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Because gun violence is so pervasive in America, cartoonists often combine it with other important issues to create editorial cartoon "twofers"
Some powerful examples
🧵1/3 #BanWeaponsOfWar #GunControl #GunViolence #GunWorship #CRT #DragHysteria #LGBTQ #TransRights #ABlueView
Some powerful examples
🧵1/3 #BanWeaponsOfWar #GunControl #GunViolence #GunWorship #CRT #DragHysteria #LGBTQ #TransRights #ABlueView
Because gun violence is so pervasive in America, cartoonists often combine it with other important issues to create editorial cartoon "twofers"
Some powerful examples
🧵2/3 #BanWeaponsOfWar #GunControl #GunViolence #GunWorship #CRT #DragHysteria #LGBTQ #TransRights #ABlueView
Some powerful examples
🧵2/3 #BanWeaponsOfWar #GunControl #GunViolence #GunWorship #CRT #DragHysteria #LGBTQ #TransRights #ABlueView
Because gun violence is so pervasive in America, cartoonists often combine it with other important issues to create editorial cartoon "twofers"
Some powerful examples
🧵3/3 #BanWeaponsOfWar #GunControl #GunViolence #GunWorship #CRT #DragHysteria #LGBTQ #TransRights #ABlueView
Some powerful examples
🧵3/3 #BanWeaponsOfWar #GunControl #GunViolence #GunWorship #CRT #DragHysteria #LGBTQ #TransRights #ABlueView
1 An assault style weapon has been used in 18 of the 20 public mass shootings we've responded to since the Aurora Theater Mass Shooting that took our daughter, Jessi. They are weapons of war designed to turn a body into ground meat. They should not be in the hands of any civilian
2 The killer in our case had a 100 drum that jammed. The only thing the gun industry has done since then is improve the drum so it no longer jams. Why? Because as long as they are protected by PLCAA (Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act) they don't have to do worry if their
3 products hurt, maim, or kill. They can't be sued. One lawn dart killed a child and they were pulled off the market because of consumer protection. Our children die by bullets more than car accidents or disease and we can do nothing! It's past time to repeal PLCAA & hold the
1/ We thank the following House Reps for cosponsoring @RepCicilline's bill to #BanAssaultWeapons during the last Congress. We encourage all to sign on as original cosponsors of the bill during 117th Congress as well.
@RepColinAllred
@RepBera
@GKButterfield
@RepColinAllred
@RepBera
@GKButterfield
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Let's not wait until the next mass shooting to #BanWeaponsOfWar.
@JoaquinCastrotx
@repcleaver
@WhipClyburn
@RepLouCorrea
@RepJimCosta
@sharicedavids
@RepMarciaFudge
@RepJoshG
@RepAlGreen
@RepJoshHarder
@LeaderHoyer
@RepJayapal
@RepEBJ
@RepMarcyKaptur
@WilliamKeating
Let's not wait until the next mass shooting to #BanWeaponsOfWar.
@JoaquinCastrotx
@repcleaver
@WhipClyburn
@RepLouCorrea
@RepJimCosta
@sharicedavids
@RepMarciaFudge
@RepJoshG
@RepAlGreen
@RepJoshHarder
@LeaderHoyer
@RepJayapal
@RepEBJ
@RepMarcyKaptur
@WilliamKeating
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Congress should have passed the AWB bill after Sandy Hook.
@RepDerekKilmer
@RepAnnieKuster
@RepAlLawsonJr
@MikeLevin
@ElaineLuriaVA
@RepJerryNadler
@RepRichardNeal
@AOC
@RepRoybalAllard
@RepKimSchrier
@RepSpanberger
@BennieGThompson
@NormaJTorres
@RepMaxineWaters
Congress should have passed the AWB bill after Sandy Hook.
@RepDerekKilmer
@RepAnnieKuster
@RepAlLawsonJr
@MikeLevin
@ElaineLuriaVA
@RepJerryNadler
@RepRichardNeal
@AOC
@RepRoybalAllard
@RepKimSchrier
@RepSpanberger
@BennieGThompson
@NormaJTorres
@RepMaxineWaters
1) Today is the grim one-year anniversary of nation's deadliest attack on Latinos in modern US history. A 22yo white extremist armed with an assault weapon killed 23 & wounded 22 at a @Walmart store in El Paso, Texas. #DisarmHate #BanWeaponsOfWar #EndGunViolence #HonorWithAction
2) While El Paso has scheduled a # of activities to mark the event, residents & victims' loved ones won't get to hug, touch or gather publicly as many communities have done in the past on the anniversaries of the country's accumulating mass shootings due to coronavirus.
3) Attacks against Latinos in the US didn't stop after El Paso mass shooting. google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.…
We’re on the hill all day fighting for #GunViolencePrevention!
First up: the @HouseJudiciary Committee Hearing on the #AssualtWeaponsBan
Then we’ll join @MichaelPfleger @stsabinachurch @BeBraveChicago and dozens of partners for a national rally to #EndGunViolence!
First up: the @HouseJudiciary Committee Hearing on the #AssualtWeaponsBan
Then we’ll join @MichaelPfleger @stsabinachurch @BeBraveChicago and dozens of partners for a national rally to #EndGunViolence!
You can watch @HouseJudiciary Committee Hearing on assault weapons from home!
#BanAssaultWeapons #BanWeaponsOfWar
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#BanAssaultWeapons #BanWeaponsOfWar
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At the @HouseJudiciary Committee hearing:
@davidchipman, Former ATF Agent and @GiffordsCourage Senior Policy Advisor explaining why the #AssaultWeaponsBan is needed and ways in which we should improve upon the 1994 version of the ban
@davidchipman, Former ATF Agent and @GiffordsCourage Senior Policy Advisor explaining why the #AssaultWeaponsBan is needed and ways in which we should improve upon the 1994 version of the ban
