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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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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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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