Hundreds of and #StudentsDemandAction volunteers and survivors of gun violence spontaneously making their voices heard in DC. #NotOneMore #GSU19
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On Wednesday, the Department of Justice released the most comprehensive gun tracing report in two decades. We at have called for this data for years.
Here’s what it tells us about guns + crime in America. (🤓Buckle your seatbelts for a data deep dive.)
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"This isn’t about political correctness. It’s about a man accused of dragging his girlfriend into his car, shooting at a witness who saw him assault her, and warning the girlfriend that he would shoot her if she told anyone what had happened."
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Excellent thread from 👇My two cents?
Those who know never questioned his intellect, judgment, or honor.
The person that did was self-important and more interested in his own fortune than justice. Oh and the racism ain’t hard to miss.
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Mark Pomerantz quit @ManhattanDA office in a huff over the Trump case. Now he’s on a book/TV tour, carping about his former boss. (Also my former boss. More on that later). Pomerantz may think he's the smartest guy in the room but his judgment is
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Great piece from on why gun tragedy occurs even in states with strong laws. Come for her thoughtful, thorough analysis, stay for me barking at Kevin McCarthy.
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California has more gun regulations than any other US state. The recent mass shootings in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay have left legislators asking what additional steps they can take, but gun safety experts say federal support is crucial.
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Chris Cox, a former executive director of the , received a $6,183,381 payout from the so-called nonprofit in tax year 2021, according to a newly available 2021 IRS Form 990 tax filing. charitywatch.org/charity-donati
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Nearly 60% of Americans experience the trauma of gun violence in their lifetime, whether it’s witnessing gun violence, being threatened or wounded with a gun, or having a loved one wounded or killed with a gun. This #GVSurvivorsWeek, lift up their stories: momentsthatsurvive.org
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On this day in 1960, four black college students staged a sit-in at a whites-only lunch counter at Woolworth's in Greensboro, NC.
They sparked a national movement across the country. Instructions were simple: sit quietly and wait to be served. #BlackHistoryMonth
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This National Gun Violence Survivors Week, Survivors are sharing their stories on ’s #MomentsThatSurvive story wall. This story is mine and since it was original posted it has ended tragically with the suicide of my ex husband. #GVSurvivorsWeek.
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Today, released a new report on crime guns and firearms trafficking. Lot to unpack, but if you read past the technical language, the culpability of the gun industry as a #killerbusiness becomes apparent:
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This all means that when you read about "record gun purchases" and see gun companies, like Glock, high-fiving over profits, a knowable, predictable portion of these sales are fueling our gun violence and crime epidemic.
A #killerbusiness indeed.
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The faster a gun moves from a dealer to a crime scene, the more likely it was bought with the intent to use criminally or trafficked.
25% of guns were recovered in a crime within a year of a dealer sale, nearly 10% under three months!
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Of the traced firearms, 1.3 million were pistols, nearly 20% of which where manufactured by Glock.
Glock profited off of 255,055 gun sales, and then their guns were used in crimes -- where *we* pay the price.
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1,922,577 crime guns were submitted to ATF for tracing from 2017-2021. Nearly 2 million guns! nearly all of which were originally sold for profit that went to the gun industry before they were used by criminals.
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Today, released a new report on crime guns and firearms trafficking. Lot to unpack, but if you read past the technical language, the culpability of the gun industry as a #killerbusiness becomes apparent:
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Guns are the leading cause of death for children and teens and the gun industry does almost nothing to change that.
My thoughts on how this #killerbusiness is part of America's gun violence crisis.
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Anthony Alexander Jr., 17, had just learned he was going to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for saving two children from an icy pond in Pennsylvania. Over the weekend, he was unintentionally shot and killed by a friend.
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Larry Keane of jumped into my comments to call me a liar and when I gave him a cite and called him out for the gun industry's indifference to kids begging for action, he blocked me. Which tracks.
