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Oct 28 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
IOWA: Gun safety is LITERALLY on the ballot this November! If passed, Public Measure 1 would threaten to eliminate critical laws, including: prohibitions on gun possession by convicted felons and domestic abusers and minimum age, secure storage, and sensitive areas restrictions. twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Listen to Black Hawk County @SheriffTonyT who knows that Public Measure 1 IS NOT the same as the 2nd Amendment and would have dangerous consequences and threaten public safety. #IAlegis
You can’t be tough on crime if you’re weak on guns – take it from Iowa law enforcement leaders like Linn County Sheriff Gardner who knows that gun laws save lives and keep communities safe. #IAlegis
We can’t afford to sit on the sidelines. We must get out, organize, and vote like our lives depend on it.

Read more and share this with your friends and family, make a plan to vote, and text ELECTIONS to 644-33 to get involved.
everytown.org/in-iowa-gun-sa…

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Oct 28
COLORADO: Here’s *another* reason to closely look at your GOP AG candidate @JohnKellnerCO’s record on gun safety. He backs Bullets Both Ways, a fringe gun group that pushes to put guns in schools and arm school staff and teachers. #copolitics
We know @JohnKellnerCO is soft on gun safety since he has NRA’s endorsement. And NOW we’re learning he supports guns in schools—in Colorado, a state which has suffered from horrific school shootings.
Arming teachers does not work. Putting loaded guns in schools does not work. If @JohnKellnerCO and radical gun rights groups had their way, Colorado’s classrooms would become a warzone with open firearms in immediate proximity of small children.
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Oct 27
NEW: FBI background check done by a licensed gun dealer blocked the St Louis school gunman from buying an AR-15 on Oct 8. The denial reason is unknown, but likely that the state had adjudicated him to be mentally ill. An unlicensed dealer sold him the gun. ksdk.com/article/news/c…
The gunman bought a AR-15 from an unlicensed seller who had legally bought the gun from a licensed dealer in 2020. St. Louis police said THERE IS NO EXISTING LAW THAT PREVENTED THE UNLICENSED SALE, WHICH DOES NOT REQUIRE A BACKGROUND CHECK IN MISSOURI.
Police said they responded to a domestic disturbance on Oct. 15 at the family's home, but determined that the suspect was lawfully permitted to possess his firearm: "A third-party was contacted and took possession of the firearm so that it would no longer be stored in the home."
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Oct 27
NEW: The family of the teen gunman who murdered a teacher and student in a St. Louis school had recently called police and asked them to take his AR-15. There's no Red Flag Law in Missouri, so police gave the gun to a third-party, but the teen got it back. abcnews.go.com/US/st-louis-sc…
Per usual, lots of red flags in this case, from a "manifesto" to police being called to the shooter’s house at least six times - once for a suicide attempt. But because Missouri doesn't have a Red Flag Law, police couldn't remove his guns and determine if the teen posed a danger.
The new Bipartisan Safer Communities Act establishes an enhanced background check process and investigative period for buyers ages 18, 19 and 20, including checking with state and local law enforcement and state or local courts before a sale proceeds.
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Oct 27
Police say Texas’s new permitless carry law is leading to more spontaneous shootings: “Now that everyone can carry a weapon, we have people who drink and start shooting each other … instead of reaching for a fist, they reach for a weapon,” a sheriff said. nytimes.com/2022/10/26/us/…
In Harris County, criminal cases involving illegal weapons possession have sharply increased since the new law went into effect: 3,500 so far this year, as of the middle of October, versus 2,300 in all of 2021 and an average of about 1,000 cases in prior years going back to 2012.
Does the gun lobby give a shit? Nope: they want to lower the permitless carry age from 21 to 18: “It would be appropriate to move the age for permitless carry to 18. There’s no reason why a legal adult should not be able to defend themselves,” Rachel Malone, Gun Owners of America
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Oct 26
COLORADO: Your GOP candidate for Attorney General refuses to share the survey that got him an A-rating from the NRA. He claims it’s because he’s a hunter. Bullshit. The NRA gives As to people who support their deadly agenda.

Support @pweiser #copolitics
If @JohnKellnerCO thinks we believe the NRA have him an A-rating because he’s a hunter and a veteran, he must think Coloradans are real dumb.

Here are some of the questions:

Would you oppose any type of restriction or ban on any type of gun ownership, sales or manufacturing?
Some local officials continue to seek repeal of penalties [on cities and counties that create their own gun safety policies, despite state law], claiming they shouldn't be punished for breaking the law. Who do you believe?

Colorado repealed it’s preemption law last year.
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Oct 26
With less than two weeks to go until the election, I’m in Ohio and Pennsylvania this week to support gun sense champions like @timryan & @nanwhaley in Ohio and @johnfetterman & @joshshapiroPA in Pennsylvania.

Join me this week at events in Cincinnati, Columbus and Philadelphia.
THURSDAY: I’ll be with Cincinnati @momsdemand volunteers to support gun sense candidates up and down the ballot.

RSVP here:
gunsensevoter.org/events/details… #ohleg
FRIDAY: I’ll be in Columbus, Ohio, raising money to support @ohdems.

RSVP here:
secure.actblue.com/donate/10.28col
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