This can happen to any of us, anywhere, and it's time we stopped being passive spectators. Flood the phone lines.
Call your representatives and demand that they revive the assault weapons ban - 202-224-3121.
Mother who attended Las Vegas concert with young daughter: "I put the baby on the ground and got on top of her" https://t.co/BFT4yL7Eu6
— CNN International (@cnni) October 2, 2017
#LasVegas is the worst mass shooting in US history—media/cops refuse to call it terrorism b/c shooter is white male#WhereWasHeRadicalized? pic.twitter.com/Cfutnt1DLc
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@MuslimIQ) October 2, 2017
And lest you think race doesn't matter? "White resentment is fueling opposition to gun control, researchers say" https://t.co/7Y000uAiRj
— Mikki Kendall (@Karnythia) October 2, 2017
US mass shootings.
Las Vegas, 2017: 50+ killed
Orlando, 2016: 50 killed
Virginia Tech, 2007: 32 killed
Sandy Hook, 2012: 27 killed
San Ysirdo, 1984: 21 killed
San Bernadino, 2015: 14 killed
Edmond, 1986: 14 killed
Fort Hood, 2009: 13 killed
Columbine, 1999: 13 killed— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) October 2, 2017
I wrote this five years ago. Sickeningly, there’s always a new occasion for it: https://t.co/HJAz1Ff8UU
Andhttps://t.co/RDHU3cz6cX— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) October 2, 2017
We're trying to keep our children alive and don't give a fuck about your thoughts or your prayers.
— Mary Beth Williams (@embeedub) October 2, 2017
"The number of Americans killed since 9/11 from terrorism, it's less than 100....the number by gun violence, it's in the tens of thousands." pic.twitter.com/sUhptVrEaw
— IFCL (@INQuakerPolicy) October 2, 2017
And the thing is, this doesn't even have to be guns/no guns. You could, if you wished, let people own guns but not guns that can do *this*.
— Sunny Moraine (@dynamicsymmetry) October 2, 2017
Mass murder at Las Vegas. America is designed for this. Thanks, #NRA.
— Bruce Fulton (@dbfulton) October 2, 2017
Today, my friend? Forgive me as I don’t normally speak like this. But you can just go F yourself. #Newtown https://t.co/g2MfScEJcx
— Nelba Márquez-Greene (@Nelba_MG) October 2, 2017
A Land Without Guns: How Japan Has Virtually Eliminated Shooting Deaths https://t.co/3zGoXdpWzG
— Max Fisher (@Max_Fisher) October 2, 2017
— August J. Pollak (@AugustJPollak) October 2, 2017
As of last year, Rep. Aderholt had received $43,749 from the NRA.
You should pray to God for some integrity, @Robert_Aderholt. #LasVegas https://t.co/iLAwNy6Cz1— Charles Clymer🏳️🌈 (@cmclymer) October 2, 2017
LVPD undersheriff tells CNN gunman was found bc they could hear where shots were coming from. What if they couldn't? https://t.co/DU4J4tbmS2
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) October 2, 2017
