Defensive Gun Use 🟧

We can't be truly safe until we all have guns pointed at each others’ heads.

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In Texas … again: 💔😡💔 #dgu #GunsDontMakeUsSafer
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Homeowner arrested after shooting at 3 teens in ding dong ditch prank gone wrong (Frisco, Texas): #GunsDontMakeUsSafer #DGU https://t.co/OSqbAVd7FO

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Concealed Handguns Create a Climate of Fear, the Gun Industry’s Own Research Reveals: 💔😡💔#GunsDontMakeUsSafer https://t.co/DjvNicALbC

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Concealed Handguns Create a Climate of Fear, the Gun Industry’s Own Research Reveals: 💔😡💔#GunsDontMakeUsSafer https://t.co/DjvNicALbC

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School resource officer unintentionally shoots herself at junior high school (Ceres, Calif.): 💔💔💔 #dgu #GunsDontMakeUsSafer
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The only victim killed in Catawba County mass shooting was unintentionally shot by another man acting in "self-defense" (Mountain View, N.C.): 💔😡💔 #dgu #GunsDontMakeUsSafer https://t.co/ikBqT98gcO

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School resource officer unintentionally shoots herself at junior high school (Ceres, Calif.): 💔💔💔 #dgu #GunsDontMakeUsSafer
https://t.co/FJ6YwcpVWE

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The only victim killed in Catawba County mass shooting was unintentionally shot by another man acting in "self-defense" (Mountain View, N.C.): 💔😡💔 #dgu #GunsDontMakeUsSafer https://t.co/ikBqT98gcO

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Church security guard saves the day, shoots and kills church shooter outside *after* a deacon ran him over with an F-150 pickup truck (Wayne, Mich.): #dgu
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Open-carry enthusiast pulled out an AR-15 at a "No Kings" protest, a "peacekeeper" mistook him for an active shooter and fired, killed an innocent bystander (Salt Lake City, Utah): 💔😡💔 #dgu #GunsDontMakeUsSafer https://t.co/zR9KmI41LQ

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Open-carry enthusiast pulled out an AR-15 at a "No Kings" protest, a "peacekeeper" mistook him for an active shooter and fired, killed an innocent bystander (Salt Lake City, Utah): 💔😡💔 #dgu #GunsDontMakeUsSafer https://t.co/zR9KmI41LQ

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Open-carry enthusiast pulls out AR-15 at "No Kings" protest, a "peace keeper" apparently mistakes him for an active shooter and fires, kills an innocent bystander (Salt Lake City, Utah): 💔😡💔#dgu #GunsDontMakeUsSafer https://t.co/JDeRYo4JVm

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VIDEO:
Open-carry enthusiast pulls out AR-15 at "No Kings" protest, a "peace keeper" apparently mistakes him for an active shooter and fires, kills an innocent bystander (Salt Lake City, Utah): 💔😡💔#dgu #GunsDontMakeUsSafer https://t.co/JDeRYo4JVm

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Open-carry enthusiast pulls out AR-15 at "No Kings" protest, a "peace keeper" apparently mistakes him for an active shooter and fires, kills an innocent bystander (Salt Lake City, Utah): 💔😡💔 #dgu #GunsDontMakeUsSafer https://t.co/NfAgZ3JM6d

[Defensive Gun Use 🟧 @DefensiveGun]

Open-carry enthusiast pulls out AR-15 at "No Kings" protest, a "peace keeper" apparently mistakes him for an active shooter and fires, kills an innocent bystander (Salt Lake City, Utah): 💔😡💔 #dgu #GunsDontMakeUsSafer https://t.co/NfAgZ3JM6d

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To learn more about concealed carry in Texas, read @txgunsense and the VPC's new joint report "Gun Death in Texas" at https://t.co/kdrG0d4Ibm.

#violencepolicycenter #texasgunsense #gunviolenceprevention

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Homeowner becomes suspicious of lost DoorDash driver, shoots him in the back #dgu #GunsDontMakeUsSafer https://t.co/bbhXbADRow

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On this date (Mar. 30) in 1981, a man shot President Ronald Reagan, 2 security members, and Press Secretary James Brady, who suffered brain damage and died from related complications 33 years later (Washington, D.C.): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer

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Less than 1% of people with firearm access engage in defensive use in any given year. Those with firearms rarely use them to defend themselves, and are far more likely to be exposed to gun violence in other ways. #GunsDontMakeUsSafer #dgu https://t.co/xAmQa1ppMK

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Motorist arms himself to drive, becomes enraged at another driver, shoots him (Round Rock, Texas): #dgu #GunsDontMakeUsSafer
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