🧵As details of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, emerge, the debate over stricter gun control laws intensifies.
Take a look at these statistics that provide insight into the gun control debate in the United States. https://t.co/WnzZmdAMJA
The gunman in the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting is the latest among recent U.S. mass shooters who obtained a gun because of limited firearms laws, background check lapses or law enforcement failure to heed warnings of concerning behavior. https://t.co/QH87p4vZLm
As officers arrived on scene, children in the Uvalde classroom were making terrified calls to 911. The incident commander deemed the situation was no longer an active shooter, but a barricaded suspect.
"It was the wrong decision, period," officials said. https://t.co/ewWEcN56aU
Texas Gov. Abbott says the Uvalde school shooter had a "mental health challenge" and the state needed to "do a better job with mental health" — yet in April he slashed $211M from the department that oversees mental health programs. https://t.co/sUoDT3GQ6o
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Gun owners are contacting me asking what they can do. Right now here’s what I need you to do.
Tweet #GunOwnersForSafety to show that the NRA doesn’t represent you because you believe in working together as Americans to save our kids even if a small step and get others to tweet.
Senate Republicans just blocked passage of universal background checks.
It took less than five minutes for a student to kill four classmates and injure seven others in Michigan.
It took even less time for Republicans to choose the gun lobby over protecting children.
The Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act must be a top priority on the remaining Senate agenda for the year. We urge senators to stay in session and do whatever it takes until these bills are passed. Inaction is not an option. #RecessCanWait