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@petergleick aeit the latter one is a matter of #ViolenceCulture, not access to #guns, because the amount of #MassShootings per capita are way lower in places with even more relaxed gun laws (i.e. #Switzerland allows the sale of new machine guns to individuals), or way more rampant amounts of illegal guns (i.e. #Germany has at least 16,7M confirmed and estimated 40M+ guns in circulation) because media here doesn't rewards sociopaths with screentime!

youtube.com/watch?v=K3VQULyT39

This is not #RocketScience: More Guns = More Dead People 🤔

“Guns are the problem. Guns. Not mental health. Not gangs on campus. Not students arguing over social media posts. Guns. Without guns, the sickening news alerts that plague our smartphones would disappear.

As the media examined Monday’s school shooting in Wisconsin, we were told that “It’s complicated” and that there are “no simple answers.” That may be true up to a point, but the unifying factor in school shootings is guns”

#guns #schoolshooting #massshootings #idiocracy
roberthubbell.substack.com/p/s

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I know for a lot of people this sounds like we are just simping for some candidate as if we were paid, but they're really is a stark difference.

Kamala Harris has talked of unity and the importance of respecting all #Americans, regardless of #race, religion, #queerness, or political opinion. Trump has brought wild divisive statements to new heights, claiming that Haitian immigrants are eating pets, Jews would be to blame for his loss, and members of the press and his own party should be shot.

It is no surprise that #MassShootings and other #HateCrimes shot up during his first campaign and peaked during his presidency, along with #CrimeRates in general.

Generally speaking, one can't even exist without seeing the ripple effects of this: people on the news, on the streets, at the kitchen table, repeating wildly divisive #misinformation that Trump and his movement have normalized.

We need to move away from the politics of #bigotry, #scapegoating, division.

We need to vote for Kamala Harris.

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Ofcls charged the accused shooter, identified as #ColtGray, 14, w/ 4 counts of felony #murder & said he could face additional charges. His first court appearance will be Friday at 8:30 AM.

Police found evidence of the suspect’s interest in #MassShootings during a search of his room on Wednesday, acc/to 2 #law enforcement ofcls briefed on the investigation. The 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS in Florida, which left 17 people dead, drew his particular interest.