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3 Jun, 6 tweets, 8 min read
1/ Law-abiding gun owner in West Virginia will actually be safer with David Chipman's nomination to lead the @ATFHQ

Follow this 🧵 to see a debunk of @SenCapito's fear mongering and how a strong @ATFHQ director will save lives
@ATFHQ @SenCapito 2/ David Chipman worked for my friends at @Everytown & @GiffordsCourage -- gun violence prevention orgs that advocate for policies that are overwhelmingly popular in US & WV. (i.e. 75% of WVers support background checks) manchin.senate.gov/newsroom/in-th…

@ATFHQ @SenCapito @Everytown @GiffordsCourage 3/ On gun registries.... the US has required individuals to register certain kinds of dangerous weapons since 1934 (when we wanted to curb gun violence during/after Prohibition)

Those weapons are RARELY IF EVER used in crime (and govt hasnt confiscated)

@ATFHQ @SenCapito @Everytown @GiffordsCourage 4/ At confirmation hearing, Chipman echoed Biden's support for assault weapon ban (which most Americans also back) & suggested that existing owners might have to register their assault weapons (like we've been doing for other v dangerous guns since 1934!)

@ATFHQ @SenCapito @Everytown @GiffordsCourage 5/ I know @NRA and their Congressional allies have argued for decades that registry = confiscation because they are really good at using fear to help the firearm industry sell more guns...but that argument is just B.S. (again, we've been registering certain firearms SINCE 1934!)
@ATFHQ @SenCapito @Everytown @GiffordsCourage @NRA 6/6 Here's the truth:

David Chipman, a literal gun owner, will protect *responsible gun ownership* by focusing on rooting out ILLICIT GUN TRAFFICKING that is powering gun violence in America.

That's something ALL GUN OWNERS can support #ConfirmChipman

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5 Jun
1/ A federal judge has overturned CA's three-decade-old ban on assault weapons, calling the law a “failed experiment” & likening military-grade assault weapons to Swiss Army knives. 

Follow this 🧵 for a *thorough debunk* of the judge's infuriating ruling...
2/ When CA legislature passed assault weapon ban in 1989, it found that assault weapon “has such a high rate of fire & capacity for firepower that its function as a legitimate sports or recreational firearm is substantially outweighed by the danger that it can be used to kill"
3/  CA legislature came to this conclusion b/c military-style assault weapons are the weapons of choice for drug dealers, criminal gangs, hate groups & individuals bent on mass murder. These weapons efficiently kill as many people as possible in a short period of time ....
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4 Jun
1/ New Data from @DebAzrael & Dr. Matthew Miller reveals that 3.8 million Americans became first-time gun owners in 2020.

This estimate (from actual researchers) is significantly lower than the numbers the gun industry has been throwing around to juice more gun sales...
@DebAzrael 2/ According to @DebAzrael & Miller:

3.8 M Americans became first-time gun owners in 2020 & made up 23% of all gun buyers last year, up from 17% in 2019.

There were more Black, Hispanic, and female buyers among the first-timers than their prior-gun-owning counterparts.
@DebAzrael 3/ Now, the gun industry's lobby, @NSSF was throwing out *much higher* estimates & in Feb claimed:

8.4 M Americans became first-time gun owners in 2020 & made up 40% of all gun buyers last year

nssf.org/articles/gun-s…
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26 May
1/ Eight people were killed & others were injured in a shooting at a rail yard in San Jose, CA today. The gunman was also dead.

This appears to be the 15th mass murder & 231st mass shooting in the first 146 days of 2021 Image
2/ As gun violence ⬆️ , investing in the communities closest to the pain of interpersonal violence & tightening our nation's lax gun laws should be an absolute priority for lawmakers -- particularly those who *campaign* on these issues every election cycle #TheTimeIsNow
3/ Gun violence getting worse:

-  more mass shootings in 2021 (at this point in 2020, there were 135 now at 231)
- homicides in 34 cities ⬆️ 49% (compared to 2019) & 24% (compared to 2020)
- deaths at hands of racially motivated extremists⬆️
- threats against lawmakers ⬆️  107%
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26 May
1/ Conservatives pretend gun violence prevention advocates made up the term "assault weapon" to scare the public, but the truth is the industry described exactly these civilian versions as "assault rifles" & "assault pistols" b/c they saw it as a *selling point*
2/ 1982: Guns&Ammo published a book titled Assault Rifles, advertising "complete data on the best semi-automatics."

1984: Guns&Ammo advertised Assault Firearms "full of the hottest hardware available today....covers the field with...assault rifles from the armies of the world"
3/ 1988: Guns&Ammo's Jan Libourel defined "assault pistol" as: "A high-capacity semi-automatic firearm styled like a submachine gun but having a pistol-length barrel and lacking a buttstock."
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21 May
1/ This story about GOP ignoring Dems' pleas for security $ as threats rise post Jan 6 needs 2 additional pieces of context

- threat is mostly from right-wing extremists

- threat is particularly high b/c of the easy availability of firearms in America

politico.com/news/2021/05/2…
2/ Political violence is ⬆️ & under certain circumstances, a significant number of Americans endorse the use of political violence. Support is much higher among those who believe white ppl experience discrimination comparable to Black people businessinsider.com/poll-shows-thi…
3/ There's actually a lot of data to contextualize this very troubling & dangerous reality:

White supremacist groups were responsible for 41 of 61 “terrorist plots and attacks” in the first eight months of 2021, or 67%

Even more context: csis.org/analysis/war-c…
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11 May
1/ I just read through Judge Harlin Hale's decision dismissing @NRA's bankruptcy case and it truly exposes the gun lobby's cynical efforts to avoid accountability and run away to Texas.

Follow along in this 🧵 if you're interested! #NRABankruptcyTrial
@NRA 2/ To offer some context:

In Aug, @NewYorkStateAG filed suit to dissolve @NRA given its abuse of state laws governing how non-profit tax-exempt organizations can operate

@NRA responded to @NewYorkStateAG’s lawsuit by filing for bankruptcy in Jan & suing the AG in Feb.
@NRA @NewYorkStateAG 3/ But the problem is, as Judge Harlin Hale explains, @NRA's explanation as to *why* it was filing for bankruptcy really evolved over time...
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