Thread by @KrisB_Brown

.@TheJusticeDept announced they are investigating the #Buffalo shooting as an act of "racially-motivated violent extremism."

11 of the 13 victims were Black.

This shooting is an unfortunate reminder that domestic terrorism is a very real threat across America. #DisarmHate 🧵

Just last year, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland + Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas said the greatest domestic threat facing Americans came from “racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists.”
nytimes.com/2021/06/15/us/…

Domestic terrorism has been a growing issue across the country for quite some time and it’s not going away anytime soon.

According to @washingtonpost, domestic terror incidents have surged.

Adding guns into this mix should worry Americans.
washingtonpost.com/investigations…

Second Amendment extremism is inseparable from white supremacist ideology.

The Buffalo shooter publicly expressed racist beliefs, like the Great Replacement Theory, before Saturday's shooting.

Easy access to guns only makes this hate lethal.

https://twitter.com/bradybuzz/status/1526313160424271874

We have witnessed the connections between Second Amendment extremism, domestic unrest, and weaponized terror throughout American history.

Jan. 6 and the 1995 OKC bombing were not ‘isolated incidents.’

They were predictable and preventable.
bradyunited.org/reports/januar…

However, mass shootings like the one in #Buffalo demonstrate how Second Amendment extremism plays a major role in fueling America's gun violence epidemic.

Violent extremists tend to turn to firearms not only because they are easily accessible, but because of the gun lobby's rhetoric emphasizing that they SHOULD. #EndGunViolence

Americans will always be at risk of domestic terror until we TRULY address America’s legacy of:

❌ Second Amendment extremism
❌ lax gun laws
❌ white supremacy
— all fomented by the gun lobby.

Not only is it critical for us to dismantle racist rhetoric, but we must also do whatever we can to #DisarmHate.

The longer we allow the gun lobby to incite fear and misconstrue the meaning of the Second Amendment, the more senseless and hateful violence will kill Americans.

Our leaders must take action. It’s time for Senators to put politics aside, forget the filibuster, and pass life-saving legislation like S. 529 to expand Brady background checks.
bradyunited.org/act/expand-str…