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After the shooting in Parkland, Florida, @BankofAmerica announced that it would stop financing companies that make military-style assault weapons for civilian use. But now they’re changing their tune. 1/
.@BankofAmerica is moving forward in providing critical financing to gun-maker Remington, the company responsible for manufacturing the assault-style rifle which killed 20 children and 6 adults in the Sandy Hook school shooting. It’s money that would keep Remington in business 2/
.@BankofAmerica needs to know it’s not okay to lie to customers & shareholders, and it’s definitiely not okay to bail out gunmakers. Let's shame @BankofAmerica for going back on its word in Charlotte, NC — home to the company’s corporate headquarters. 3/
I want to put billboards up around @BankofAmerica's corporate headquarters to make sure everyone in Bank of America’s hometown knows what they are doing.

Billboards will cost thousands of dollars. We’re going to need your help to get them up as soon as possible. 4/
I would love your help in shaming @BankofAmerica for going back on its word and propping up this assault weapons manufacturer. If you can, please contribute to this billboard fund to help us erect billboards around @BankofAmerica's headquarters: click.everyaction.com/k/1179974/6538…
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1. I know arming teachers polls well, but it is an incredibly dangerous policy that will put our children at risk. This is literally a plan that will kill more kids at school.
2. Teachers are not law enforcement officials. They are not trained on an ongoing basis in how to defuse active shooter incidents. We should let teachers do their jobs -- educate our students -- and not weigh them down with an impossible new responsibility.
3. There is NO EVIDENCE that presence of armed person can defuse an active shooter. In bank robberies, presence of armed guards actually ↑ likelihood of injury.

In robberies w/ no guards violent events in 4% of cases

W/guards, rate tripled to 12.8%. revealnews.org/article/fbi-ba…
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On Friday, news broke that Florida's GOP gubernatorial candidate @adamputnam failed to conduct background checks on concealed carry permits FOR. A. YEAR. tampabay.com/florida-politi… 1/
@adamputnam .@Disney -- which bans guns from its theme marks -- gave almost $1,000,000 to @adamputnam, a man who put Floridians at risk FOR. A. YEAR. 2/
@adamputnam @Disney We insisted that @Disney *demand its money back* from @adamputnam and invest those dollars in actually getting guns of our streets. (Btw, you can sign the petition to do just that here: gunsdownamerica.org/campaign/disne…) 3/
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I'm going to do a quick thread about this idiotic idea of arming teachers in the classroom. It's an effort to distract from the real problem -- we have too many guns & they're too easy to get -- and will only put schools at *greater risk* 1/
We've seen study after study showing that armed civilians don't have the training to stop active shootings.

From 2000 to 2013:

21 active shooters stopped by unarmed civilians

1 stopped by armed civilian 2/
Average civilians are just not equipped to handle the chaos of an active shooter situation -- no matter how skilled they think they are: 3/
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Last year we saw tens of thousands of students take to the streets to demand action to stop mass shootings and stem the epidemic of gun violence that plagues our communities. This generation has grown up with active-shooter drills, hiding under their desks. #EnoughIsEnough
Americans across the nation are asking Congress to reinstate the federal ban on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. If we’re going to put a stop to mass shootings and protect our children, we need to get these weapons of war off our streets.
That’s why I’m proud to introduce the Assault Weapons Ban of 2019. This bill bans the sale, manufacture, transfer and importation of 205 military-style assault weapons by name.
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EDMOND, Okla. — The six Democratic candidates in #OK05 will take part in their first — and likely only — debate, beginning in a few minutes.
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Since the #Parkland shooting, news coverage of gun issues has dominated the headlines. Readers of the @HeraldTribune in #Sarasota #Florida might think they’re getting objective, unbiased reporting about gun issues.

Unfortunately, that couldn’t be farther from the truth.
2) Lee Williams wears two hats at the Herald-Tribune. He’s not just a senior-level editor; he also serves as “Gun Writer.” Williams writes columns and articles on guns, producing @HeraldTribune-approved content for social media, a blog and a podcast.

thegunwriter.com
3) The @HeraldTribune endorses and promotes these productions, noting that gun coverage is Williams’ assigned job. Here are his social media accounts:
Twitter: @HT_GunWriter
Facebook: The Gun Writer
Here are his blog and podcast:
Blog: thegunwriter.com
Podcast: ⬇️
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#Parkland parents on board headed to @FloridaCRC St Pete hearing today to urge for #AssaultWeaponsBan on ballot. @Daniel_Sweeney @MaryEllenKlas @JoyAnnReid @CNN @Fla_Pol @MSNBC @nbc6 @WPLGLocal10 @CBSMiami @LWVFlorida @TB_Times
We're almost at the St Pete hearing of the @FloridaCRC
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This is in many ways a restatement of the Mamet Principle, but it shows that at the upper echelons of leftist thought, the pretense of ignorance is used in a highly strategic manner to achieve "social justice "goals. This can and will be demonstrated by deconstructing #Parkland.
The point is that the advancement of the illogical argument is only stupid on the surface, and this is in fact a logical pattern of viral malice.

Hanlon's Razor ("Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.") can be and IS weaponized everywhere.
Hanlon's Razor fails because "adequately" is easily spoofed. All manner of deceptions can be used to make an intelligent process return a wrong value for "adequately". Science works because nothing remains "adequate". Every theory of gravity falls to a better one, eventually.
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Remington to file bankruptcy.
Sturm Ruger cut 700 jobs last year..
Gun sales dropped over $600 million in 2017.

World's largest asset manager BlackRock puts gunmakers on notice after #Parkland school shooting: no more business as usual
#BoycottNRA
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And just in: insurer Chubb says will stop underwriting NRA insurance for gun owners
(h/t @MichaelSkolnik) #BoycottNRA
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#BoycottNRA
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