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
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
“We need each other… pic.twitter.com/BW1gm30mmp
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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
Gun violence is the #1 cause of death among America’s children.
— Rep. Barbara Lee (@RepBarbaraLee) July 9, 2024
And yet @HouseGOP are making it easier for guns to end up in the wrong hands.
Watch live as I join @AppropsDems today in pushing back against Republicans’ dangerous legislative agenda ⬇️ https://t.co/paNTQmFFIM
U.S. child/teen firearms death rates at 6x higher than Canada.
— K-12 School Shooting Database (@K12ssdb) June 26, 2024
U.S. rate is 30x higher than Germany.
U.S. rate is 60x higher than UK.
U.S. rate is 100x higher than Japan. pic.twitter.com/DJykTyQL3D
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NEW: The gunman who opened fire in an Arkansas grocery store today, killing three people and wounding 11 (including two police officers), is a 44-year-old white man. He wasn’t taken down by law enforcement or armed citizens — he’s alive and in jail. https://t.co/MSvzbWMqA0
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) June 22, 2024
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Pedro “Pete” Arredondo and a former school police officer were indicted by a Uvalde County grand jury on charges of child endangerment for their roles in the bungled police response to the 2022 mass shooting, sources said. https://t.co/BKxNYIT5m8 pic.twitter.com/NV2v7djsAs
— San Antonio Express-News (@ExpressNews) June 27, 2024
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BREAKING: The former Uvalde school police chief and another former officer have reportedly been indicted on child endangerment charges more than two years after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Texas. https://t.co/XRe6nHMq8h pic.twitter.com/4xvoS5uQY9
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) June 27, 2024
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Today, June 30, is the birthday of Andre Pablo Anchodo. He would be 28 but died in the 2019 El Paso Walmart attack w/his wife, Jordan. When the shooter opened fire, Andre desperately tried to shield his wife, & she desperately tried to shield their infant son. pic.twitter.com/lHoVx8i4QN
— The Birthday Fairy Project 🟧 (@TBFPToodle_oo) June 30, 2024
Today, the @washingtonpost shared an article detailing the lethal effects of AR-15 rifles. The piece shows graphic images of scenes of mass shootings, including the Robb Elementary School classrooms where two teachers and 19 students died. https://t.co/Qj55iDWp9F
— Natalie Haddad (@natalieontv) November 16, 2023
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A must read and view. All I could do was cry. As a teacher the scenes from the schools really hit home. The picture from Robb Elementary is devastating
— Don’t boo, VOTE (@vossect) November 17, 2023
The AR-15’s destructive force: A rare look at the weapon’s impact – Washington Post https://t.co/R2xAra3koY
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I may stand alone in my thoughts as the Washington Post introduces new photos of the Robb Elementary Massacre, the shooting that took my son Uziyah’s life.
— Brett Cross (@BCross052422) November 16, 2023
With nothing but love and respect to every family out there, from anybody who lost a loved one at our shooting, to the…
SCHOOL SHOOTINGS ARE NOT NORMAL. We don’t have to live and die like this.
— Students Demand Action (@StudentsDemand) April 1, 2023
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
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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.”
— Rep. Justin Jones (@brotherjones_) April 4, 2023
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
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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.”
— 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
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.
— Jacob T. Levy (@jtlevy) June 23, 2022
If cops can kill black men for legally carrying guns, then universal concealed carry obviously isn’t. 1/
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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!
— Everytown (@Everytown) June 24, 2022
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
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234-193: House passes bipartisan gun safety bill, which now heads to President Biden for final passage.
— The Recount (@therecount) June 24, 2022
14 GOP yes votes:
• Cheney
• Kinzinger
• Rice
• Katko
• Salazar
• Jacobs
• Fitzpatrick
• Meijer
• Upton
• Chabot
• Turner
• Joyce
• Gonzalez (OH)
• Gonzalez (TX) pic.twitter.com/wyB7MK0oyw
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I was ~20 years old when I found myself in a relationship with an abusive partner.
