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1/17
It's been 5 months since the #Parkland massacre. On the 14th of the month I've been tweeting each of the portraits I drew.
Remembering #AlyssaAlhadeff.
A star soccer player. A devoted friend. One of the youngest to die.
14 yrs old.
I'm still here. She's not. I remember. RIP
It's been 5 months since the #Parkland massacre. On the 14th of the month I've been tweeting each of the portraits I drew.
Remembering #AlyssaAlhadeff.
A star soccer player. A devoted friend. One of the youngest to die.
14 yrs old.
I'm still here. She's not. I remember. RIP
2/17
"He was a very funny kid, outgoing and sometimes really quiet," wrote Miguel Duque, about his baby brother #MartinDuque.
What a disgrace for our country that students are murdered in school.
Remembering Martin, 5 months after his death.
#EnoughIsEnough
#RoadToChange
"He was a very funny kid, outgoing and sometimes really quiet," wrote Miguel Duque, about his baby brother #MartinDuque.
What a disgrace for our country that students are murdered in school.
Remembering Martin, 5 months after his death.
#EnoughIsEnough
#RoadToChange
3/17
#CaraLoughran
Cara means "friend" in #Irish.
Cara's funeral was held on her 15th birthday.
Her father came here from Ireland to pursue the American dream.
Heartbreaking.
#msdstrong #SchoolShooting
#CaraLoughran
Cara means "friend" in #Irish.
Cara's funeral was held on her 15th birthday.
Her father came here from Ireland to pursue the American dream.
Heartbreaking.
#msdstrong #SchoolShooting
#BREAKING: A shooting has occurred at the Capital Gazette in Anne Arundel County, according to reports from Gazette staff. Phil Davis, a Gazette reporter, said that multiple people had been shot. Details are still coming in at this time. baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/…
Update from a witness: “Gunman shot through the glass door to the office and opened fire on multiple employees. Can’t say much more and don’t want to declare anyone dead, but it’s bad."
Update from a witness: "There is nothing more terrifying than hearing multiple people get shot while you’re under your desk and then hear the gunman reload.”
I'm so tired. So heartbroken. More kids. Another school shooter. This is our normal now. We don't have to accept it, though. When I was 17 & reeling after the Columbine shooting, no adults told us that it would be ok, that someone would stop the madness. 1/
We stumbled around, feeling blindly for the edges of our grief. Personally, I thought it was a one-time thing. I thought it was an isolated horror. I thought Littleton must have been a special town, & that we were special in our sadness, terror, & anger. 2/
I was wrong. Littleton, CO is the same as Newtown, CT, Parkland, FL, and Santa Fe, TX. My community was the same as theirs. Our shooters just happened to do it sooner. Even the pictures of survivors & parents crying are the same. Same emotions... different faces. 3/
"A large portion of the mass shootings in the U.S. in recent years have roots in domestic violence against partners and family members." | In Texas And Beyond, Mass Shootings Have Roots In Domestic Violence n.pr/2lYxMtV #GunControl #MarchForOurLives
"Nearly half of American women who are murdered are killed by their intimate partners." | 5 statistics to explain the link between domestic violence and mass shootings for.tn/2hcDhQn via @FortuneMagazine #GunControl #MarchForOurLives
"in 27 cases, or about 59 percent, the perpetrator killed an intimate partner or family member during the massacre or had a history of domestic violence." | America's mass shooting problem is a domestic violence problem huffingtonpost.com/entry/mass-sho… #GunControl #MarchForOurLives
This was my #MarchForOurLives spech today in #Milwaukee, WI.
#NeverAgain #WeCallBS #GunControlNow
@Sarahchadwickk @Emma4Change @cameron_kasky @davidhogg111 @lauren_hoggs @fred_guttenberg @MFOLmilwaukee #SurvivorStrong @Everytown @MomsDemand
#NeverAgain #WeCallBS #GunControlNow
@Sarahchadwickk @Emma4Change @cameron_kasky @davidhogg111 @lauren_hoggs @fred_guttenberg @MFOLmilwaukee #SurvivorStrong @Everytown @MomsDemand
My name is Khary Penebaker. I’m the Everytown Survivor Fellow for WI, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America volunteer & proud WAVE board member.
