September 6, 2024 by V Leigh

Back to school season shouldn’t be the start of school shooting season. Literally no other developed country has anywhere near the level of gun violence we have in this country and it’s fucking unacceptable we act like there’s nothing we can do.

At least four people are dead and approximately 30 injured after a shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, sources tell CNN https://t.co/rFinsJqspz
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) September 4, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Apalachee High School update:
-Shooter was 14-year-old current student at school
-2 SROs working at school when shooting happened
-Shooter surrendered to police
-2 student and 2 teachers killed
-Shooter will be charged with murder as adult pic.twitter.com/QnbxmNYO1C
— K-12 School Shooting Database (@K12ssdb) September 4, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Gun laws in Georgia:

No state permit required to purchase.
No firearm registration.
No assault weapon law.
No magazine capacity restriction.
No owner license required.
No permit required for concealed carry.
No permit required for open carry.
No background check required for…
— Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 (@cmclymer) September 4, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Abortion after birth is called a school shooting.
— Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) September 4, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

When will this nation love its children, more than it loves its guns?

Another school shooting in Georgia by a 14-year-old who should have never had access to a firearm and four precious lives killed.

We do not have to live this way. pic.twitter.com/imfZG1waxz
— Rep. Justin Jones (@brotherjones_) September 5, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Back to school season shouldn’t be the start of school shooting season. Literally no other developed country has anywhere near the level of gun violence we have in this country and it’s fucking unacceptable we act like there’s nothing we can do.

pic.twitter.com/cYsyJHjkqW
— David Hogg 🟧 (@davidhogg111) September 4, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

August 13, 2024 by V Leigh

Under Trump, gun sales went up, gun crime went up, and mass shootings went up.

Under Trump, gun sales went up, gun crime went up, and mass shootings went up. pic.twitter.com/Z52DldVThK
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) August 10, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

“When I was president, I totally protected the guns.” —Donald Trump

That’s true. Too bad he didn’t work as hard to protect the children. Guns became the leading cause death for American kids under Trump.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) August 8, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Kamala Harris is right: When abusers come armed, it can be deadly. Every month, an average of 70 women are shot and killed by an intimate partner, nearly 1 million women have had a gun used against them by intimate partners, and over 4.5 million women have been threatened with a… pic.twitter.com/Hgh9ibXkQ5
— Moms Demand Action (@MomsDemand) August 9, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

August 4, 2024 by V Leigh

Gun violence is the #1 cause of death among America’s children.

Gun violence is the #1 cause of death among America’s children.

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
— Rep. Barbara Lee (@RepBarbaraLee) July 9, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

July 16, 2024 by V Leigh

“This is not who we are, America” just doesn’t ring true to me.

We don’t yet know shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks’ motivation, but it is truly fascinating to watch the party running on the platform of pardoning the violent and deadly Jan 6 insurrectionists, violently rounding up immigrants, praising the genocide in Palestine, and celebrating…
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) July 14, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

There is no place for violence in politics- EVER.
I’m grateful the former president is okay. That said, never forget that this is the guy who promised the NRA he would do “nothing” on gun control & told victims of shootings to “just get over it” #BanAssaultWeaponsNow pic.twitter.com/TjHv1AQkwo
— Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) July 14, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Please don’t “both sides” the “violent political rhetoric” conversation when one side regularly glorifies and intimidates with guns and the other side speaks out to end gun violence.

These are not the same. pic.twitter.com/SOgbXj1CIo
— Melanie D’Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) July 14, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

“This is not who we are, America” just doesn’t ring true to me.

My father was assassinated in this nation, gunned down on a motel balcony in Memphis, where he was engaged as a nonviolent warrior for nondiscriminatory, humane wages.

He was killed for working to end racism,… pic.twitter.com/h6CX02vANG
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) July 14, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

July 4, 2024 by V Leigh

U.S. child/teen firearms death rates at 6x higher than Canada. U.S. rate is 30x higher than Germany. U.S. rate is 60x higher than UK. U.S. rate is 100x higher than Japan.

