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1. I'm absolutely devastated to wake up to news of another mass shooting in America -- this one at a bar in Kansas that left 4 people dead and 9 injured. #kansascityshooting
2. We've experienced 320 mass shootings so far in 2019. They're so commonplace in America -- but they don't have to be.
There are things we can do right now to raise the standard for gun ownership in America and make firearms significantly harder to get.
There are things we can do right now to raise the standard for gun ownership in America and make firearms significantly harder to get.
3. Yes we must continue to demand that our lawmakers pass reforms that will help keep us all safe.
But our federal government is deadlocked and we need to figure out how to break that stalemate and help create both cultural and political change that will pave the way for reform
But our federal government is deadlocked and we need to figure out how to break that stalemate and help create both cultural and political change that will pave the way for reform
4. That's why I believe that pushing American companies -- who have a responsibility for keep their customers and employees safe -- to end political donations to @NRA backed lawmakers is so important.
@NRA 6. American corporations respond to different incentives than gerrymandered politicians and so we need to organize them in the cause of building a future with fewer guns. They must help us achieve fundamental systemic reform or our gun laws.
