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Dec 2 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
This session, @MomsDemand volunteers are asking Illinois lawmakers to prioritize prohibiting the sale and possession of assault weapons and high capacity magazines, holding the gun industry accountable, and supporting local intervention programs working to reduce gun violence.
While devastating mass shootings receive national attention, Black and brown communities in Illinois disproportionately bear the burden of gun violence every day. Any actions Illinois lawmakers take must also center and protect communities hit hardest by gun violence. #twill
In an average year, 1,505 people die and 2,715 people are wounded by guns in Illinois. Black people are six times more likely than white people to die by guns and are 36 times more likely than white people to die by gun homicide in Illinois. #twill
ILLINOIS: To help us pass stronger gun laws in your state, join @MomsDemand or @StudentsDemand. Text READY to 644-33.

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Dec 3
Sun Valley High School students in North Carolina were startled when their teachers locked doors, turned off lights, and told them to hide. Police were in the halls. Fearing the worst, they sent panicked goodbyes to their parents. But it was just a “spontaneous lockdown drill.⁠” Image
Unannounced drills like these are traumatizing given that shootings regularly occur on school campuses. Going into lockdown and not knowing whether you’ll survive the school day is a terrifying experience that no student should have to go through. wcnc.com/article/news/e…
North Carolina law requires these drills, but there’s limited data proving the effectiveness of them. Evidence increasingly suggests that active shooter drills are harmful to mental health, resulting in depression, anxiety and worsening school performance. everytownresearch.org/report/the-imp…
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Dec 3
NEW: Armed members of the violent, right-wing hate group the Proud Boys are currently attempting to disrupt a drag story event in Columbus, Ohio.

The state’s new permitless carry law stripped background check and safety training requirements, and open carry is unregulated.
The Colorado Springs mass shooting last month was a tragic example of how homophobic and transphobic rhetoric coupled with weak gun laws enable terrorist attacks on the LGBTQ+ community. 10,300 hate crimes involve a gun each year; 20% target LGBTQ+ people. everytownresearch.org/report/remembe…
The protest of Holi-Drag Storytime event in Columbus, Ohio - which had to be cancelled due to safety concerns - also included white supremacists/Nazis (presumably armed).
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Nov 28
THIS is exactly why I criticized CNN for hiring gun lobby lackey @StephenGutowski. From erroneously blaming the US for being more violent and more mentally ill than peer nations to blaming the law without pointing out Colorado Springs is a lawless “Second Amendment sanctuary.”
Thankfully Kirsten Powers was on to set him straight. Here he tries to say “But what about the knifings in Montana” and also “But high capacity magazines aren’t allowed in Colorado” without mentioning the daily 110 gun deaths or the fact that the Colorado gunman built ghost guns.
Dude is basically a gun lobbyist who a CNN anchor just called credible while he sat there and lied.
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Nov 28
We all want to hold somebody accountable for the senseless gun violence in America, and we have an opportunity to do that in 10 days. We must elect Sen. @ReverendWarnock and enable gun sense champions to get work done in the Senate.

Text GEORGIA to 644-33 🧵
Having 51 Dem Senators is critical to promoting gun safety: Democrats wouldn’t have to negotiate a power-sharing agreement with the GOP, there would be a true gun sense majority on every Senate committee, and it would be easier and faster to pass legislation and confirm judges.
Without a real majority, we can't pass background checks, an assault weapon ban, or a federal red flag law. And the NRA is pouring money into Georgia to elect Herschel Walker because he’s a gun extremist who will block any and all progress.
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Nov 22
As we continue to learn more about the Colorado Springs mass shooting at Club Q, one thing is clear: This shooting tragedy could have been prevented if Colorado's strong gun laws had been properly utilized. momsdemandaction.org/colorados-red-…
Colorado has strong gun laws, including a Red Flag law passed with support from @momsdemand in 2019, that empower family or law enforcement to temporarily prevent individuals who are a danger to themselves or others from accessing firearms. koaa.com/news/covering-…
And there were clear red flags in this case: Just 18 months before this mass shooting, the shooter was arrested for threatening his mother with guns and a homemade bomb, leading to a standoff with law enforcement - a clear warning sign that he posed a risk of future violence.
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Nov 16
NEW: Report from @Everytown finds that 173,000 gun owners become prohibited each year, including for felony and domestic violence convictions, but due to weak enforcement, the vast majority of those illegal guns remain in the possession of people who shouldn’t have them. 🧵
One in three mass shootings from 2009 to 2020 involved shooters who were legally prohibited from possessing firearms, which resulted in 364 deaths and 125 injuries. Strong programs that remove illegal guns could have helped to prevent these tragedies.
The good news is that illegal gun removal programs have proven effective and six states – California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, and New York—have already set up programs which should be the gold-standard for other states to follow.
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