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A mom working to change things for the better. Moms Demand Action. @MomsDemand

[brigette russell @ms_bea_kind]

❤️ Thrilled to be headed to Richmond today for Virginia @MomsDemand + @StudentsDemand Advocacy Day! We're here to honor survivors of gun violence & speak to lawmakers about taking action on gun violence prevention.

#MomsAreEverywhere #VAGov
#KeepGoing #EndGunViolence

[Moms Demand Action @MomsDemand]

Gun Sense Voters are voters who help elect candidates who are committed to ending gun violence in our communities, and then hold them accountable once elected.

Learn how YOU can be an active Gun Sense Voter this election cycle. https://t.co/5dqzQwBLlh

[Mike Fox 🇺🇸🧡 #🟦 @JustCallMeFoxy]

MORE GREAT NEWS! With @momsdemand speaking in support, the Virginia Beach School Board adopted a secure storage resolution Tuesday. Our volunteers have ushered passage of *seven* resolutions statewide just this year, now covering over 400,000 students. #BeSMART #MomsAreEverywhere

[Mike Fox 🇺🇸🧡 #🟦 @JustCallMeFoxy]

GREAT NEWS! With @MomsDemand showing up in support tonight, the Loudoun County School Board unanimously passed a secure storage resolution, urging parents to sign an acknowledgment about the importance of safely storing firearms at home. @Everytown https://t.co/GcnmfmuRW1

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Don't wait – check your state's voter registration deadline today and make sure you're registered and ready to vote. And then share this with your friends and family so everyone's ready to vote early or by Election Day. https://t.co/jKW0RyeBXC

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

Larry Hogan has the gall to suggest more could be done to keep guns away from dangerous people after he vetoed legislation requiring background checks on shotguns and semiautomatic rifles after the mass shooting at the Capital Gazette. Thankfully, Democrats overrode his veto.

[Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts]

Georgia officials want us to know that the 14-year-old boy who shot and killed two teachers and two students will be tried for murder as an adult, as if that will make us feel better. What about the actual adults who armed him? https://t.co/ln9YfDwVUe

[Jennifer Mascia @JenniferMascia]

Sorry @NRA but in 2022, guns killed more children — defined as age 0-17 — than car crashes. (and cancer)

This does not include 18 and 19-year-olds

Data > disinformation

[Moms Demand Action @MomsDemand]

Bump stocks exist to kill the most people in the shortest amount of time, which is precisely why the gunman who killed 60 people and wounded hundreds more in Las Vegas chose to equip his rifles with these devices.

Today, gun lobby allies in the Senate blocked @SenatorHeinrich’s attempt to pass the bipartisan BUMP Act to ban bump stocks for good. The Senate must pass this critical bill. https://t.co/QWHlsxiqfO

[Moms Demand Action @MomsDemand]

Amir Harden was shot and killed last week while trying to protect his mother from his father, who was threatening her and his siblings with a gun. He was only eight years old, and his future was stolen from him. His mother and siblings were also robbed of the chance to watch him grow up, and their sense of safety. https://t.co/MlOiXDscnz

[Mike Fox 🇺🇸🧡 #🟦 @JustCallMeFoxy]

GREAT NEWS! The Alexandria School Board adopted a secure firearm storage resolution to coincide with #WearOrange. This is the 6th resolution passed in Virginia & the 5th just this year. @ACPSk12 @MomsDemand https://t.co/FkLfZ1LyPi

[Creigh Deeds @CreighDeeds]

Work today, no orange, but advocating for end to gun violence

[Jennifer Mascia @JenniferMascia]

One year ago today, someone opened fire at Allen Premium Outlets in Allen, Texas, killing 8 people and wounding 7 others https://t.co/QahiRCyLcB

[Jennifer Mascia @JenniferMascia]

Last year someone was shot in a road rage incident every 18 hours on average.

A decade ago, it was once every 4 days.

Road rage shootings are increasing in the US: https://t.co/w5CapDp4ZN

[Students Demand Action @StudentsDemand]

Five teenagers were shot and wounded during a “senior skip day” water fight in Greenbelt, Maryland.

Our hearts go out to the five teens wounded and all of the survivors who had to run from bullets. https://t.co/H4iPk9BhYk

[GIFFORDS @GIFFORDS_org]

Our government helps with recalls of defective products all the time.

But guns that discharge on their own—without warning or pulling the trigger—are still in circulation because the gun industry lobbied their way out of regulation.

We’re all less safe because of it.

[Moms Demand Action @MomsDemand]

AGAIN: Three-year-old Elijah Abreu Borgen unintentionally shot and killed himself after he found a loaded gun—with a round in the chamber—stored underneath a couch in a Pennsylvania home. The gun owner is facing charges in connection to the shooting.
https://t.co/8RSMYXdwcW

[Barbara Favola @BarbaraFavola]

Thank you to @DoorwaysVA and the @VActionAlliance for drawing attention to @GovernorVA's senseless vetoes of bills aimed at protecting women and families by keeping firearms away from domestic abusers. We deserve better.

[Jennifer Mascia @JenniferMascia]

Humbled and honored that my @teamtrace story about domestic gun violence and children is a finalist for a @deadlineclub award for Newspaper or Digital Enterprise Reporting! And honored to be in such stellar company: https://t.co/jRrSmqvyuy

[Jennifer Mascia @JenniferMascia]

DOJ: More than 68,000 illegal guns came through private sellers between 2017 and 2021. The guns were used in 368 shooting cases.

Put plainly: Legal gun owners put 68,000+ guns on the illegal market, resulting in hundreds of shootings https://t.co/otCb05yd2M