#SurvivorStrong #MarchForOurLives
#SurvivorStrong #MarchForOurLives
I’m glad to see you all at this march, but I wish the context of it didn’t exist. I’m inspired by the young folks here & around the country who’ve mobilized and organized around the issue of gun violence prevention
THREAD: The #MarchForOurLives via @AMarch4OurLives –– March 24, 2018
Information and twitter vignettes from around the world.
Information and twitter vignettes from around the world.
The major #MarchForOurLives via @AMarch4OurLives is in Washington, D.C
INFO: washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlo…
ROUTE: 🔽 Screenshot from excellent explainer video within the article
INFO: washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlo…
ROUTE: 🔽 Screenshot from excellent explainer video within the article
Via D.C. Metrorail: Metrorail Info @Metrorailinfo
Follow @wmata and @Metrorailinfo for updated information on Metro service before, during and after #MarchForOurLives #MarchForOurLivesDC #MFOLDC #wmata
How To Use The DC Metro freetoursbyfoot.com/use-washington… cc @AMarch4OurLives
Follow @wmata and @Metrorailinfo for updated information on Metro service before, during and after #MarchForOurLives #MarchForOurLivesDC #MFOLDC #wmata
How To Use The DC Metro freetoursbyfoot.com/use-washington… cc @AMarch4OurLives
It has been 4 days since a shooting at Great Mills High School in Maryland.
Jaelynn Wiley, 16, lost her life.
This is why we #MarchForOurLives
#EnoughIsEnough!
#NeverAgain!
#GunControlNow!
@Everytown @AMarch4OurLives @Emma4Change @davidhogg111
Jaelynn Wiley, 16, lost her life.
This is why we #MarchForOurLives
#EnoughIsEnough!
#NeverAgain!
#GunControlNow!
@Everytown @AMarch4OurLives @Emma4Change @davidhogg111
It has been 17 days since a shooting at Huffman High School in Birmingham, AL.
Courtlin Arrington, 17, lost her life.
This is why we #MarchForOurLives
Courtlin Arrington, 17, lost her life.
This is why we #MarchForOurLives
It has been 38 days since a shooting at #MSD High School in parkland, FL.
Alyssa Alhadeff, 14
Martin Duque Anguiano, 14
Nicholas Dworet, 17
Aaron Feis, 37
Jamie Guttenberg, 14
Christopher Hixon, 49
Luke Hoyer, 15
Cara Loughran, 14
Gina Montalto, 14
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Alyssa Alhadeff, 14
Martin Duque Anguiano, 14
Nicholas Dworet, 17
Aaron Feis, 37
Jamie Guttenberg, 14
Christopher Hixon, 49
Luke Hoyer, 15
Cara Loughran, 14
Gina Montalto, 14
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For the #GunControlNow crew: "In the world’s most murderous country, gun control is starting to lose its appeal"
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
It's pretty much impossible for a Brazilian to legally obtain a gun (I'll let the leftists at NPR gleefully and unironically point this out in an article about Brazil's high homicide rate) 👇
npr.org/sections/paral…
npr.org/sections/paral…
Gun control isn't just failing in Brazil. Merry old London saw gun crime increase 42% between 2016 and 2017
bbc.com/news/uk-englan…
bbc.com/news/uk-englan…
1/ Understanding gun laws: The #DefaultProceed or "Charleston Loophole"
The #NRA killed Brady Bill's provision buyers complete full background check before getting the gun. With NRAs "instant" background check system, if FBI can't complete review within 3 days, you get the gun!
The #NRA killed Brady Bill's provision buyers complete full background check before getting the gun. With NRAs "instant" background check system, if FBI can't complete review within 3 days, you get the gun!
2/ Understanding gun laws: "Gun show loophole"
Only licensed sellers have to run a background check. Per federal law, private sellers do not. Only 9 states and DC require background checks on private sales of all types of guns. #GunReformNow #MarchForOurLives
Only licensed sellers have to run a background check. Per federal law, private sellers do not. Only 9 states and DC require background checks on private sales of all types of guns. #GunReformNow #MarchForOurLives
3/ Understanding gun laws: CAP Laws (Child Access Protection)
In 2015 & 2016, more toddlers killed Americans than terrorists. Kids accessed parents' guns & pulled the trigger, killing themselves or family. 21 states have no CAP laws to prosecute negligent parents.
#GunReformNow
In 2015 & 2016, more toddlers killed Americans than terrorists. Kids accessed parents' guns & pulled the trigger, killing themselves or family. 21 states have no CAP laws to prosecute negligent parents.
