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🧵 In 2018, my cousin & best friend Alex Schachter was killed by a gunman with an AR15 in Parkland. I am sick & tired of congressional inaction. On June 6th, I will sit-in at the US Capitol to demand a vote to #BanAssaultWeapons. I invite others to join me. 
If we all come together, we can put enough pressure Congress to vote on an assault weapons ban. Currently, they would rather play political games and accept blood money than save our lives. Aren’t you tired of waking up to the news of another massacre? Have you had enough yet?
If you have ever turned on the news and wondered how the hell these mass shootings are still happening in this country, this is your opportunity to do something about it. If you are still sitting on the sidelines, you are part of the problem. Join me starting June 6th.
@CoryPatfield @MrAhmednurAli An "#AssaultWEAPON" is any NON-military spec NON full-auto CIVILIAN SPORTS 😱🤦♂️rifle of a "modern" ie post WW2 design specification ergonomics styling materials & manufacture
That "liberals" want to make the sheeple fear is some kind of FULL-military spec FULL-auto #AssaultRIFLE
That "liberals" want to make the sheeple fear is some kind of FULL-military spec FULL-auto #AssaultRIFLE
@CoryPatfield @MrAhmednurAli "#AssaultWEAPON" is a NON-military spec NON full-auto CIVILIAN SPORTS rifle of "modern"=post WW2 design spec ergonomics styling materials & manufacture
That "liberals" want to make people fear is a FULL-military spec FULL-auto #AssaultRIFLE
As excuse to start to ban all rifles!
That "liberals" want to make people fear is a FULL-military spec FULL-auto #AssaultRIFLE
As excuse to start to ban all rifles!
@CoryPatfield @MrAhmednurAli "#AssaultWEAPONS" are NON-military spec NON full-auto CIVILIAN SPORT rifles of "modern"=post WW2 design spec ergonomics styling materials & manufacture
Which "liberals" want to make people fear are FULL-military spec FULL-auto #AssaultRIFLES
As excuse to start to ban all rifles
Which "liberals" want to make people fear are FULL-military spec FULL-auto #AssaultRIFLES
As excuse to start to ban all rifles
This thread will address Mass Shootings and Homicides.
I will illustrate:
-Laws and Gun Control has no Impact
-The Number of Guns has no Impact
-Age is irrelevant
-Race is irrelevant
-Enforcing Law and order is the key to solving the problem
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I will illustrate:
-Laws and Gun Control has no Impact
-The Number of Guns has no Impact
-Age is irrelevant
-Race is irrelevant
-Enforcing Law and order is the key to solving the problem
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Additional Laws have no Impact if Law and Order is not enforced.
The Laws Biden want at a National level are incl below
Illinois has 7 of these laws in place and Maryland 8
Yet their homicides per 100,000 is 54%>Florida and 38%>Texas.
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The Laws Biden want at a National level are incl below
Illinois has 7 of these laws in place and Maryland 8
Yet their homicides per 100,000 is 54%>Florida and 38%>Texas.
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Mass Shootings BY AGE of the Shooter
Changing the minimum age won't solve the problem.
Politicians are ignoring the facts!
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Changing the minimum age won't solve the problem.
Politicians are ignoring the facts!
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Dr. Preston Phillips was selected as a White House fellow before going to medical school at Harvard. He completed his residency at Yale in New Haven. He completed 2 residencies. Dr. Phillips was one of the very few black orthopedic surgeons in the country. 1/
#BanAssaultWeapons
#BanAssaultWeapons
Dr. Phillips served on the board of directors for Tulsa’s John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation in the Greenwood District, which works within the community to change the nature of Tulsa’s relationship 2/
with its violent past of racial violence surrounding the Tulsa Race Massacre. Dr. Phillips volunteered with the Tulsa County free clinic. He is described as the consummate gentleman, remembered as the best kind of neighbor, a gifted surgeon, a real credit to his profession. 3/3
Two years ago today, a white supremacist used an assault weapon to murder 51 people at two New Zealand mosques.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern immediately moved to ban assault weapons.
Meanwhile, in the U.S., we continue to suffer senseless massacres using these weapons.
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern immediately moved to ban assault weapons.
Meanwhile, in the U.S., we continue to suffer senseless massacres using these weapons.
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Time and time again, assault weapons are used in the deadliest mass shootings in America.
They are a weapon choice for America's mass shooters because they are uniquely lethal, allowing the most murders in the shortest amount of time. #BanAssaultWeapons
They are a weapon choice for America's mass shooters because they are uniquely lethal, allowing the most murders in the shortest amount of time. #BanAssaultWeapons
In shootings in which assault weapons or high-capacity magazines are used, 155% more people are shot and 47% people are killed compared to those without them.
These weapons of war have no place in civilian hands. #BanAssaultWeapons bradyunited.org/fact-sheets/wh…
These weapons of war have no place in civilian hands. #BanAssaultWeapons bradyunited.org/fact-sheets/wh…
1/ We thank the following House Reps for cosponsoring @RepCicilline's bill to #BanAssaultWeapons during the last Congress. We encourage all to sign on as original cosponsors of the bill during 117th Congress as well.
@RepColinAllred
@RepBera
@GKButterfield
@RepColinAllred
@RepBera
@GKButterfield
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Let's not wait until the next mass shooting to #BanWeaponsOfWar.
@JoaquinCastrotx
@repcleaver
@WhipClyburn
@RepLouCorrea
@RepJimCosta
@sharicedavids
@RepMarciaFudge
@RepJoshG
@RepAlGreen
@RepJoshHarder
@LeaderHoyer
@RepJayapal
@RepEBJ
@RepMarcyKaptur
@WilliamKeating
Let's not wait until the next mass shooting to #BanWeaponsOfWar.
