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Feb 16 • 8 tweets • 6 min read
Yesterday, I joined @MomsDemand and @StudentsDemand volunteers in Indianapolis at the statehouse to demand change and advocate for lifesaving policies to address a gun violence epidemic that's now the leading killer of kids and teens in the US🧵
Ten years ago, after 26 children and educators were murdered at Sandy Hook School, I started @MomsDemand at my kitchen counter in Zionsville, Indiana. What started out as a Facebook post became the largest grassroots organization in the country.
The tiny seed of hope I felt 10 years ago when mothers and others stepped up to join us has grown with every chapter, every advocacy day, every good law we’ve passed, every bad bill we’ve stopped, and every gun sense candidate we’ve helped elect.
I know first hand how hard the work is in Indiana for our @MomsDemand and @StudentsDemand volunteers. But they’ve never given up. And they'll make sure their lawmakers understand that they're not going anywhere. #inlegis
Indiana @momsdemand volunteers have been relentless in their pursuit of a safer Indiana. Last summer, GOP U.S. Sen Todd Young voted for the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act - in large part due to an overwhelming 10-1 level of calls from constituents in support of gun safety.
That's thanks to Indiana @momsdemand volunteers like @missd1982 — a powerhouse survivor who has fought for gun safety in honor of her son, DeAndre, and inspired us all in the process, including speaking at the 2020 Democratic National Convention.
And volunteers like @SenatorHunley, a high school principal and @MomsDemand volunteer, who just became the first Black person elected to Indiana’s state Senate from her district.
@SenatorHunley @MomsDemand I know our Indiana @MomsDemand and @StudentsDemand volunteers won’t stop fighting for a better future for all Hoosiers. As the mom of a daughter who's a teacher in Bloomington, I'm so grateful for their advocacy.

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Feb 16
I stood with dozens of survivors at the White House celebration of the signing of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act; they supported it tirelessly, @sunny, because it was the first federal gun safety legislation in 26 years and will save thousands of lives - many of them women.
The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act prevents convicted domestic abusers from obtaining firearms even when they’re not married to or don’t have a child with the victim - a key provision that will save lives and become a major part of the law’s legacy. apnews.com/article/gun-vi…
Before this new federal legislation, only people convicted of domestic violence or subject to a domestic violence restraining orders were prohibited purchasers - but that definition missed a whole group of perpetrators: current and former intimate partners.
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Feb 8
President Joe Biden on guns: “Do something. That was the same plea of parents who lost their children in Uvalde: Do something on gun violence.

Thank God we did, passing the most sweeping gun safety law in three decades.” #StateOfTheUnionAddress
“That includes things that the majority of responsible gun owners support, like enhanced background checks for 18 to 21-year-olds and red flag laws keeping guns out of the hands of people who are a danger to themselves and others.

But we know our work is not done.”
“Joining us tonight is Brandon Tsay, a 26-year-old hero. Brandon put off his college dreams to stay by his mom’s side as she was dying from cancer. He now works at a dance studio started by his grandparents.”
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Feb 2
Last week, I had the opportunity to be in Phoenix with hundreds of Arizona @momsdemand volunteers demanding action from lawmakers. Arizona vols have been relentless in their pursuit of a safer state despite an often challenging legislative landscape🧵#AZleg
Despite a pro-NRA governor, last year @momsdemand and @studentsdemand volunteers helped stop SIX bad gun lobby backed bills from becoming law.
These bills included measures that would:
-Allow guns on campuses and in public spaces
-Expand shoot first protections
-Attempt to nullify federal gun laws
-Put the NRA’s dangerous Eddie the Eagle firearm training program in schools
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Jan 30
Permitless carry - widely opposed by police - would remove Florida’s background check and safety training requirements. Florida doesn’t require background checks on unlicensed sales so this may be the only background check a person has before getting a gun.orlandosentinel.com/politics/os-fl…
This would enable people who currently cannot get a permit to carry hidden, loaded handguns in public, including violent criminals. Under current Florida law, people recently been convicted of violent misdemeanor crimes can’t get a concealed weapon license.
And teens. Florida law requires a person to be 21 years old to get a concealed weapon license. Under permitless carry, people as young as 18 years old could carry guns throughout Florida. 18 to 20-year-olds commit gun homicides at triple the rate of adults 21 years and older.
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Jan 25
“On that day, over the course of a few hours, three different times — three times — school administration was warned by concerned teachers and employees that the boy had a gun on him at the school and was threatening people. But the administration could not be bothered.”
Although no gun was found in the boy's backpack, a teacher reported to school administrators that she saw the boy put the gun in his pocket before going to recess. Instead of searching the boy, an administrator dismissed the threat, saying the 6-year-old “has little pockets.”
30 minutes later, another teacher reported that a student had come to the teacher crying, saying that the 6-year-old had shown him the gun at recess and threatened to shoot the student if the student told anyone. Administrators again did nothing.
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Jan 18
OF FUCKING COURSE: The Utah man who fatally shot his wife, her mother and their five kids had been investigated two years prior for child abuse, but local police and prosecutors decided not to criminally charge him.
apnews.com/article/crime-…
Had Utah police pressed charges and had the man been convicted of felony domestic abuse, he would have been prohibited from owning guns and the guns he owned could have been confiscated. Instead, he used his guns to kill his family.
An obituary published in the St. George Spectrum described Michael Haight in glowing terms as an Eagle Scout, businessman and loving father. The obituary made no mention of the killings and was taken offline after backlash.
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