— Cori Bush (@CoriBush) June 22, 2022
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
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#BREAKING: We just passed the first major gun safety package in nearly 30 years.
— Rep. Shontel Brown (@RepShontelBrown) June 24, 2022
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.
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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
Just this past weekend, 126 people across this country lost their lives to gun violence. Another 294 were injured.
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) April 18, 2022
It doesn’t have to be this way week after week. It’s time for the Senate to act on common sense gun safety legislation. It’s time to save lives.
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Twelve people were injured – 10 with gunshot wounds – after a shooting at a South Carolina mall. Police have detained three people. https://t.co/zIYhM2OU8s
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) April 16, 2022
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Three mass shootings in the U.S. over the Easter holiday weekend capped a monthlong spate of gun violence that has touched both big cities and rural communities across the nation. https://t.co/kqMBr1ogzn
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 18, 2022
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Multiple people were shot in downtown Sacramento early Sunday morning, police said.https://t.co/oNGeIgIOGT
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) April 3, 2022
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Cruelly obtuse…The day after the anniversary of my father being assassinated and dying at the hands of white supremacy, imperialism, and gun violence.
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) April 5, 2022
If you study my father in full, you’ll discover what he believed over the course of time and not just what suits an agenda. https://t.co/QMK9VW1HA8
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There were 728 road rage incidents involving a gun in 2021.
— Guns Down America (@GunsDownAmerica) April 5, 2022
62% of these incidents resulted in injury or death.
131 people were killed.https://t.co/1qQODi2VLh
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Ten mass shootings in one weekend.
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) April 18, 2022
America has a gun violence problem. It’s time to pass common sense gun safety reforms and save lives. https://t.co/fre7opudjK
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On @NewDay a terrible reality. A list of the 143 mass shootings that have occurred in the US just since January 2022. @brikeilarcnn and @JohnAvlon read each city. We are not even half way through the year. If #GunViolence isn’t an #epidemic in this country I don’t know what is. pic.twitter.com/8UacucwppO
— Sara Sidner (@sarasidnerCNN) April 18, 2022
A new report out by the @VPCinfo investigates women murdered by men. 91 percent of women killed by men were murdered by someone they knew and the most common weapon used was a gun. #EndGunViolence #DomesticViolence
— Stop Handgun Violence (@stophandguns) October 2, 2021
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Ground News: 2 dead, 13 injured in shooting at Kroger grocery store in Tennessee https://t.co/MRDkTION3l
— Fund the people. Disarm the police. (@glncv) September 23, 2021
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Researchers say a host of factors contribute to cities’ gun violence crises, including deficits in social determinants of health such as income, housing, healthy living environments, quality education and food insecurity. #moleg https://t.co/Fr0TuPxrmT
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) October 10, 2021
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Four years ago today, 60 lives were cut short — and countless more were forever changed — in a mass shooting in Las Vegas. Today we remember those lost and reaffirm our commitment to reducing gun violence across the country.
— President Biden (@POTUS) October 1, 2021
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“America will literally do anything except regulate guns.”
— AJ+ (@ajplus) October 1, 2021
After a student was found with a gun in her backpack, this school district is banning backpacks in an effort to curb gun violence. pic.twitter.com/kZ5qyhdyBR
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This is the reality of gun violence in America in 2021: A high school football game in Alabama was interrupted by a mass shooting at the stadium — and cell phone footage shows the scene as the players either fled or sheltered on the field. pic.twitter.com/uSJ4Lgbx5l
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) October 18, 2021
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WATCH: Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz pleads guilty to all charges for the attack that killed 17 people and injured 17 others https://t.co/3JfAQzUmCm pic.twitter.com/WJBX223Kei
— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 20, 2021
Another day of gun violence in this country!?!!
— LeVar Burton (@levarburton) April 16, 2021
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!”
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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.
— Giffords (@GiffordsCourage) April 13, 2021
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
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Too many Americans have lost a loved one to gun violence.
— Gabrielle Giffords (@GabbyGiffords) April 13, 2021
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