@JoaquinCastrotx
@repcleaver
@WhipClyburn
@RepLouCorrea
@RepJimCosta
@sharicedavids
@RepMarciaFudge
@RepJoshG
@RepAlGreen
@RepJoshHarder
@LeaderHoyer
@RepJayapal
@RepEBJ
@RepMarcyKaptur
@WilliamKeating
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Congress should have passed the AWB bill after Sandy Hook.
@RepDerekKilmer
@RepAnnieKuster
@RepAlLawsonJr
@MikeLevin
@ElaineLuriaVA
@RepJerryNadler
@RepRichardNeal
@AOC
@RepRoybalAllard
@RepKimSchrier
@RepSpanberger
@BennieGThompson
@NormaJTorres
@RepMaxineWaters
Congress should have passed the AWB bill after Sandy Hook.
@RepDerekKilmer
@RepAnnieKuster
@RepAlLawsonJr
@MikeLevin
@ElaineLuriaVA
@RepJerryNadler
@RepRichardNeal
@AOC
@RepRoybalAllard
@RepKimSchrier
@RepSpanberger
@BennieGThompson
@NormaJTorres
@RepMaxineWaters
Last night, a shooter opened fire at a mall in Arizona—just four days after the stay-at-home order was lifted.
#RightsNow #EndGunViolence
azcentral.com/story/news/loc…
#RightsNow #EndGunViolence
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As people start to emerge from isolation and cautiously return to public spaces across the country, gun violence is one thing we shouldn’t have to worry about. #RightsNow #EndGunViolence
The pandemic already has us fearing for our lives and loved ones—we shouldn’t have to worry about the gun violence epidemic too. #RightsNow #EndGunViolence
Take action: act.amnestyusa.org/page/60186/act…
Take action: act.amnestyusa.org/page/60186/act…
1) We have changed the conversation dramatically since the Sandy Hook mass shooting tragedy in 2012. Gun control was barely mentioned in 2008 or 2012 Elections but now ALL 19 Democrat Presidential candidates support an assault weapons ban! @nytimes
nytimes.com/2019/10/13/us/…
nytimes.com/2019/10/13/us/…
2) In 2013, a few months after 20 children & educators were killed by a gunman with an AR15 in Sandy Hook, 30% of the Democratic caucus in the Senate voted against the assault weapons ban. nytimes.com/2013/04/18/us/… @nytimes
3) Now, the biggest disagreement between the Democratic Presidential candidates is whether people who already own those assault weapons should be required to sell them to the government, or simply given the option to do so. #BanAssaultWeapons
We’re on the hill all day fighting for #GunViolencePrevention!
First up: the @HouseJudiciary Committee Hearing on the #AssualtWeaponsBan
Then we’ll join @MichaelPfleger @stsabinachurch @BeBraveChicago and dozens of partners for a national rally to #EndGunViolence!
First up: the @HouseJudiciary Committee Hearing on the #AssualtWeaponsBan
Then we’ll join @MichaelPfleger @stsabinachurch @BeBraveChicago and dozens of partners for a national rally to #EndGunViolence!
You can watch @HouseJudiciary Committee Hearing on assault weapons from home!
#BanAssaultWeapons #BanWeaponsOfWar
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#BanAssaultWeapons #BanWeaponsOfWar
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At the @HouseJudiciary Committee hearing:
@davidchipman, Former ATF Agent and @GiffordsCourage Senior Policy Advisor explaining why the #AssaultWeaponsBan is needed and ways in which we should improve upon the 1994 version of the ban
@davidchipman, Former ATF Agent and @GiffordsCourage Senior Policy Advisor explaining why the #AssaultWeaponsBan is needed and ways in which we should improve upon the 1994 version of the ban
TODAY: House Judiciary is holding a critical hearing on assault weapons.
Get the facts on why we need to #BanAssaultWeapons here 👉🏻👉🏾 ampr.gs/2ZVeQi9
Get the facts on why we need to #BanAssaultWeapons here 👉🏻👉🏾 ampr.gs/2ZVeQi9
Assault weapons are weapons of war, used by soldiers in active conflict zones.
They have no place in civilian life.
They have no place in civilian life.
The inventor of the AR-15 designed this gun for the battlefield. Not for hunting. Not for target practice. For active combat.
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time.com/4371452/orland…
Thread on Risk and Death Calculations (or why I don't worry about selfie stick deaths) : I'm skeptical about McConnell's "front and center" promise but important to note what McConnell is even willing to address is just breadcrumbs, a small piece of what we face. 1/
In security risk planning, we focus on high likelihood/high consequence events because that is the obligation of government. These are the threats that must be minimized before they happen and whose consequences must be limited should the event occur. 2/
Low likelihood/low consequence events are tolerable from societal perspective; we don't have enough bandwidth to treat as a priority. Think selfie stick deaths as people lean over cliffs for Instagram. They are sad, but after putting up a few signs, you can't worry about it. 3/
Less than 5 percent of violent crimes are attributed to people with mental illnesses. I respect and support your efforts to
#BanAssaultWeapons
Men with histories of domestic violence have been shown to be the typical shooter. Mentally ill are scapegoats 1:
#BanAssaultWeapons
Men with histories of domestic violence have been shown to be the typical shooter. Mentally ill are scapegoats 1:
2/ of the GOP and Trump. The mentally ill arecan easy target for the GOP to go after rather than take responsibility and actions. I've worked with mentally ill adults as a case manager for many years and many of my clients were more likely to be victims of crime as statistics
3 show . Mental illness also covers many categories including depression , anxiety, PTSD, etc. This does not mean people are violent or ever have any chance of being violent. The term mental illness sounds scary if you aren't educated about the issue. It doesn't have to be.