#GunReformNow
My thread for gun-ownership and -safety reform. Link to a comprehensive plan at the bottom...
Establish age, mental-health, and registration prerequisites to ownership: Set minimum ownership age to 21 for all weapons except shotguns, which can be purchased at 18. All owners must pass ATF-designed mental-health exam with a locally-designated physician prior to purchase.
For handgun ownership, this must be repeatedly yearly. All owners of handguns must register ownership annually and meet all prerequisites at the time of registration. All sellers must register as dealers annually.
WRT gun control, I'm reasonably sure that a large percentage of those opposed feel like they're stable, responsible, et al. The reality is that we are humans, and we are fallible. We are emotional creatures, all of who have had moments of confusion, /1
fear, sadness/depression/anxiety...we are programmed biologically as a self-defense mechanism to jump to conclusions, often the extreme conclusion and react either by fleeing or fighting. This is inside of all living creatures, and I think we forget that as we /2
sit comfortably at the top of the food chain with relatively few predators to concern ourselves with. So we get complacent in our environment with respect to threat. I'm not saying there aren't real threats here, but very few of us have ever lived with the real chance of being /3
Hi, I'm a military vet and gunowner.
I've compiled a thread of fellow vets speaking out in support of gun control and/or against Trump's terrible idea of arming teachers, including links. Consider this a resource. I'll add to it as necessary. (thread)
#GunControlNow #BoycottNRA
I've compiled a thread of fellow vets speaking out in support of gun control and/or against Trump's terrible idea of arming teachers, including links. Consider this a resource. I'll add to it as necessary. (thread)
#GunControlNow #BoycottNRA
Here's former U.S. Army intelligence officer Ashley Nicolas in @nytimes: nytimes.com/2018/02/22/opi…
Here are Marine combat veterans Pete Lucier, Kyleanne Hunter and Joe Plenzler in @washingtonpost: washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoin…
The #NRA is a powerful functioning arms industry #lobby masquerading as a 501(c)4 #nonprofit membership organization, claiming to educate the public about the interests of its members. Here’s why we need to stop this lie and strip it of nonprofit status:
If you do the math, with 5 million members x $40 annual dues, the #NRA should have an annual budget of about $200 million dollars as a membership organization.
However, the NRA'S total budget was over $400 million in 2016 because more than half of its budget comes from individual and corporate contributions and selling advertising in publications and events.
Every School Shooting & their Casualties (THREAD):
US School Shooting #1}
The earliest known US school shooting - July 26, 1764
Present-Day Greencastle, PA
4 shooters entered a schoolhouse where they shot & killed the schoolmaster & killed 10 children. Only 2 kids survived.
US School Shooting #1}
The earliest known US school shooting - July 26, 1764
Present-Day Greencastle, PA
4 shooters entered a schoolhouse where they shot & killed the schoolmaster & killed 10 children. Only 2 kids survived.
US School Shootings #2)
Nov. 2, 1853 Louisville, KY
A student, Matthew Ward, bought a self-cocking pistol in the morning, went to school and killed Schoolmaster Mr. Butler in front of his classmates for excessively punishing his brother the day before.
Nov. 2, 1853 Louisville, KY
A student, Matthew Ward, bought a self-cocking pistol in the morning, went to school and killed Schoolmaster Mr. Butler in front of his classmates for excessively punishing his brother the day before.
USA School Shootings #3)
March 9, 1873 Salisbury, MD
After school, a teacher was walking with four small children. She was approached by a Mr. Hall and shot. The Schoolmaster ran out, but she was dead instantly. Hall threw himself in front of a train.
March 9, 1873 Salisbury, MD
After school, a teacher was walking with four small children. She was approached by a Mr. Hall and shot. The Schoolmaster ran out, but she was dead instantly. Hall threw himself in front of a train.
The NRA has a network of companies called *Business Alliance* partners.
This partnership makes each of these companies #DeadlyAllies of the NRA.
#DeadlyAllies Thread
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This partnership makes each of these companies #DeadlyAllies of the NRA.
#DeadlyAllies Thread
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Through their relationship to the NRA these *Business Alliance* partners are complicit in the deaths of every gun violence and mass shooting victim. Do you want to do business with the NRA’s #DeadlyAllies?
No? Then tell them so, and #Boycott all #DeadlyAllies.
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No? Then tell them so, and #Boycott all #DeadlyAllies.
