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1/ It's important to note that as Americans are protesting police brutality, Trump is encouraging more violence, both from the "very well armed military" he's threatening to deploy AND from his base with his reference to "Second Amendment rights" during yesterday's remarks
2/ In fact, Trump's own DHS warned states in late May that extremists, including white supremacist, are inciting followers to engage in violence and start a second Civil War by shooting in a crowd. Many of these folks are attending #GeorgeFloydProtests fully armed 
3/ All of this is happening against the backdrop of SURGING GUN SALES.
As you guys know, I've been tracking this pretty closely and yesterday, @FBI released new numbers for May
In May of 2020, we experienced a 79% ⬆️ in firearm-related background checks as compared to May 2019
As you guys know, I've been tracking this pretty closely and yesterday, @FBI released new numbers for May
In May of 2020, we experienced a 79% ⬆️ in firearm-related background checks as compared to May 2019
