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Apr 15 • 2 tweets • 1 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
NEW: A Nashville Walgreens employee pulled out a pistol and shot a pregnant woman he says he thought was shoplifting. Doctors performed an emergency c-section; both the woman and her baby are in critical condition. The employee is claiming self-defense.
wkrn.com/news/local-new…
Thanks to Tennessee’s new permitless carry law, no training or background check is required to carry a hidden, loaded handgun in public. As a result, too many Americans think shoplifting is a crime punishable by death. abcnews.go.com/US/permitless-…

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Apr 13
Michigan @GovWhitmer just signed two major gun safety bills - universal background checks and secure storage - surrounded by @MomsDemand and @StudentsDemand volunteers.

@MIHouseDems are also set to pass on a Red Flag law two months after the shooting at MSU.

How did we do this? Image
It was the unglamorous heavy lifting of grassroots activism by survivors, @MomsDemand and @StudentsDemand volunteers who showed up at the statehouse for years to testify and demand lawmakers act.

But for years, Republican majorities in the House and Senate ignored their pleas.
Even after four students were shot and killed and seven others were wounded at Oxford High School, GOP Michigan lawmakers did nothing but block lifesaving legislation. theguardian.com/us-news/2023/f…
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Mar 29
NEW: One of the guns used by the Nashville shooter, a Lead Star Arms Grunt AR-15 pistol, was equipped with a stabilizing arm brace, regulated by the ATF’s arm brace rule finalized in Jan - the same rule GOP members of the Judiciary Committee want to repeal.
The House Judiciary Committee was set to hold a markup on legislation yesterday that would repeal the Biden-Harris regulation under the Congressional Review Act, but canceled the vote as news of the shooting in Nashville broke Monday afternoon.
185 House Republicans currently support repealing this rule. There are two questions ahead: 1) how long House Republicans will hold off on advancing this until bringing this dangerous bill, and 2) why do these Republicans want to make it easier to get short-barreled rifles?
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Mar 28
Hallie Scruggs, one of three children slain in the mass school shooting in Nashville, was the 9-year-old child of Chad Scruggs, the senior pastor at Covenant Presbyterian Church. cbsnews.com/news/nashville…
Katherine Koonce, Head of Covenant School, was described as a "saint:” “She did so much for those kids. And now gave her life protecting them. She knew every student by name. She helped when families couldn't afford things - it didn't matter. She found ways for them to stay."
Evelyn Dieckhaus was 9. “Our hearts are completely broken. We cannot believe this has happened. Evelyn was a shining light in this world,” her family said in a statement.
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Mar 20
NEW: While states like Florida are rushing to pass permitless carry, a new @Everytown report finds permitless carry states have the highest rates of road rage shootings, nearly THREE TIMES the rate of road rage shootings than states with strong gun laws.usatoday.com/story/news/nat…
Since 2018, the number of road rage shooting incidences doubled in America, and in 2022 someone was shot and injured or killed in a road rage incident on average every 16 hours. Image
Our new analysis finds that New Mexico, Arizona, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Wisconsin are the five states with the highest rate of people shot in road rage incidents, making up only 8% of the US population but 20% of road rage shooting victims. Image
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Mar 6
It was so meaningful to be in Colorado last week for @MomsDemand and @StudentsDemand Advocacy Day. Colorado holds a special place in my heart – not only because I used to call it home – but it also represents so much of the progress we’ve made as a movement. 🧵#10YearsofMoms Image
The day began with an inspiring and powerful walkout led by @StudentsDemand volunteers where thousands of students and teachers filled Denver streets, marching to the capitol to demand action. But it wasn’t always this way in Colorado…
A decade ago when we first created @MomsDemand, extremist gun groups held tremendous power in the state legislature and stood in the way of life-saving action. (via @nytimes 2012):
nytimes.com/2012/07/21/us/… Image
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Feb 28
Jacqueline McBride and two other Los Angeles officers fatally shot a woman holding a pellet gun. McBride, the daughter of a conservative police union boss, is the third family member to shoot someone in the line of duty, bringing the total to eight victims.latimes.com/california/sto…
This is Jacqueline’s sister, Toni McBride, who is also a police officer in Los Angeles, and was accused of excessive force in 2020 when she shot Daniel Hernandez six times, killing the carpet installer and father of a teenage daughter.
Jamie McBride was involved in at least six police shootings, none fatal, in the first 11 years of his career.
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