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Did you know that being an NRA Business Alliance member makes you #DeadlyAllies? Please cut your ties to the NRA before we cut all ties to you.
#Boycott all #DeadlyAllies
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#Boycott all #DeadlyAllies
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THREAD: President Donald J. Trump, you do not have my permission. Please do not use the murder of my daughter to further your agenda to discredit the Russian investigation. My family and I have not even heard from you since this happened.
This is not a political problem, it’s a public safety problem. If you want to stand by me to discuss that and effect change in gun violence, then I will stand by your side,
but you do not have my permission to use my daughters death to your political benefit regarding Russia in your tweets.”
-Mr. Fred Guttenberg, eulogizing his 14 year old daughter Jaime, at her funeral
#MSDStrong #GunControlNow #TrumpRussia #WorstPresidentEver
-Mr. Fred Guttenberg, eulogizing his 14 year old daughter Jaime, at her funeral
#MSDStrong #GunControlNow #TrumpRussia #WorstPresidentEver
If you're in High School and will turn 18 by the #Primaries2018 or #Midterms2018 in many states you can #RegisterToVote. Let @HeadCountOrg help you find out and #Register. **Please RT** Questions? (#AMA #VoterRegistration) #GunReformNow #GunControlNow headcount.org/registertovote
The more you know🌠 ▪ Let @HeadCountOrg help you #RegisterToVote.▪#PresidentsDay2018 #MarchForOurLives #NeverAgain #GunReformNow
I love what you guys are doing. If any of you are aspiring journalists, I would look into the history of the NRA & why so much money started pouring in 1975-77. I’ll bet it was a PAC driven by the Koch Bros. w/ some innocuous name. Because if you think about it 1/
What do grey-haired, cigar smoking old guys that want smaller government (i.e. hate poor people) have in common with hunters, sportsmen and target shooters? Absolutely nothing. Why is this a partisan issue? It was artificially created as one. See this thread on how they 2/
turned climate change—which was supported by Republicans—into a circus.
1/ THREAD: I often get attacked by extremists who see any attempt to improve safety and gun laws as a gun ban. As a gun owner, I believe we should lead efforts to keep guns out of the hands of people who shouldn't have them
#StonemanShooting #EnoughIsEnough #GunControl #Parkland
#StonemanShooting #EnoughIsEnough #GunControl #Parkland
2/ No law can stop all crime. What laws do (like laws against running red lights) is give law enforcement a way to enforce and prosecute.
Here are a few ideas to improve safety and gun laws.
#StonemanShooting #EnoughIsEnough #GunControl #Parkland
Here are a few ideas to improve safety and gun laws.
#StonemanShooting #EnoughIsEnough #GunControl #Parkland
3/ Require all transfers via FFL's. Without a background check, non-licensed sellers can't know if a buyer is prohibited from buying a gun. Only 9 states and DC require background checks on private sales of all guns.
#StonemanShooting #EnoughIsEnough #GunControl #Parkland
#StonemanShooting #EnoughIsEnough #GunControl #Parkland
At the risk of being called a party pooper, I'd like to remind #TheResistance that: 1. #TaxScamBill if anything GOP may now try to shove faster now, suppository style; 2. #NetNeutrality & #NationalMonuments are still in danger; 3. #infrastructure spending & many state services
have been cut to the bone; 4.#CorruptionMustDie & so does #nepotism, but both alive & well; 5. #NazisInAmerica & other hate group rampant, & there is no #GunControlNow or even serious discussion of it; 6. #StateDepartment is being decimated & deserted by many career ppl & that is
one of USA ramparts against isolation & a means to avoid wars; 7. worldwide US credibility, relevance & trustworthiness, even by staunch traditional allies, is at an all time low; 8. ppl whose only credentials are closeness to 45 are still in key positions & some have made wrong
Thread: 'quiet accomplishments' of Trump admin. Very little major legislation - but it doesn't mean they're not accomplishing their agenda. 
Feb. 28 bill blocked SSA from reporting mentally impaired recipients to nat. background-check dB. #GunControlNow washingtonpost.com/investigations…
In March and April, Trump admin. withdrew protections for 42 endangered species. #Endangered #Conservation bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
While we keep #LasVegas in our thoughts and learn more about the shooter let's remember some things we already know about #GUNviolence
Since 1970 more Americans have died from #GUNviolence than in all wars dating back to the American Revolution /2
Every day, some 92 Americans die from guns /3
