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!
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
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.
4/ Understanding gun laws: Immunity for Gun Manufacturers
33 states protect manufacturers from liability. Unlike many products which have reduced deaths through safety improvements, guns are still produced without a manual safety latch to prevent a child from pulling a trigger
5/ Understanding gun laws: Federal Age Requirements
School shootings by AR-15 rifles are now commonplace. Few know, however, that federal law provides no minimum age for the possession of long rifles and ammunition.
2/ ICYMI: Former Trump Kentucky campaign chair, Tim Nolan, donned full Ku Klux Klan regalia while trying to recruit people to join the Klan. He was sentenced to 20 years for human trafficking. Nolan extorted sex from women, some of them underage, with heroin and threats of arrest
3/ Trumpist Texas Republican Rep. Blake Farenthold used taxpayer money to pay a settlement to a former aide who accused him of sexual harassment and other improper conduct.
The “family values” Republican held a fundraiser at a strip club in ducky pajamas. #StopKavanaugh#MeToo
1) If you are tearing up your dirty Nike socks to protest @Kaepernick7 and our 1A right and obligation to speak out and protest injustice and government abuse of power then you support that abuse: #NikeBoycott#ColinKaepernick#ColinKapernick
2) If you are tearing up your dirty Nike socks to protest @Kaepernick7 and our 1A right and obligation to speak out and protest injustice and government abuse of power then you support that abuse: #NikeBoycott#ColinKaepernick#ColinKapernick
3) If you are tearing up your dirty Nike socks to protest @Kaepernick7 and our 1A right and obligation to speak out and protest injustice and government abuse of power then you support that abuse: #NikeBoycott#ColinKaepernick#ColinKapernick
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
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.