U.S. child/teen firearms death rates at 6x higher than Canada.

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
— K-12 School Shooting Database (@K12ssdb) June 26, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

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

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

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

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

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

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

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

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

June 19, 2024 by V Leigh

BREAKING: The Supreme Court invalidates a ban on bump stocks enacted after the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court invalidates a ban on bump stocks enacted after the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history. https://t.co/hUAiOKRv5b
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 14, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Guns have more autonomy than women.

Guns have more autonomy than women.

Guns have more autonomy than women.

Guns have more autonomy than women.

Guns have more autonomy than women… https://t.co/DvugrE5Dqc
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) June 14, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Welcome to America: pic.twitter.com/aRfDu7JAk0
— Meacham 🌊 🌊 (@MeachamDr) June 14, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

“And when the next Las Vegas happens, it will not be enough to blame it on the madness of a single deranged individual.”

That’s right. We can blame it on the six SCOTUS extremists hellbent on sacrificing American citizens on the altar of gun industry profits.…
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) June 14, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

UPDATE: At least 9 people shot after gunman ‘randomly’ opens fire at Michigan splash pad.

“It appears the individual pulled up, exited a vehicle, approached the splash pad, opened fire, reloaded, opened fire, reloaded and left.” https://t.co/ysOXRqOk5D
— BNO News (@BNONews) June 16, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

NEW: A couple who brought their two daughters to a Michigan splash pad last week were shot seven times while trying to shield their bodies when a gunman opened fire. They are two of the nine shooting victims, which also include a 4- and 8-year-old. https://t.co/8HRFiEw02O
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) June 17, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

June 10, 2024 by V Leigh

Today, June 9, is the birthday of Kirsten Elizabeth Hinckley. She would be 33 but died at 15 in the 2007 Salt Lake City attack. A sophomore in high school, Kirsten was passionate, trustworthy, talented, had a zest for life, and above all, was loving.

Today, June 9, is the birthday of Kirsten Elizabeth Hinckley. She would be 33 but died at 15 in the 2007 Salt Lake City attack. A sophomore in high school, Kirsten was passionate, trustworthy, talented, had a zest for life, and above all, was loving. pic.twitter.com/hfHYX8epOX
— The Birthday Fairy Project 🟧 (@TBFPToodle_oo) June 9, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

When bullies and cowards have power, they abuse it.

The response to the gun violence epidemic in our state are laws that arm teachers, honor rifles, lower age requirements & allow long guns in public.

These are dangerous laws and scary times in TN. https://t.co/Ldw8k7szXx
— Justin J. Pearson (@Justinjpearson) April 23, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

It’s absolutely pathetic our politicians refuse to have the courage to confront the crisis of gun violence in our country so instead first responders, our teachers and our students pay the price. https://t.co/6MjgZp23RL
— David Hogg 🟧 (@davidhogg111) April 29, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Nashville saw a deadly school shooting a little over a year ago and instead of passing gun violence prevention legislation, Tennessee Republicans did this.

Shameful. Such a failure to the children and families of that state. https://t.co/Gw0pl3OhuL
— Olivia Julianna 🗳 (@0liviajulianna) April 23, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Please read this:
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) April 23, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

BREAKING: Two people are dead and seven wounded after a shooting at a bar in suburban Pittsburgh. https://t.co/vHEk1XZMpw
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) June 2, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

A year ago today Ajike Owens was shot and killed by her neighbor. Ajike was shot through the door without ANY physical altercation! She leaves behind 4 children who love her dearly. We need JUSTICE for Ajike and her family. Today, we send our love and prayers. Rest In Power 🙏🏾 pic.twitter.com/S1NGdjsoqJ
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) June 2, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

I don’t see evidence that the Biden administration is protecting the US from gun violence; and it’s actively funding violence against Palestinian civilians. https://t.co/5kR6ZramP1
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) May 25, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

After the Sandy Hook School shooting, Ted Cruz voted against legislation to require background checks on all gun sales. Then, after the Buffalo and Uvalde shootings, he voted against the first federal gun safety legislation to pass both chambers of Congress in a generation. https://t.co/JCvtFkoQBG
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) May 25, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

May 21, 2024 by V Leigh

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has pardoned Daniel Perry, the man who wrote “I might have to kill a few people on my way to work” and then drove into a Black Lives Matter protest and shot and killed a protester because he felt “threatened.”

