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Grayson G West<p>Great article on the unchecked flow of firearms from the US to Mexico—yet another example of the harm caused by America’s collective failure to enact meaningful gun control. It’s a long read, but well worth your time.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/guncontrol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>guncontrol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/guncontrolnow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>guncontrolnow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/endgunviolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>endgunviolence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/longreads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>longreads</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n22/rachel-nolan/on-the-iron-river" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n22/ra</span><span class="invisible">chel-nolan/on-the-iron-river</span></a></p>
Nathan Hubbard<p>seen at a local high school in Nashville <a href="https://macaw.social/tags/endgunviolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>endgunviolence</span></a></p>
Karen E. Lund 💙💛<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> The day to talk about safety was the day before the shooting. Or the day before that. Or any of the thousands of days since Columbine. Or all the way back to the tower shooting at the University of Texas in 1966. </p><p>But they haven't talked about it yet, at least not in any serious way, so today is as good as any. Better than tomorrow. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EndGunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndGunViolence</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Texas_tower_shooting" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Univer</span><span class="invisible">sity_of_Texas_tower_shooting</span></a></p>
Brian<p>A "well-regulated militia" attacked a high school in Georgia today.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GunControlNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunControlNow</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/EndGunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndGunViolence</span></a></p>
Jen01Phx<p>A five-year-old child in UT has died after he got hold of a weapon and it accidentally went off <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/endgunviolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>endgunviolence</span></a> <a href="https://www.abc4.com/news/wasatch-front/5-year-old-killed-accidental-shooting/https://www.abc4.com/news/wasatch-front/5-year-old-killed-accidental-shooting/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc4.com/news/wasatch-front/5-</span><span class="invisible">year-old-killed-accidental-shooting/https://www.abc4.com/news/wasatch-front/5-year-old-killed-accidental-shooting/</span></a><br><a href="https://www.abc4.com/news/wasatch-front/5-year-old-killed-accidental-shooting/amp/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc4.com/news/wasatch-front/5-</span><span class="invisible">year-old-killed-accidental-shooting/amp/</span></a></p>
Jen01Phx<p>5 dead in apparent murder-suicide at Long Island home<br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/endgunviolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>endgunviolence</span></a><br><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/08/26/long-island-murder-suicide-syosset-5-dead/74949418007/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">usatoday.com/story/news/nation</span><span class="invisible">/2024/08/26/long-island-murder-suicide-syosset-5-dead/74949418007/</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p><a href="https://caper-plum-pbx6.squarespace.com/portfolio/thoughts-and-prayers?wpisrc=nl_bump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">caper-plum-pbx6.squarespace.co</span><span class="invisible">m/portfolio/thoughts-and-prayers?wpisrc=nl_bump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Thoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thoughts</span></a> and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Prayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prayers</span></a> This body of work by Stanley Tong Ceramics composed of 15 pieces was designed 2 bring awareness to the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/destructive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destructive</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/epidemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epidemic</span></a> of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/gunviolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gunviolence</span></a>. He threw series of vases &amp; shot them, while wet, with a variety of real firearms. They were then buried in a pit and pit fired with the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/wounds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wounds</span></a> intact. The pieces were auctioned in benefit of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SandyHook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SandyHook</span></a> Promise (SHP) non-profit, funding <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/gunviolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gunviolence</span></a> prevention programs for over 750 students. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/EndGunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndGunViolence</span></a></p>
