Thread by @marywag2947

Correction to NRA's tweet.

#Missouri, in which the #moleg is attempting to pass even more extreme guns everywhere laws, had 689 people shot and killed in 2020, "a year that will likely be recorded as the state’s deadliest ever for gun violence."
#MomsAreEverywhere @MomsDemand

More facts rather than hyperbole:

https://twitter.com/igorvolsky/status/1369288958920757252?s=20

"By the end of the year, Missouri had the third-highest per-capita rate of gun deaths in the country, behind" LA & MS.

We still don’t know exactly how many people died from guns in 2020. No state or fed govt agency publishes total #s of gun suicides & gun homicides for MO.

"Missouri removed its permit-to-purchase requirement in 2007. Since then, the state saw a 16% increase in firearm suicide and a 25% increase in firearm homicide."
jhsph.edu/research/cente…

"In 2016, state lawmakers did away with concealed carry permitting and passed a stand-your-ground law."

"While researchers study the increase in homicides during the pandemic year, the number of gun suicides is likely to be even larger."

In 2018, according to the CDC, Missouri had 1151 suicides which is a rate of 18.5 per 100,000 people. Suicides using a gun increased from 487 in 2010 to 726 in 2018.

"But the number of gun suicides in 2020 is likely to remain unknown for months because no data is available."

stltoday.com/news/local/cri…

Since the #moleg doesn't want to protect people from homicides, suicides, and injuries as a result of guns, I support HR 8 & HR 1446. Please call your congressperson to let them know that you too support this lifesaving legislation.

202-224-3121 - House of Rep. switchboard.