Sen Chris Murphy tweet: FYI this isn't stopping. There have been 18 mass shootings SINCE Uvalde.

[IcyPeas]

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FYI this isn't stopping. There have been 18 mass shootings SINCE Uvalde.

You need to know this. Because it's not going to stop until we do something.

1/ Here's just a sampling of the slaughter in the last six days:
2/ Last night 10 people were shot at an outdoor party in down Charleston, South Carolina. Four people are in critical condition. A pregnant woman was one of the victims.

TEN PEOPLE. Didn't hear about this one, did you?
3/ On Sunday night in Tulsa, 8 people were shot at an outdoor festival in Tulsa, Oklahoma. So far, one has died and others are in critical conditon. Several teenagers were shot.

And just imagine all the kids at that festival who saw the bodies and live with that trauma.
4/ Saturday night in Austin, Michigan, a man killed his wife and her three children - 6 yr old Katelynn, 4 yr old Ronald, and 3 yr old Josh. All dead. All before their seventh birthdays. The shooter then tried to commit suicide, but survived and is in critical condition.
5/ 18 mass shootings in the 6 days since Uvalde.

Folks, this isn't stopping. Unless you make it stop. Call your Congressman. Call your Senator.

Tell them that this time, doing nothing is not an option.

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[Aerator]

1. This is just for 4 or more shot

Just imagine how many it would be if they counted 2 or more shot.

[housecat]

4. or one

[Mariana]

8. "One" isn't a mass shooting, by definition.

The "ones" do get counted. They're in the total number of gunshot victims.

[housecat]

12. just splitting hairs....no just kidding....of course you are correct

[pansypoo53219]

2. i have seen 2 docs on HBO. 1 about 3 months worth killed from thier internet life. last one about 5

guns.

[dlk]

3. I'm afraid this will only get worse

Americans have lost their freedom; no one is safe, anywhere.

[dchill]

5. They all probably had more than one door.

[mnhtnbb]

6. I arrived in Charleston this afternoon.

Drove within 2 blocks of the location of the shooting last night.

I'm here for three nights of the 2022 Spoleto Festival.
First performance tonight, one of the three Irish actresses tested positive for COVID and an American actress stepped in to read the part.

Masks are required in all the performance venues, but I saw a few chin diapers. An announcement was made prior to the performance requesting people to wear their masks over nose and mouth.

[Aerator]

7. From 5.pm Friday to 5 am. Tuesday

The Gun Violence Archive reports from 5 pm Friday to 5 am Tuesday there were 156 dead and 412 injured from guns during the Memorial Day weekend.

[cstanleytech]

9. Makes me doubt if some people really care that children are dying to this.

[Aussie105]

10. If nothing changes, nothing changes.

The shootings will just continue.

Doing nothing is always an option. Just not a good one.

Canada shows where the initiative for change needs to come from. From the top.

And it needs to be hammered down the line, all the way to the gun humpers and the mentally unstable gun owners.

[Initech]

11. I think that it's time to start treating the NRA the same way we treat puppies in training.

That is, rub their damn noses in it! Any time there's a shooting, we need to make sure that they know the victims and the death and destruction their wretched policies have wrought. The bought and paid for representatives and senators should be required to meet with the families of the victims and attend the funerals.

Maybe then they might get it. Maybe. Fuck their "thoughts and prayers". It's time to do something about this shit.