The Republican lieutenant governor of Texas has pulled out of the NRA convention, because, he says, he doesn't want to "bring any additional pain or grief to the families."
Ted Cruz is still attending the convention.
@noraneus Many have not seen the damage to human tissues caused by high powered rifles like the AR-15. The skull explodes from cavitation forces such that the face is no longer even recognizable.
@tritevk @ShoNuf77@doritnyc@jimsciutto AR-15 is not a sport rifle - it is a high powered weapon designed to kill humans during military combat & should not be in the hands of civilians.
@firmstatist402@quattalbum@nytimes Type of gun & bullet absolutely matters! Have you seen what a high power 223/556 bullet does to human tissue compared with a lower velocity bullet?Human skull explodes from AR-15 cavitation forces. Face is unrecognizable. Stop the BS. Stop the insanity.
@CDCDirector@Princeton I can’t believe it. You’re still wearing a high filtration mask indoors in public like you should be. While you’ve told the rest of the country they don’t need to do the same even though there’s still an airborne highly transmissible debilitating and deadly virus everywhere.
@CDCDirector I'm so sad that the CDC is putting my immunocompromised family at risk by encouraging people to ditch masks while over 1000 Americans are still dying of COVID every day. So many will preventably die or suffer from Long COVID because of this.