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has pardoned Daniel Perry, the man who wrote “I might have to kill a few people on my way to work” and then drove into a Black Lives Matter protest and shot and killed a protester because he felt “threatened.”https://t.co/oPUjUpgJCb
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) May 16, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Texas sentenced Crystal Mason, a Black woman, to 5 years prison for filing a provisional ballot that was never counted—but pardoned Daniel Perry, a white man, for deliberately killing a peaceful protestor & Veteran.

This is not from 1824—but 2024. White supremacy is alive & well
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) May 16, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

In a highly unusual move, the Austin Police Department considered sending a letter to the pardon board that argued Daniel Perry — a man who was convicted of murdering an open-carrying veteran who was protesting against police brutality — should never have been charged. https://t.co/WSvAW5Hep8
— steven monacelli (@stevanzetti) May 21, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott extended a rare state pardon to a man convicted of murdering a BLM protester in 2020. The killer had posted violent fantasies about murdering leftists and minorities on social media.https://t.co/6QyKWUzLNK
— Michael W. Hudson (@michaelwhudson) May 21, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

February 15, 2024 by V Leigh

I just ran away from a mass shooting at the Chiefs parade where I saw the Missouri governor (the gun lover below) running scared for his life next to me with an army of officers protecting him. I am so sick of these NRA funded politicians. #GunControlNow

U.S. mass shooting daily averages:

2014: .75 per day
2015: .91 per day
2016: 1.05 per day
2017: .95 per day
2018: .92 per day
2019: 1.13 per day
2020: 1.67 per day
2021: 1.89 per day
2022: 1.77 per day
2023: 1.80 per day
2024: 1.00 per day [~11% complete] https://t.co/AUdC3EoscW
— The Gun Violence Archive (@GunDeaths) February 8, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

NEW: Today’s verdict in Michigan underscores that the mass shooting at Oxford High School in 2021 was wholly preventable and senseless, and it proves that when adult gun owners allow children unsupervised access to unsecured weapons, it’s criminal negligence – not an accident. https://t.co/128SD4CJb9
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) February 6, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

In a historic decision on Tuesday, a jury convicted the first parent ever to be tried on homicide charges for a mass shooting committed by her child. https://t.co/rsfQXPBEUw
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) February 6, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

NEW: @lomikriel & I spent 6 months examining active shooter training for police & schools across the US.

We ultimately found states require students & teachers to prepare for a mass shooting more than police.

The details may surprise you.https://t.co/gXp8CjvaKS
— Lexi Churchill (@LChurchilll) February 8, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Guns are not just health problems: they are democracy ones. My latest, @TIME, about the gun risks of a second Trump presidency…. https://t.co/7MbYOMWsKu… @wwnorton #GunViolence
— Jonathan M. Metzl (@JonathanMetzl) February 5, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

My God! Six years to the day of the Parkland School shooting and now there’s a shooting at the Super Bowl Parade. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN ANYWHERE ELSE, no matter how the guns were acquired or who got them, common sense gun laws are needed. #ChiefsParade pic.twitter.com/R0VBRuz6yN
— 🪴Laurie (@Laurieluvsmolly) February 14, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Over 800 police officers were at the parade today and over a million civilians who were allowed to be armed. Yet they couldn’t stop a dozen people from being shot.

More guns makes us less safe. #ChiefsParade https://t.co/Iev48jbN0h
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) February 14, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

I just ran away from a mass shooting at the Chiefs parade where I saw the Missouri governor (the gun lover below) running scared for his life next to me with an army of officers protecting him.

