Argument is basically over, but: #Guns kill, dummies.

Wonder if the shooter’s father is going to keep his.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/us/san-diego-mosque-shooter-guns.html?unlocked_article_code=1.kVA.r01_.35nIZUtCUB-7&smid=nytcore-ios-share

San Diego Mosque Shooter So Alarmed Police, They Seized Father’s Guns

In 2025, Caleb Vazquez’s obsession with mass shooters and Nazism prompted reports to the authorities. His father surrendered dozens of firearms.

The New York Times
It's the guns, stupid.
"We should prosecute parents when kids kill" v Salon.com
https://www.salon.com/2026/05/22/we-should-prosecute-parents-when-kids-kill/
h/t to the author, @AmandaMarcotte
https://mastodon.sdf.org/@AmandaMarcotte/116617874883093733
#guns #firearms ##PublicHealth
We should prosecute parents when kids kill

The San Diego mosque shooter got his guns from his mother. Should she face charges?

Salon.com
Advocacy groups calling on RCMP to release more information on guns used in Tumbler Ridge mass shooting
Gun control advocacy groups renewed their calls this week for the RCMP to release more information about the firearms used in the Tumbler Ridge, B.C., mass shooting that left eight people dead in February. PolySeSouvient and Danforth Families for Safe Communities say it's been 100 days ...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/tumbler-ridge-mass-shooting-rcmp-guns-9.7207560?cmp=rss

#oped #mustread 📰 "Amin Abdullah decided to become a security guard because he wanted to defend the innocent. He worked at the Islamic Center of San Diego for more than a decade, greeted everyone who walked through the door, and on the first day of Dhul Hijjah, one of the holiest weeks in the Islamic calendar, he died doing exactly what he said he would (..)"

By Ahmad Ibsais

#sandiego #mosque
#us #islamophobia #civilprotection #guns #law #society

https://open.substack.com/pub/ahmadibsais/p/they-killed-three-men-during-the?r=18qsxb&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

Way past janky. Going past murderous and weird. If you have not been in a #crack #house at 3:00 in the morning you don't know what's coming. #MissKitty has been there and sees them. These people have #more #guns. It could be really fucking #crazy. Downside of up and everything between. #Vampires

Opinion | There Has Never Been...
Opinion | Trump’s Slush Fund Will Reward Criminals. Americans Will Pay for It.

The president’s corruption and subversion of democratic tradition risk becoming the norm.

The New York Times

A gun chain’s stores repeatedly violated rules designed to deter illegal sales. Although authorities recommended revoking their licenses, the problem stores all remain open.

Now the Trump administration is weakening penalties for failure to comply.
https://www.propublica.org/article/range-usa-guns-straw-sales-atf?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Guns #Firearms #Business #Government #Trump #ATF #Regulation

This Gun Shop Stayed Open Despite Repeated Violations. Then a Cop Was Killed With One of Its Guns.

The Indiana store is one of several Range USA locations that faced losing its license for breaking rules designed to deter illegal sales. Now the Trump administration is weakening penalties for failing to comply.

ProPublica
Republican Hypocrisy On Full Display

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