Thread by @igorvolsky

1/ @fred_guttenberg tweeted this cartoon of kids saying, "I wish the adults were as passionate about stopping school shootings as they are about stopping us from wearing masks."

But is there a connection between governors rejecting Covid science & gun safety measures....

https://twitter.com/fred_guttenberg/status/1430851532073930753

@fred_guttenberg 2/ So I looked up all of the governors who have prohibited schools from mandating masks.

9 states have done this:

IA
FL
TX
AZ
UT
AR
OK
SC
TN

What do we know about gun deaths & gun laws in these states?

Turns out....

@fred_guttenberg 3/ Here's the data:

- 8 of the 9 states that have prohibited schools from mandating masks have gun death rates ⬆️ national average

- 9 of the 9 governors who enacted these mandates received @NRA endorsements

Take a look:

@fred_guttenberg @NRA 4/ My conclusions:

1) #2A freedom arguments similar to freedom means I don't wear a mask during a pandemic

2) The same constituency that believes in 2A conspiracies probably subscribes to mask conspiracies

3) NRA-backed lawmakers don't care about life lost to guns OR COVID!

@fred_guttenberg @NRA 5/ Ah, and @mmfa shows how a conservative pundit (and former NRA TV host) is directly arguing that “A plan is now underway to use vaccine mandates to take your guns” mediamatters.org/newsmax/newsma…

Thanks @shannonrwatts for flagging.