I am so sick of these NRA funded politicians. #GunControlNow https://t.co/ZwkriJ9Q1M
— Patrick Quaife (@pquaife) February 14, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

January 20, 2024 by V Leigh

The police response to the Uvalde school shooting was riddled with “cascading failures,” according to a DOJ report released yesterday. But we’ve all failed the victims of gun violence in Uvalde and across the country by not passing common sense reforms.

Shooting at Perry High School in Iowa is the 4th shooting at a school so far in 2024.

So far this year, a man with an AR-15 fired 100 shots outside a school in Louisiana, 14-year-old shot a teenage girl during a fight, and bullet went through an occupied classroom window. pic.twitter.com/LQSdNGNBVm
— K-12 School Shooting Database (@K12ssdb) January 4, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

1 in 5 adults has had a family member killed by a gun.

We must change that.

To save lives, Congress and state legislators must act: Ban assault weapons, make background checks universal, and enact red flag laws.
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) January 11, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Despite opposition from police, paramedics and parents, Iowa Republicans introduced and passed permitless carry, a deadly law that allows civilians to carry loaded guns in public without a background check, safety training or permitting. https://t.co/qcnlLVpC0m
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) January 4, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Read this thread. There were 376 cops at Uvalde. Despite that there were multiple major failures in the response that cost lives. More cops will not stop school shootings. What will is comprehensive federal gun reform. All the republicans “solutions” always involve more guns. https://t.co/Nsj3lggTdR
— David Hogg 🟧 (@davidhogg111) January 20, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Nearly 400 officers responded to the Uvalde shooting, including five SROs, 25 officers, 16 sheriff’s deputies, 149 Border Patrol officers, 91 state police officers and 13 US Marshals.

They couldn’t stop a teen with an assault rifle and a death wish. pic.twitter.com/F7HNfZJuKD
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) January 18, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

The police response to the Uvalde school shooting was riddled with “cascading failures,” according to a DOJ report released yesterday.

But we’ve all failed the victims of gun violence in Uvalde and across the country by not passing common sense reforms. pic.twitter.com/z5gBrJcNzc
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) January 19, 2024

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Oppression Monitor Daily

A Community Village Site

gun violence

Back to school season shouldn’t be the start of school shooting season. Literally no other developed country has anywhere near the level of gun violence we have in this country and it’s fucking unacceptable we act like there’s nothing we can do.

Like this:

Under Trump, gun sales went up, gun crime went up, and mass shootings went up.

Like this:

Gun violence is the #1 cause of death among America’s children.

Like this:

“This is not who we are, America” just doesn’t ring true to me.

Like this:

U.S. child/teen firearms death rates at 6x higher than Canada. U.S. rate is 30x higher than Germany. U.S. rate is 60x higher than UK. U.S. rate is 100x higher than Japan.

Like this:

BREAKING: The Supreme Court invalidates a ban on bump stocks enacted after the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history.

Like this:

Today, June 9, is the birthday of Kirsten Elizabeth Hinckley. She would be 33 but died at 15 in the 2007 Salt Lake City attack. A sophomore in high school, Kirsten was passionate, trustworthy, talented, had a zest for life, and above all, was loving.

Like this:

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has pardoned Daniel Perry, the man who wrote “I might have to kill a few people on my way to work” and then drove into a Black Lives Matter protest and shot and killed a protester because he felt “threatened.”

Like this:

I just ran away from a mass shooting at the Chiefs parade where I saw the Missouri governor (the gun lover below) running scared for his life next to me with an army of officers protecting him. I am so sick of these NRA funded politicians. #GunControlNow

Like this:

The police response to the Uvalde school shooting was riddled with “cascading failures,” according to a DOJ report released yesterday. But we’ve all failed the victims of gun violence in Uvalde and across the country by not passing common sense reforms.

Like this:

Share this:

Like this:

Share this:

Like this:

Share this:

Like this:

Share this:

Like this:

Share this:

Like this:

Share this:

Like this:

Share this:

Like this:

Share this:

Like this:

Share this:

Like this:

Share this:

Like this: