Tiffany Bond  🦞 🇺🇸Verified account

But when the van fell out of the bush and a human being walked in front of me — safety on, finger off the trigger, and gun by my side — I realized that I had the power of life and death — his — in my hand. I passed the gun to someone else and never held another. #twittercongress

That was 30 years ago. Now I’m a teacher and I have to practice active shooter drills with my students in a room where there is NOWHERE to hide. The only way we will survive is if we escape out my windows or the shooter picks someone else’s room to target #twittercongress

So, full disclosure, I don’t understand why people feel safer with guns. Okay, some do. That’s their prerogative. But to decrease gun violence? I believe mandatory gun safety trainings should be required. I have to get a health check up to keep life insurance #twittercongress

I can’t volunteer at my child’s school without a fingerprint and background check. I wholeheartedly support universal background checks. Period. Every state, every person. And, since I support #MedicareForAll and jewp@listening to people argue about how we will #twittercongress

Re-job the people working in the insurance industry, then gun insurance. Like being insured to drive , every gun means higher premiums. The more guns, the more you pay. You want an arsenal, then you will pay more for your toys. And you’ll have a medical #twittercongress

and mental health evaluation every year. We must also ban weapons of war. I have yet to find a reasonable veteran who supports civilians owning weapons of war. I even know a veteran who cannot own firearms because of PTSD. If he, a highly trained combat veteran #twittercongress

cannot safely own a weapon, why do we have less accountability for civilians? It makes no sense. Close gun show loopholes. Universal background checks. No concealed carry reciprocity and spend more money in rebuilding communities destroyed by gun violence than #twittercongress

on tourism and prisons. Oh, one more thing: PUBLICLY FUNDED CAMPAIGNS. Take the NRA and the gun lobby’s money out of politics and senators like @marcorubio and reps like @KenCalvert have to legislate for their constituents, not for special interests. #twittercongress ###