One fact he cant block: guns are the leading killer of children and teens.
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Guns are the leading cause of death for children and teens and the gun industry does almost nothing to change that.
My thoughts on how this #killerbusiness is part of America's gun violence crisis.
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I spent today in Maryland w/ hundreds of volunteers, survivors, and partners meeting with legislators to talk about the steps Maryland is going to take this legislative session to address our gun violence epidemic #MDGA23 #MDpolitics 🧵
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Research can help us fix our nation’s firearm injury epidemic - and maybe not in the ways you think. My new piece for outlines 5 key questions we need answered:
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The murder rates in Trump-voting states from 2020 have exceeded those in Biden-voting states every year since 2000.
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“, senior vice president of law and policy for for Gun Safety, called the JR-15 a ‘disgusting’ example of how the gun industry continues to market to kids instead of making weapons safer.”
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Gun violence is the #1 killer of children and teens in America. While kids die, the gun industry profits. is launching a campaign to demand their colleges and universities divest from the gun industry because it's a #KillerBusiness.
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Students Demand Action leaders confronted the gun industry at SHOT Show in Vegas to demand they:
- Secure their supply chains
- Market their products responsibly, never to kids and teens
- Call out and refuse to work with bad actors in the gun industry
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LIVE now: CA has the strongest guns laws in the US & some of the weakest in the Western world.
We will once again ask: what will it take to end this crisis?
Join us w/ Adam Winkler, + .
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“Groups like Moms Demand Action are now showing greater numbers than the NRA, greater organizing capacity… For those folks who are frustrated, get more frustrated, but let that frustration motivate you to get more engaged and more involved.” - Sen. on
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. understands, first hand, how the gun industry is contributing to gun violence...and how it could help if it only wanted to.
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Hold the school and admin accountable?
Yes.
The parents?
For sure.
But what about the gun manufacturer that designed a lethal weapon that could be operated effectively by a 6yo?
I say yes. For comparison, by design, a 6yo cannot open a bottle of aspirin.
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Breaking News: Under pressure after a 6-year-old boy shot his teacher, the school board in Newport News, Virginia, voted to end the contract of the superintendent. nyti.ms/3wwm0rT
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Hold the school and admin accountable?
Yes.
The parents?
For sure.
But what about the gun manufacturer that designed a lethal weapon that could be operated effectively by a 6yo?
I say yes. For comparison, by design, a 6yo cannot open a bottle of aspirin.
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Breaking News: Under pressure after a 6-year-old boy shot his teacher, the school board in Newport News, Virginia, voted to end the contract of the superintendent. nyti.ms/3wwm0rT
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.: “This is an epidemic on the rise. The numbers are there, people feel it — and at some point, the GOP will have to go along with the 90% of Americans who want universal background checks, [who are] for sweeping red flag laws, and other basic gun safety measures.”
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Oh, look. is spending today - of all days - crowing about the collection of lawmakers 🙎🏽♂️🙎🏽♂️🙎🏽♂️ he assembled at his "SHOT Show" last week. When are you going to start taking some responsibility for the lives lost so you can profit, Larry?
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For decades, the industry has also used the appeal of fully automatic weapons to market and sell semi-automatic versions to civilians — like the Cobray M11 used here. But we’re the ones paying for these deadly decisions every day. 4/4
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But every year, the gun industry pumps out hundreds of thousands of high-cap mags and assault weapons, and lobbies for looser silencer laws. Some companies even sell DIY kits that allow people to build untraceable silencers at home. 3/x
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And it has a threaded barrel, making it easy for the shooter to attach a homemade silencer — and making it harder for people to figure out where shots came from.
(security footage from the heroic effort to disarm the #MontereyPark shooter) 2/x
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The #MontereyPark shooter’s Cobray M11 is considered an assault pistol in CA because it has certain features and uses high-capacity magazines, which lead to 5X as many victims in mass shootings. 1/x
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