Another Jen<p>There needs to be a different sound -- not applause -- for when you recognize that a speaker has been brave in telling you something heart-rending.</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/DNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DNC</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/EndGunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndGunViolence</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>But Ryan Bates, exec dir of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EndGunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndGunViolence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Michigan</span></a>, said the bill supports a trend of “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extremist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extremist</span></a>” politicians militarizing [fetishizing] <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gun</span></a> culture in the state.</p><p>“We have to understand this as part &amp; parcel of threats to our <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> by extremists,” Bates said. “…This sort of symbol is an attempt to make our political discourse &amp; debate not about how we’re going to make people’s lives better or improve our state but about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/threats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>threats</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>violence</span></a>.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunFetishism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunFetishism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Jen01Phx<p>Former NRA leader Wayne LaPierre gets 10-year ban from serving in NRA and affiliates<br>LaPierre had been held liable for financial mismanagement of the NRA <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/endgunviolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>endgunviolence</span></a> <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/former-nra-leader-lapierre-gets-10-year-ban/story?id=112386153https://abcnews.go.com/US/former-nra-leader-lapierre-gets-10-year-ban/story?id=112386153" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abcnews.go.com/US/former-nra-l</span><span class="invisible">eader-lapierre-gets-10-year-ban/story?id=112386153https://abcnews.go.com/US/former-nra-leader-lapierre-gets-10-year-ban/story?id=112386153</span></a><br><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/former-nra-leader-lapierre-gets-10-year-ban/story?id=112386153" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abcnews.go.com/amp/US/former-n</span><span class="invisible">ra-leader-lapierre-gets-10-year-ban/story?id=112386153</span></a></p>
Jen01Phx<p>“We're talking about Secret Service after Trump shooting. Why aren't we talking about guns?”<br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/endgunviolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>endgunviolence</span></a><br><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/07/27/trump-assassination-attempt-security-failure-gun-control/74526112007/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">usatoday.com/story/opinion/col</span><span class="invisible">umnist/2024/07/27/trump-assassination-attempt-security-failure-gun-control/74526112007/</span></a></p>
Shingo Mouse 🌳<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GunControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunControl</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GunReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunReform</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GunReduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunReduction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BanTheNRA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BanTheNRA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BanAssaultWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BanAssaultWeapons</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NRAIsATerroristOrganization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NRAIsATerroristOrganization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StopGunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopGunViolence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EndGunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndGunViolence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SaveLives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveLives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Donations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Donations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Giffords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Giffords</span></a> PAC - IE — Donate via ActBlue<br><a href="https://secure.actblue.com/donate/giffords-em-july24?akid=8476.1469470.bO_Y9K&amp;c0=giffords-em-july24.-nTEO4&amp;rd=1&amp;refcode=em240711-1-30&amp;refcode2=8476_1469470_bO_Y9K&amp;t=2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">secure.actblue.com/donate/giff</span><span class="invisible">ords-em-july24?akid=8476.1469470.bO_Y9K&amp;c0=giffords-em-july24.-nTEO4&amp;rd=1&amp;refcode=em240711-1-30&amp;refcode2=8476_1469470_bO_Y9K&amp;t=2</span></a></p>
Jen01Phx<p>Iowa City woman charged after 3-year-old found walking down the sidewalk with handgun <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/endgunviolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>endgunviolence</span></a> <a href="https://www.kcrg.com/2024/06/17/iowa-city-woman-charged-after-3-year-old-found-walking-down-sidewalk-with-handgun/https://www.kcrg.com/2024/06/17/iowa-city-woman-charged-after-3-year-old-found-walking-down-sidewalk-with-handgun/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kcrg.com/2024/06/17/iowa-city-</span><span class="invisible">woman-charged-after-3-year-old-found-walking-down-sidewalk-with-handgun/https://www.kcrg.com/2024/06/17/iowa-city-woman-charged-after-3-year-old-found-walking-down-sidewalk-with-handgun/</span></a><br><a href="https://www.kcrg.com/2024/06/17/iowa-city-woman-charged-after-3-year-old-found-walking-down-sidewalk-with-handgun/?outputType=amp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kcrg.com/2024/06/17/iowa-city-</span><span class="invisible">woman-charged-after-3-year-old-found-walking-down-sidewalk-with-handgun/?outputType=amp</span></a></p>
