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🤚 Are you sick and tired of gun violence?
Most Americans are, and a new Fox News poll found that an overwhelming majority of voters want lawmakers to pass laws to address gun violence.
#ncpol #GunViolence
Most Americans are, and a new Fox News poll found that an overwhelming majority of voters want lawmakers to pass laws to address gun violence.
#ncpol #GunViolence
The poll was taken even before a man with reportedly white supremacist views opened fire in a Texas mall over the weekend, killing 8 people.
#ncpol #TexasMall
#ncpol #TexasMall
The poll found that more than 80% of Americans support background checks for gun purchases, raising the legal age to 21 to buy all guns, and a ban on assault weapons.
#ncpol
#ncpol
The latest on what we know on the #TexasShooting:
+ The gunman worked alone
+ The shooting left 8 people dead, including the shooter
+ 22 others were injured
+ The @WSJ, citing law enforcement, has identified the shooter as 36-year-old Seth Ator
bit.ly/2zN6YAB
+ The gunman worked alone
+ The shooting left 8 people dead, including the shooter
+ 22 others were injured
+ The @WSJ, citing law enforcement, has identified the shooter as 36-year-old Seth Ator
bit.ly/2zN6YAB
@WSJ Just as he'd done after the El Paso shooting, Gov. Greg Abbott flew to West Texas and offered words of sympathy and promises to take action.
"We know that words alone are inadequate. Words must be met with action." bit.ly/2zN6YAB
"We know that words alone are inadequate. Words must be met with action." bit.ly/2zN6YAB
@WSJ "I have been to too many of these events. I am heartbroken by the crying of the people of the state of Texas. I am tired of the dying of the people of the state of Texas. Too many Texans are in mourning." — @GregAbbott_TX bit.ly/2zN6YAB
1/Gun violence occurs in all 50 states regularly (suicides, murder, accidental discharge etc). Mass murder by assault weapons escalated when the 1994 ban expired in 2004. A 2019 study shows mass shooting fatalities were 70% less likely when that ban was in place. #MassacreMitch
2/ What the Dem Controlled House has done?
The House passed 2 gun control bills: Bipartisan Background
📌Checks Act of 2019 (H.R. 8)
📌Enhanced Background Checks Act (H.R. 112)
#texasshooting
The House passed 2 gun control bills: Bipartisan Background
📌Checks Act of 2019 (H.R. 8)
📌Enhanced Background Checks Act (H.R. 112)
#texasshooting
3/ What has the @HouseGOP and @SenateGOP done on gun control? Zilch, Nada, Squat. As y'all know Mitch McConnell has refused to bring either bill to the floor. One bill is supported by 90% of Americans. Even if it goes to the floor the @SenateGOP might not pass it. #MoscowMitch
UPDATE: Eight people are now dead after a #TexasShooting in Odessa and Midland. bit.ly/34gF7qD
Officials say the shooting began with a traffic stop in which the gunman shot a state trooper. A U.S. postal worker whose vehicle was hijacked has been confirmed as one of the victims. bit.ly/34gF7qD
Nineteen others were injured before the shooter was shot and killed at Cinergy Cinemas in Odessa, police said. bit.ly/34gF7qD
🔥BREAKING NEWS🔥Why is the @NRA still designated a Tax Exempt SOCIAL WELFARE ORG⁉️#RevokeNRATaxExemptStatus #MassacreMitch #GunReformNow #GunControlNow #texasshooting
🔥TAKE ACTION AGAINST THE @NRA‼️
The NRA is listed as a tax-exempt organization w the IRS, but their activities disqualify them for this designation‼️
Please join me in filing form 13909, Tax-Exempt Organization Complaint👇
#StoptheNRA
The NRA is listed as a tax-exempt organization w the IRS, but their activities disqualify them for this designation‼️
Please join me in filing form 13909, Tax-Exempt Organization Complaint👇
#StoptheNRA
Neuer Massenmord in einem Walmart in El Paso, Texas. Meldungen über 20+ Tote. 8chan läuft heiß mit "/ourguy/"-Feiern und "meme manifestos aren't funny anymore"-Beschwerden. White-Supremacy-Terror läuft dort inzwischen auch unter "shitposting in real life". #texasshooting
Benchmark für solche "real life effort posts" sind der #Christchurch-Terrorist und #Breivik. Kritik in der Community betrifft nicht das Töten, sondern v.a. Aspekte des Entertainments: Stil, Originalität, Authentizität.
So wie in einem Actionfilm oder einem Shooter nicht der Gehalt Gegenstand von Kritik ist, sondern die Formen seiner Vermittlung. Die Etablierung von Terror als Unterhaltungsform der Community erleichtert es Einzelnen, zur Tat zu schreiten: man kann sich auf Details konzentrieren.
