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I actually grew up very close to that Walmart...went to High School about 15 minutes driveaway.

I've been to it many many times. Its a horrendous tragedy.

And anyone who is using this tragedy to advance a political agenda while the bodies are still warm is sick.
I didn’t want to post about this, because frankly, it is exhausting and its personal. I’ve been having this exact same argument for my entire adult life.

Here's some evidence to debunk the inevitable nonsense the media will spew.

I 100% know pretty much exactly every single thing an anti-gun person will say at this point...the same old tired nonsense the wheel out of storage every time there's a tragedy on the news they can milk for political points.

They'll do that for #Chesapeake, my home town, too.
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Thread: Mass shooting in a Walmart store, Chesapeake, VA

Here is the latest at 4am Eastern. At 8am Eastern, local police will hold a media briefing.

Yet another shooting. There are some relatively easy ways to prevent most of them...

edition.cnn.com/2022/11/22/us/…
I'm talking about changing the way domestic violence incidents are handled, and doing more to put long term distance between known DV offenders and their legal access to guns.

An idea best espoused by the outstanding @BeauTFC. Link to follow.
The outstanding @BeauTFC talked about this issue here:


(The video he was referring to is this one: )
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FLOOD advisories are up due to heavy rain coming down. Watch out for water buildup and areas near creeks, rivers and streams.

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FLASH FLOOD WARNING for #Chesapeake, #Norfolk and #Portsmouth neighbors until 5:15pm.

This heavy rain is expected to raise water levels quickly (if it hasn't already).

Let me know where you're seeing flooding.
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Here are radar estimated rainfall over the past hour within the flash flood warning area -- 1.0-2.0 inches. Y'all be careful - lightning is also moving through and I just had my power flicker

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#Chesapeake watermen came to #NYC in early 1800s and founded Sandy Ground, the oldest continuously-settled, free Black community in the #USA. A #StatenIsland ferry being built will be named "Sandy Ground." portsidenewyork.org/portsidetanke/…
#AfAmMH #Maritime #Heritage #BlackHistory
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