Jen01Phx<p>Supreme Court strikes down ban on bump stocks, gun accessories used in 2017 Las Vegas massacre <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/endgunviolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>endgunviolence</span></a> <a href="https://www.wdsu.com/article/supreme-court-bump-stock-ruling/61109239" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wdsu.com/article/supreme-court</span><span class="invisible">-bump-stock-ruling/61109239</span></a></p>
Jen01Phx<p>Woman and her 4-year-old daughter dead after Florida Turnpike shooting in Hollywood: police <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/endgunviolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>endgunviolence</span></a> <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/woman-and-girl-dead-after-florida-turnpike-shooting-in-hollywood/https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/woman-and-girl-dead-after-florida-turnpike-shooting-in-hollywood/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/miami/news/woman-a</span><span class="invisible">nd-girl-dead-after-florida-turnpike-shooting-in-hollywood/https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/woman-and-girl-dead-after-florida-turnpike-shooting-in-hollywood/</span></a><br><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/miami/news/woman-and-girl-dead-after-florida-turnpike-shooting-in-hollywood/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/amp/miami/news/wom</span><span class="invisible">an-and-girl-dead-after-florida-turnpike-shooting-in-hollywood/</span></a></p>
Billykaren Beaufort 🎶<p>Gun Violence Awareness Day is a reminder of all that is at stake this November when it comes to keeping our communities safe. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EndGunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndGunViolence</span></a></p>
Shingo Mouse 🌳<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GunControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunControl</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GunReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunReform</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GunReduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunReduction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BanTheNRA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BanTheNRA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BanAssaultWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BanAssaultWeapons</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NRAIsATerroristOrganization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NRAIsATerroristOrganization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StopGunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopGunViolence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EndGunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndGunViolence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SaveLives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveLives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Donations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Donations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Giffords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Giffords</span></a> PAC - IE — Donate via ActBlue<br><a href="https://secure.actblue.com/donate/giffords-em-june24?akid=8249.1469470.i3q_Uf&amp;c0=giffords-em-june24.gd3XnS&amp;rd=1&amp;refcode=em240605-1-30&amp;refcode2=8249_1469470_i3q_Uf&amp;t=1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">secure.actblue.com/donate/giff</span><span class="invisible">ords-em-june24?akid=8249.1469470.i3q_Uf&amp;c0=giffords-em-june24.gd3XnS&amp;rd=1&amp;refcode=em240605-1-30&amp;refcode2=8249_1469470_i3q_Uf&amp;t=1</span></a></p>
Jen01Phx<p>Teen shot, killed day after graduating high school <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/endgunviolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>endgunviolence</span></a> <a href="https://www.wsmv.com/2024/05/28/franklin-teen-killed-girl-with-rifle-he-thought-was-unloaded-police-say/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wsmv.com/2024/05/28/franklin-t</span><span class="invisible">een-killed-girl-with-rifle-he-thought-was-unloaded-police-say/</span></a></p>
Alice Marshall<p><a href="https://dmv.community/tags/WashingtonDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonDC</span></a> </p><p>Right outside the Guns Down Friday center, kids touched by gun violence are basking in the sunshine, getting their hands dirty, and planting seeds of hope. It’s a beautiful day for healing and growth! 🌱☀️ <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/GunsDownFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunsDownFriday</span></a> Guns Down in our homes, streets, and communities‼️<a href="https://dmv.community/tags/CommunityUnity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityUnity</span></a> <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/EndGunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndGunViolence</span></a> <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/endgunviolencetogether" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>endgunviolencetogether</span></a> <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/princegeorgescounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>princegeorgescounty</span></a> <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/washingtondc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>washingtondc</span></a><br> <br><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C59Cu6rRfTY/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">instagram.com/p/C59Cu6rRfTY/?u</span><span class="invisible">tm_source=ig_web_copy_link</span></a></p>
Jen01Phx<p>@repweinstein <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/endgunviolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>endgunviolence</span></a></p>
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