Thread by @Razarumi

Horrific. A gunman wearing military-style clothing and body armor kills at least 10 people at a supermarket in #Buffalo, #NewYork—#racism, misogyny, lax regulations and #gunviolence are interlinked. US policymakers are equally responsible! #endgunviolence apnews.com/article/buffal…

I live in upstate NY and visit the local #Topssupermarket — I have seen young men dressed as military personnel. The #Buffalo #shooting is just a chilling reminder that U.S. civilians own 400 million #guns —almost half of civilian held firearms globally.
120+ guns/ 100 residents

In 2015 @MotherJones published a special investigation detailing the cost of #gunviolence:$229 billion a year (2012 data). $8.6 billion in direct spending—emergency/medical care & $221 billion in “indirect” costs, quality of life of victims.
#BuffaloNY
motherjones.com/politics/2015/…

America has six times as many firearm homicides as Canada, and nearly 16 times as many as Germany (via @voxdotcom)
#EndGunViolence #BuffaloNY

Like many other policy choices, influencing and lobbying (corruption in plain terms) determine the ‘public interest.’ The gun lobby historically has been spending more to influence those who set policy.
#EndGunViolence #buffalonewyork

The shooter had uploaded a 106-page online manifesto -motivated by the conspiracy theory that white people are being replaced by other races. In the document, he says he is 18 years old and a self-described white supremacist and anti-semite.
#BuffaloNY
bnonews.com/index.php/2022…

#Black Amer­ic­ans suffer­ing nearly 10 times more gun homicides and 15 times more gun assaults than white Amer­ic­ans. “…Segreg­a­tion, gender hier­archy, disin­vest­ment, and poverty all increase the risk of homicide victim­iz­a­tion for Black people.”
brennancenter.org/our-work/analy…

Systemic #racism and #WhiteSupremacy is also aided by right wing media.
Example: #GreatReplacement Theory has been long promoted and championed by Tucker Carlson on Fox News.
#buffaloshooting

https://twitter.com/briantylercohen/status/1525581101623758848

In 2021, an intelligence report warned that racially-motivated extremists posed the most lethal domestic #terrorism threat in the US. Even more serious than potential attacks from overseas.
#WhiteSupremacy #GreatReplacementTheory #BuffaloNY
dni.gov/files/ODNI/doc…

FBI Director in 2021 labeled the #January6th riot as “domestic terrorism” & warned of homegrown violent extremism —a euphemism for terrorism by white supremacists.
#BuffaloNY #shooting is yet another grim reminder. #WhiteSupremacy #GreatReplacementTheory
apnews.com/article/fbi-ch…

“Since 2018,extremists inspired by the #GreatReplacementTheory have committed terror attacks in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Christchurch,New Zealand;Poway,California; El Paso,Texas…myth has spread beyond terrorist manifestos and into American living rooms.”
splcenter.org/20220309/year-…

The ‘lone wolf’ formulation is essentially a means of diverting attention away from the ideological basis of racially motivated violent extremism. The young terrorist in #Buffalo was inspired by #Christchurch & live-streamed the #BuffaloMassacre. There is a pattern here!

#GreatReplacementTheory is not a fringe idea. According to a recent AP-NORC poll , 1 in 3 U.S. adults believe there is an ongoing effort “to replace U.S.-born Americans with immigrants for electoral gains.”And it’s not just Fox News. Alt-tech' platforms are enabling fundraising.

Extremely important questions by @Laurie_Garrett about #BuffaloNY #shooting:

https://twitter.com/Laurie_Garrett/status/1525869799942803458

Ideology, access to #guns and #racism

Since 2015, right-wing extremists have been involved in 267 plots or attacks and 91 fatalities.

washingtonpost.com/investigations…

A broader wannabe fascist coalition has been brewing for long. It is growing in influence and now poses a major threat. The response sadly is fragmented and perhaps stymied by institutional racism that needs to be dismantled.
Check this by @FinchelsteinF

https://twitter.com/finchelsteinf/status/1525862325722415106?s=24&t=1OfkhbSvYbCJf0mPEXLCuA