This makes me sick to my stomach. Southern IL folks aren't interested in the "right to bare arms" they're interested in the quickest way to murder anyone they fear. #guns #GunViolencePrevention #gunviolenceintheunitedstates #assaultweaponsban

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/1/17/23559513/illinois-assault-weapons-ban-lawsuit-devore-pritzker-crawford-effingham-tro-state-rifle-assocation

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Gun violence recently surpassed car accidents as the leading cause of death for American children. This is the world the #nra wants for you. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/12/14/magazine/gun-violence-children-data-statistics.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare #GunViolence #GunViolencePrevention #nrabloodmoney

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/14/gun-violence-control-laws-sandy-hook-newtown So much has changed, so much more needs to change. Grieving today with the survivors and heartbroken families🧡 Allison 🧡 Ana 🧡 Avielle 🧡 Benjamin 🧡 Caroline 🧡 Catherine 🧡 Charlotte 🧡 Chase 🧡 Daniel 🧡 Dylan 🧡 Emilie 🧡 Grace 🧡 Jack 🧡 James 🧡 Jesse 🧡 Jessica 🧡 Josephine 🧡 Madeleine 🧡 Noah 🧡 Olivia 🧡 Anne 🧡 Dawn 🧡 Lauren 🧡 Mary 🧡 Rachel 🧡 Victoria #SandyHook #GunViolencePrevention #MomsDemandAction

My 75yo husband, a #Vietnam #veteran, gave up his #gun on Saturday, it was a longtime source of contention between us and I'm hugely relieved that this risk to him, to me, to our grandkids, is finally out of our home 😓

#GunViolencePrevention #GunBuyback #TooManyGuns

Almost 100 Weapons turned in at Gun Buyback Event

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/ILEVANSTON/bulletins/33bab48

#RedFlagLaws save lives, but only if they are actually used! I’m grateful that San Diego’s city attorney, Mara Elliott, is leading the way - other cities and counties should follow her lead and use every available tool to prevent people who threaten violence from having access to guns. #GunViolencePrevention #MomsDemandAction https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/story/2022-11-28/san-diego-city-attorneys-office-red-flag-laws-gun-violence-restraining-order-gvro-1-000-cases

About 34,000 people die of guns every year. This is similar to the number of car crash deaths. There is a significant gender and race disparity in gun deaths.
Among whites, 77% of gun deaths are suicides, and 19% are homicides. The reverse is true for African Americans.
#gunviolenceprevention
Talk by Dr. Prothrow Stith

U.S. Citizens -- Contact your members of Congress and urge them to support ASAP the Assault Weapons Ban (HR1808 / S736), perhaps as an amendment to the Defense of Marriage Act.

We need more than "thoughts and prayers" to cut this nation's disgraceful, unique and preventable level of #gunviolence.

https://www.congress.gov/search?q=%7B%22congress%22%3A%5B%22117%22%5D%2C%22source%22%3A%22all%22%2C%22search%22%3A%22assault%20weapons%20ban%22%7D

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