With Attorney General Bob Ferguson, State Senator Manka Dhingra, State Representative Jamila Taylor, State Senator Patty Kuderer, and Emily Cantrell of the Alliance for Gun Responsibility.
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Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr calls for action and slams Mitch McConnell before NBA playoffs game
Watch and listen to Steve Kerr’s call to action for gun safety following the horrific slaughter of schoolchildren and teachers in Uvalde, Texas.
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Joohn Choe dissects Marjorie Taylor Greene’s absurd “look at me with my gun” ad
In a lengthy Facebook post, Joohn Choe explains why the extremist, militant Georgia member of Congress is a poseur rather than a legit shooter. As Choe puts it: “Trashy weapon, threatening posture, and always, a thin veneer of Instagram ‘gun-bunny’ posturing overlaying stark ignorance and rank mediocrity.”
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Change the Ref tricks former NRA president into giving a graduation speech to thousands of empty chairs, representing gun violence victims
Change the Ref: “This year, 3,044 members of the high school class of 2021 aren’t graduating due to gun violence. They are The Lost Class. Though their futures were stolen, they still have the potential to change the future of our country so that we never lose another class to gun violence again.”
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NRA suffers massive defeat as federal judge dismisses its bankruptcy case
“The Court finds, based on the totality of the circumstances, that the NRA’s bankruptcy petition was not filed in good faith but instead was filed as an effort to gain an unfair litigation advantage in the New York Attorney General Enforcement Action and as an effort to avoid a regulatory scheme,” Judge Harlin Hale ruled.
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David Joy: Gun culture is my culture. And I fear what it has become.
All I could think about was how things might have been different if the situation was reversed and that young black state trooper with braces
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Douglas Stoneman student to lawmakers: “We’ve had enough of thoughts and prayers”
“We’ve had enough of thoughts and prayers. If you supported us, you would have made a change long ago. So this is to every lawmaker out there: No longer can you take money from the NRA. We are coming after you. We are coming after every single one of you, demanding that you take action.”
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Florida school shooting: Students to march on Washington, D.C.
Survivors of the horrific attack on the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student body have announced plans to march on the nation’s capital next month to demand stronger gun safety laws.
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Jimmy Kimmel fearlessly takes on the NRA, calls for action in wake of Las Vegas terrorist attack
Jimmy Kimmel has done it again. The comedian, who is seemingly becoming the conscience of America, has used his late night show to make a powerful statement in support of sensible gun responsibility laws that are needed to stop the horrible epidemic of violence gripping our country, only days after playing a pivotal role in rallying the country in opposition to the Graham-Cassidy iteration of Trumpcare.
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Eight ideas to protect our communities from gun violence
“The gun lobby will say that this isn’t a time for politics,” says columnist Nicholas Kristof. “But if we can’t learn the lesson from this carnage, then there will be more such shootings — again and again. This is a particularly American tragedy and completely unnecessary. So let’s mourn. But even more important, let’s act.”
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Gabrielle Giffords: Orlando and Jo Cox’s death show the horrors of gun violence
“We must change our gun laws to protect the living as we recommit ourselves to addressing the hatefulness that exists in our country,” writes former U.S. Representative Gabby Giffords.
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Chris Murphy launches filibuster to demand immediate action to address gun violence
I’m going to remain on this floor until we get some signal, some sign that we can come together on these two measures, that we
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“Thoughts and prayers” aren’t enough
In the wake of tragedies like the horrific mass shooting at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub, it’s common for elected leaders, celebrities, and other public figures to
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Law enforcement upset with right wing over its attempts to allow and encourage people to carry guns everywhere
“In more than a dozen states with long traditions of robust support for gun ownership rights, and where legislatures have moved to relax gun laws during the past year, the local police have become increasingly vocal in denouncing the measures. They say the new laws expose officers to greater danger and prevent them from doing their jobs effectively,” The New York Times reports.
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Daily Show’s Jordan Klepper completely debunks NRA’s “good guy with a gun” talking point
In this must-watch clip uploaded by Comedy Central, The Daily Show’s Jordan Klepper completely debunks NRA’s “good guy with a gun” talking point.
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Read The New York Times’ front-page editorial: End the gun epidemic in America
It is a moral outrage and a national disgrace that civilians can legally purchase weapons designed specifically to kill people with brutal speed and efficiency.
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The NRA will fall. It’s inevitable. “Look at the demographics,” writes Adam Winkler, theorizing that there will soon come a time when the NRA’s power
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Awful: People are getting shot by toddlers on a weekly basis this year
Awful: People are getting shot by toddlers on a weekly basis this year The Washington Post’s Christopher Ingraham has come to an incredibly disturbing conclusion
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The five extra words that can fix the Second Amendment
The five extra words that can fix the Second Amendment Writing for The Washington Post, Justice John Paul Stevens explains why it would make case
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The myth behind buying guns for self defense
The myth behind buying guns for self defense Writing for Politico, Evan DeFilippis and Devin Hughes explain that guns are more likely to do harm
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President Obama responds to UCC shooting: “Our thoughts and prayers are not enough”
This afternoon, President Obama took to the podium of the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room to speak in response to today’s mass shooting at
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