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#twittercongress. Tonight's timely topic is regarding gun violence in the US. What do we do to fix it and why? Audience questions, please scroll up to the first tweet For our first up, I'm handing the floor to @DrMann4Congress. Christine, the floor is yours..1 reply 18 retweets 23 likesShow this thread -
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@TiffanyBond! I'm happy to weigh in on this topic on this historic day of action across the country and across the world.#twittercongress2 replies 16 retweets 21 likes -
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#GunReformNow is a topic that I am very passionate about. I've been a supporter of@MomsDemand for several years. The#Parkland tragedy has been a tipping point for me.#twittercongress1 reply 12 retweets 22 likes -
To be very clear, I own firearms. I have 4 guns that we own for personal and home protection. I support the
#SecondAmendment. But all of our rights have reasonable restrictions, and it's past time that we address the#gunviolence epidemic.#twittercongress4 replies 18 retweets 35 likes -
Having said that, I am ready to enact policies that share wide support: Universal background checks, a ban on military style assault-type weapons, and closing the loopholes that allow non-spouse domestic abusers to access guns.
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These are
#CommonSenseGunLaws that enjoy wide support. We can enact these on day one when we are elected in November.#twittercongress1 reply 8 retweets 21 likes -
As a scientist, I am in favor of removing the ban on the CDC's ability to study and make recommendations regarding gun violence issues. But as a scientist, I know how long it will take until we have that data. Our kids cannot afford to wait.
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It is not enough to just say that we won't take
@NRA money. That's the easy part. We need legislators who have the courage to go further. To stand up and say#enough and#NotOneMore
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There are many other sensible gun reform measures that can be considered and enacted. But we already have the public support for those I listed, and there is no reason to wait to enact them. #twittercongress
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And once we have those enacted, we can look at other measures to continue to protect our children. And with that, I will hand the microphone over to the next participant. I could go on and on, but I know we have others waiting to weigh in!
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Thank you Christine! I'm going to pass
#twittercongress over to@peacock4ca42, Julia, the floor is yours...1 reply 3 retweets 8 likes - Show replies
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