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“Men in 'dark-colored masks' open fire outside California party, killing 4, police say
A group of masked men opened fire outside a party, police said.” #GunViolence
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GAAA! "Tennessee passes bill to let teachers carry #guns, a year after mass shooting" #GunViolence https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/04/23/tennessee-bill-arming-teachers-guns-passes/?location=alert
“The Board and the Governor have put their politics over justice and made a mockery of our legal system.”
Yesterday, Governor Greg Abbott issued a full pardon for Daniel Perry, who killed Garrett Foster, a protester at a Black Lives Matter march in 2020. Special Investigative Correspondent @stevanzetti explains all the context the governor ignored: https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-pardon-daniel-perry-garrett-foster/
#news #politics #USpol #GregAbbott #BlackLivesMatter #protest #GunViolence #Texas
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“Actor Johnny Wactor, who played Brando Corbin on the ABC daytime soap opera "General Hospital," was killed in downtown Los Angeles, his brother has confirmed…
According to police, the victim approached three suspects who were in the middle of stealing a catalytic converter. One of them drew a gun and opened fire.” #GunViolence
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Adult killed, child wounded in #shooting during football game at #Maryland high school: Police
Police were looking for the suspect who fled Potomac High School. #GunViolence
Surgeon General Declares #GunViolence a Public Health Crisis
Dr. Vivek Murthy is calling for a multipronged effort to reduce gun deaths, modeled on campaigns against smoking and traffic fatalities.
Via Emptywheel:
I hope someone (and McBath would be perfect) mentions how the GOP response to Trump being shot by an assault rifle is to suggest Trump's failed assassination is more important than all the children actually killed by #GunViolence, which #Trump said to just get over.
Greg Bluestein:
Georgia’s Lucy McBath lands prime speaking role on DNC’s final night
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15-year-old shot and killed in #Maryland high school bathroom, 16-year-old student in custody
The suspect was apprehended "within minutes," the sheriff said. #GunViolence
https://abcnews.go.com/US/15-year-shot-maryland-high-school-bathroom-16/story?id=113463866
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UPDATE: Suspect in custody, reports of "casualties" at #Georgia high school
#shooting #GunViolence
“This is very confusing. We’re going to take responsibility, but we’re not responsible. We’re going to punish a couple people, but we’re not going to punish them.”
Director Steve McCraw reinstated a #Texas ranger he’d fired over the response to the Robb Elementary shooting. The ranger’s appeal could have brought scrutiny on his agency. https://www.texasobserver.org/dps-mccraw-transparency-uvalde/
#news #police #Uvalde #GunViolence #politics #USpol #transparency
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“One person was killed and at least nine others injured in a shooting just blocks from #Tennessee State University campus in #Nashville Saturday evening…
Some of those who were being treated at area hospitals were suspected to have been involved in the #shooting.” #GunViolence
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#SCOTUS seems poised to uphold a major #GunRegulation imposed by the #Biden admin that requires #BackgroundChecks, #SerialNumbers & sales #records for the nearly untraceable #firearms known as #GhostGuns.
A majority of the justices seemed skeptical during oral argument on Tues of the position taken by gun owners, parts makers & #2A groups: that the govt exceeded its authority in 2022 when it imposed new rules for the weapons.
#law #GunControl #guns #GunViolence
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/08/supreme-court-ghost-guns-biden-rules/
"Two people familiar with the matter identified the suspect being sought as 57-year-old Vance Boelter. The people could not publicly discuss details of the ongoing investigation and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity." 1/...
https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-lawmakers-shot-d7983e1e4f1a7573a487cab1a98cd172
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#RIP Jonathan Joss
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Jonathan Joss, the actor best known for his voice work on the animated television show “King of the Hill,” was shot and killed by a neighbor on Sunday during a dispute in San Antonio, the authorities said. https://trib.al/vfP7Q8S
Firearm #deaths of #children & #teenagers rose significantly in states that enacted more permissive #GunLaws after #SCOTUS in 2010 limited local govts ability to restrict gun ownership, a new study has found.
In states that maintained stricter laws, gun deaths were stable after the ruling, researchers reported, & in some, even declined.
#Guns are the leading cause of death in the #US for people ages 1–17, acc/to the #CDC.
#PublicHealth #GunControl #GunViolence #law
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/health/gun-deaths-children.html?unlocked_article_code=1.N08.2WvW.KDuRZQyg1WN1&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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“2 #Minnesota lawmakers shot in 'targeted' incident: Officials
They took place in Champlin and Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, officials said.” #GunViolence
https://thereport.be/article/?app=breaking&u=https%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.link%2FcR1gLSW
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“Two people were shot in Greenwich Village in Manhattan on Sunday night —After New York City’s Pride March— steps from the Stonewall Inn, a bar that is an icon of the #LGBTQ rights movement.” #GunViolence
- https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/nyregion/stonewall-inn-pride-shooting-nyc.html
Exclusive: The #Trump admin has terminated more than half of all federal #funding for #GunViolence prevention
programs in the #US, cutting $158 million in grants that had been directed to groups in cities like New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, DC, & Baltimore.
Of the 145 community violence intervention (#CVI) grants totaling >$300 million awarded through the #DOJ, 69 grants were abruptly terminated in April….
#law #guns #GunControl #USpol
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-administration-slashed-federal-funding-gun-violence-prevention-2025-07-29/
Anti vaxx rhetoric is dangerous.
Not only does it promote the spread of contagious and preventable disease, but it radicalizes people.
The disinformation campaigns prey on people’s fears of death and disability. They turn that fear into anger.
Today a man opened fire at Emory University in Atlanta.
It appears he was targeting the CDC because he believed the COVID vaccines made him sick.
This is what propaganda does. And it’s only getting worse.
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/active-shooter-emory-university