 25, 2023

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As of Oct. 26, at least 35,275 people have died from gun violence in the U.S. this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive – which is an average of almost 118 deaths each day. https://t.co/sOwZsCDBpZ
— ABC News (@ABC) October 28, 2023

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For the first time in a generation, Texans were more likely to die of gunshot wounds than car crashes in 2021.

Experts worry a lack of research on the issue has hampered the search for solutions. https://t.co/5Yv1nLHebh
— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) November 1, 2023

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April 5, 2023 by V Leigh

SCHOOL SHOOTINGS ARE NOT NORMAL. We don’t have to live and die like this.

SCHOOL SHOOTINGS ARE NOT NORMAL. We don’t have to live and die like this.

We’re walking out on Wednesday, 4/5. Learn how to organize a walkout on your campus—join our Walkout Prep Call: https://t.co/Bv7yCA8k8U pic.twitter.com/h2XNJjpws0
— Students Demand Action (@StudentsDemand) April 1, 2023

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North Carolina’s Republican-controlled state House repealed the state’s requirement that someone obtain a permit before buying a pistol, overriding Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto. https://t.co/HseyFgc8jQ
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 29, 2023

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This is a VERY SERIOUS situation unfolding in Nashville. The reps who stood w/their constituents who came to the state house to demand gun safety, are facing expulsion from the House. Their Member ID badges have already been turned off. This is how democracy ends. https://t.co/9dOCWMPx2B
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@SIfill_) April 3, 2023

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Tonight as Tennessee House Republicans push forward to schedule vote on our expulsion, Speaker Sexton orders the gallery cleared as crowd chants “fascists.”

Media forced out at as well.

Then, Rep. Lafferty (R-Knox) pushes me and grabs my phone.

This is a sad day for Tennessee. pic.twitter.com/Lh08Ma5kdS
— Rep. Justin Jones (@brotherjones_) April 4, 2023

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Today @WilliamLamberth, a Tennessee state representative, asked students protesting gun violence which gun they’d like him to use when shooting them: “If there’s a firearm out there you’re comfortable being shot with, please show me which one it is.”
https://t.co/eiEJWpeNJR
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) April 4, 2023

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CLARIFICATION: Students in Nashville marched toward the Tennessee State Capitol to demand an end to gun violence after a deadly shooting at the Covenant School last week. We deleted a previous version of this video that omitted a credit pic.twitter.com/UeYlO9wGO3
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 4, 2023

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Today, students in Tennessee protested at the state Capitol to demand stronger gun regulations after 6 people—including 3 children—were murdered at the Covenant School in Nashville. pic.twitter.com/P1Vr9hBbb0
— David Hogg ☮️ (@davidhogg111) March 30, 2023

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April 1, 2023 by V Leigh

The hardest part of recording hundreds of schools shootings is seeing over and over that they are preventable. We can stop school shootings from ever happening again, we just choose not to.

The hardest part of recording hundreds of schools shootings is seeing over and over that they are preventable.

We can stop school shootings from ever happening again, we just choose not to. https://t.co/QzkeQP5sI0
— K-12 School Shooting Database (@K12ssdb) March 29, 2023

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The number one cause of death for children in the United States is guns. While Republicans attack trans rights in the name of protecting kids, they’re failing to take action on the greatest threat to our children.
— Cori Bush (@CoriBush) March 29, 2023

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School shootings are not tracked by the federal gov. The existing trackers we *do* have use varying criteria to define what a ‘school shooting’ is.

Regardless, we’re at 74 gun related deaths/injuries at schools in the U.S. in 2023. It’s March. @NPR
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— manuela lópez restrepo (@mamueca) March 29, 2023

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BREAKING: Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz brings down the house with a fiery anti-gun speech, says that Republicans are wasting time focused on “banning books” which is insane because “dead kids can’t read” and we need to ban AR15s which aren’t even used to “hunt deer” because…
— Occupy Democrats (@OccupyDemocrats) March 29, 2023

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June 25, 2022 by V Leigh

We just passed the first major gun safety package in nearly 30 years. This is a good bill—not a perfect bill.

A cop killed Philando Castile during a traffic stop when Castile told him that he was legally carrying a licensed handgun in his car. The cop was acquitted of all charges.

If cops can kill black men for legally carrying guns, then universal concealed carry obviously isn’t. 1/
— Jacob T. Levy (@jtlevy) June 23, 2022

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BREAKING: The Supreme Court strikes down New York’s concealed-carry handgun restrictions as unconstitutional on a 6-3 vote on partisan lines.
— Chris “Subscribe to my newsletter!” Geidner (@chrisgeidner) June 23, 2022

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The Supreme Court isn’t pro-life — yesterday, it struck down a New York State law limiting who can carry concealed handguns in public, a ruling that could invalidate most gun control laws throughout the country. The court doesn’t care about mass death. https://t.co/U0185Z5Uig
— Jacobin (@jacobin) June 24, 2022

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US Senate passes first gun control bill in decades https://t.co/jzUelaTrYH
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) June 24, 2022

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JUST IN: The House has passed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act!

This is monumental. We are so close to this life-saving gun safety bill becoming law, and finally ending the nearly three-decade-long drought of meaningful federal legislation on gun safety. #GunLawsSaveLives pic.twitter.com/6rhHUmSJq8
— Everytown (@Everytown) June 24, 2022

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234-193: House passes bipartisan gun safety bill, which now heads to President Biden for final passage.

14 GOP yes votes:
• Cheney
• Kinzinger
• Rice
• Katko
• Salazar
• Jacobs
• Fitzpatrick
• Meijer
• Upton
• Chabot
• Turner
• Joyce
• Gonzalez (OH)
• Gonzalez (TX) pic.twitter.com/wyB7MK0oyw
— The Recount (@therecount) June 24, 2022

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I was ~20 years old when I found myself in a relationship with an abusive partner.

I knew that he had guns. He kept one of them in the cabinet in the kitchen & another in between our pillows when we slept at night.

I never believed he would actually fire at me. Until he did.—🧵 https://t.co/frfX97akij
— Cori Bush (@CoriBush) June 22, 2022

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#BREAKING: We just passed the first major gun safety package in nearly 30 years.

This is a good bill—not a perfect bill.

I believe there is much more we can do reduce gun violence.

But let me be clear: this bill will ensure a safer future for our children and our communities.
— Rep. Shontel Brown (@RepShontelBrown) June 24, 2022

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Senate passes bipartisan gun safety bill, a major step for the most significant federal gun legislation in a generation. It next heads to the House. https://t.co/gBN273677m
— CNN (@CNN) June 24, 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

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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We just passed the first major gun safety package in nearly 30 years. This is a good bill—not a perfect bill.

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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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