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Let's talk about what it means to be a white ally. I was taught everyone in America had equal opportunities. I was taught to be a financial gatekeeper. I have often spoken more than I've listened. I have centered my experiences and feelings. I'm working to undo all of that. 🧵
Most of my awareness has come from the labor of Black, brown, and Indigenous women. It hasn't always been comfortable. In fact, it's been damn hard. There is SO MUCH I still wrestle with and get wrong. And I can get tripped up; feeling guilty is not an action. But I keep moving.
I recently met a white woman who earnestly wants to end gun violence in DC. She is doing the work—reading @Abt_Thomas, reaching out to GVP groups. In a thread about a recent shooting, she asked @DMVBlackLives "how [they] were helping black communities with gun violence."
Today, our office is joining @MayorBowser and other District leaders to talk about efforts to get dangerous #ghostguns off our streets.
These guns are unregistered, untraceable, and easily accessible by the wrong people who want to skirt our laws on background checks.
These guns are unregistered, untraceable, and easily accessible by the wrong people who want to skirt our laws on background checks.
@MayorBowser Our office is already involved in multistate litigation to prevent the federal government from making it easier to acquire 3D-printed firearms online.
We have also reviewed efforts underway in other jurisdictions to stop the flow of these illegal #ghostguns.
We have also reviewed efforts underway in other jurisdictions to stop the flow of these illegal #ghostguns.
@MayorBowser We are weighing all available enforcement options under current law, and we support all efforts to get these #ghostguns off the streets, including the legislation @MayorBowser announced today.
#BREAKING
Companies that fund the @NRA have wasted no time in fighting my newly issued legal opinion to classify 80% receiver #GhostGuns as what they really are: FIREARMS.
All I'm trying to do w/ @PAStatePolice is keep guns out of the hands of criminals & protect communities.
Companies that fund the @NRA have wasted no time in fighting my newly issued legal opinion to classify 80% receiver #GhostGuns as what they really are: FIREARMS.
All I'm trying to do w/ @PAStatePolice is keep guns out of the hands of criminals & protect communities.
Let's break down this week's events:
1.) @PAStatePolice ask my Office to issue a legal opinion on 80% receiver #GhostGuns
2.) We issue the opinion -- they're firearms & require background checks
3.) The gun lobby sues, ignoring the rule of law and public safety
1.) @PAStatePolice ask my Office to issue a legal opinion on 80% receiver #GhostGuns
2.) We issue the opinion -- they're firearms & require background checks
3.) The gun lobby sues, ignoring the rule of law and public safety
The gun lobby wants to strip PA'ns of their safety by fighting a rule that would make it harder for criminals to buy guns.
Their lawsuit against my new 80% receiver #GhostGuns opinion makes that pretty clear...
🗣️ Bring It! We'll see you in court.
Their lawsuit against my new 80% receiver #GhostGuns opinion makes that pretty clear...
🗣️ Bring It! We'll see you in court.
Hey @SenSchumer why are you suddenly crying about 3D Guns? The blueprints were downloaded 100k times in 2013 obviously that was @realDonaldTrump’s fault? Where were all @TheDemocrats bragging about their bill to stop this 5 years ago AND why does the press have amnesia.
An even better question would be WHY did the Obama administration give 3D Gun makers a Federal license @SenBlumenthal @chuckschumer HOW COULD YOU LET THIS HAPPEN.
#guncontrol #bluewave #BLUELIES
#guncontrol #bluewave #BLUELIES
This is all your fault Chucky, you were BEHOLDEN TO THE @NRA AND DID NOTHING!! 😂🤣😂
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