"Events like the UNC shooting, as well as the 2021 Atlanta spa shootings, highlight a culture that’s prone to gun violence and the vulnerability of Asian immigrants in America, said Eileen Chengyin Chow, a Duke University associate professor of the Practice of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies."

https://www.wunc.org/race-demographics/2023-09-08/unc-shooting-asian-americans-history-violence-chapel-hill

#aapi #aanhpi #gunviolence #gunsafety #gunsense #enough

#2A #guns #GunSafety
The memo is out.
Something coordinated is happening.
They have obviously figured out how bad this really is...

I Strongly support this bold! action! We have to make our streets & cities safe! The Constitution says a well-regulated militia absolute gun rights not only violate the Constitution it costs blood and treasure! https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/09/us/new-mexico-gun-violence-emergency/index.html #GunViolenceCrisis #guncontrol #GunSafety #GunViolence

"House Bill 3’s armed guard provision is a feel-good law, not a do-good law. It gives the appearance the Texas Legislature did something about school safety, while being underfunded and having an unrealistic compliance deadline."

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/letters/article/armed-guards-legislature-hisd-school-law-abbott-18330981.php

#publichealth #education #gunsafety #gunviolence #gunviolenceprevention

@georgetakei
We apparently DO have to live like this as nothing ever changes.

#GunSafety
#GunSense

@than thank you for this. @genealogy #archives "At a bare minimum, setting the record straight helps the public understand that Justice Thomas is endangering people’s lives on the basis of a lie." The truth matters. History matters. Records Research matters. #historicalresearch #GunSense #GunSafety

@mcnees

DONATE TO DEMS. JOIN ACTIVISTS. WORK TO GET OUT THE VOTE.

#BidenHarris2024
#GOTV
#GunSafety

@realTuckFrumper

Call Congress 202-224-3121

#GunSafety

#BidenHarris2024
#GOTV

Does anyone even have a tally of how many people in the US were SHOT AND KILLED over the last 72 hours?

Hint: Scroll through “NEWS” channels on YouTube. Shooting after shooting, city after city (including my own), death after senseless death.

REMINDER: CONGRESS REPRESENTS US. CONGRESS WORKS FOR US.

Our only voice in government is through our Representatives and Senators. It is 25 years past time that we had reasonable, sensible GUN SAFETY LAWS.

If you’re sick of it,
If you’re afraid for your life and the lives of your family and friends,
🔴CALL CONGRESS AND DEMAND GUN SAFETY LAWS. 202-224-3121

🔵 DONATE TO DEMS. JOIN ACTIVISTS. WORK TO GET OUT THE VOTE.
Republicans are NEVER going to buck their donors and get this done.

#BidenHarris2024
#GOTV
#GunSafety

⚫️ please boost for more coverage. Thank you.

"More than 100 chaplains signed a letter urging local Texas school boards to vote against putting chaplains in public schools, calling efforts to enlist religious counselors in public classrooms “harmful” to students and families.

The letter was issued just days before a bill allowing public schools to hire school chaplains becomes law in Texas, the first state in the country to pass such a measure."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2023/08/23/texas-school-chaplains-letter/

#publichealth #gunviolence #gunsafety

The president, long a champion of #gunsafety, needs to move quickly to fix this #policyfailure.

The number of semi-automatic #firearms #exported from the US has more than doubled since 2016... generated #bigprofits for the #gunindustry — while causing #mayhem throughout the region, including at the US-Mexico #border.

#StopBusinessAsUsual #degradedspaces #StateSanctionedViolence #ThrowawayPeople #DegradationMakesRefugees

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-08-22/michael-r-bloomberg-america-s-export-of-gun-violence-is-a-bipartisan-outrage?cmpid=BBD082223_CUS&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=230822&utm_campaign=closeamericas

"Gun-related deaths among children in the U.S. reached a distressing peak in 2021, claiming 4,752 young lives and surpassing the record total seen during the first year of the pandemic, a new analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data found.

The alarming statistic clearly indicated that America’s gun violence epidemic has gotten worse, experts say."

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/gun-deaths-us-children-rose-2021-cdc-data-shows-rcna100601

#publichealth #gunviolence #gunsafety

"It is a relatively new approach that would allow the state to sue the firearms industry over public nuisance violations for the 'sale, manufacturing, distribution, importing, or marketing of a gun-related product.' The state attorney general, Matt Platkin, created a new office 'with the specific mandate of bringing civil enforcement actions against firearm companies.'"

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/17/new-jersey-gun-companies-public-nuisance-law-00111727

#gunviolence #gunsafety #publichealth

@Zwolf He is Elmer J. Fudd millionaire. He went out and bought that gun. And nobody stopped him 'cause he's wealthy.
#gunsafety
#guncontrol #looneytunes

Look at all these cool people who are going to discuss gun violence prevention within the Asian American community! Join us August 16 from 6:30 - 8 pm at the Chinese Community Center.

Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/building-safer-communities-a-town-hall-on-gun-violence-prevention-tickets-681107349417?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshwebdesktop

#aapi #aanhpi #enoughisenough #everytown #notonemore #momsdemandaction #stoptheviolence #blm #gunviolenceprevention #gunfireepidemic #suicide #mentalhealth
#momsdemand #gunaccidents #gunsense #gunsafety

Goddammit, #AssociatedPress, it's not an accident! It's criminal neglect. It's child endangerment. It's failure to secure a deadly weapon. It's absolute irresponsibility. One child dead and the other traumatized forever because someone thought they needed to own a firearm, and needed to have it loaded and unsecured around small children. Stop calling it an accident!
https://apnews.com/article/california-child-shoots-baby-accident-52082a0f0bfb941991d5c13824dff23a
#firearms #guns #gunSafety #ChildAbuse #news

@macfarlanenews @cbsnews

CALL CONGRESS TODAY! 202-224-3121

Your voice matters. All calls to Representatives & Senators are logged, and this is one place where squeaky wheels matter.

A civilized society has the right to reasonable gun safety laws.

#GunSafety
#GOTV

"According to Pew, the share of Americans who said gun laws should be stricter has shifted only slightly, from 53% in 2021 to 58% today. While a majority of women, at 64%, said gun laws should be strengthened, just 51% of men said the same. Notably, 77% of Black Americans said gun laws should be stricter, along with 74% of Asian Americans and 68% of Hispanic Americans. Among White Americans, 51% said the same."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/06/28/gun-violence-democrats-republicans-poll/

#publichealth #gunviolence #gunsafety

"Most children in the US who die from an accidental shooting are playing around with guns at home or mistaking them for toys, according to a new study. And the research suggests that over 90% of guns used in such shooting deaths were left unlocked and loaded...Most of the shootings happened at the victim’s home, where, in 8 out of 10 cases, the gun belonged to an older relative."

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/26/health/children-accidental-shootings/index.html

#publichealth #gunviolence #gunsafety

Oh good, FDA is banning ElfBar disposable vapes. Children poisoned.

Since gun accidents are the leading cause of death of children in the US, and opioids are the leading cause of poison fatalities in children, surely these are also getting banned? Regulated? A little? No?

I hate everything at the moment.

#vaping #fda #GunSafety