NarrativeWatchSep 30
France 24’s headline foregrounds faith and leans on Law-and-Order and Targeted Violence framing. Euphemisms like “targeted violence,” “neutralized,” “assault-style rifle” and praise of “rapid police response” sanitize the horror, recenter policing, and erase systemic drivers (gun policy, veterans’ care, online hate). Demand clearer language. https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250928-at-least-one-dead-in-shooting-and-fire-at-mormon-church-in-michigan #MediaCritique #GunPolicy
At least four dead in shooting and fire at Mormon church in Michigan

A lone gunman opened fire inside a Mormon church in the US state of Michigan during Sunday services before the building was set on fire. At least four people were killed and several injured before the police shot the gunman.

FRANCE 24
RedwoodSecMay 8, 2025
It often feels like this country can’t even agree on what the Second Amendment truly means—or which legal interpretations are actually controlling. One moment, there’s an executive order aiming to ‘protect’ gun rights; the next, we see rulings like the Ninth Circuit’s dismissal of a felon-in-possession conviction for lacking historical precedent under Bruen. Gun policy in the U.S. can feel less like a legal framework and more like a broken compass, pointing in every direction at once. Our justice system has become as irrational and disconnected from the fundamentals as the stock market. Wherever you stand on the issue of guns, this chaos isn’t fair to any defendant or litigant. #gunpolitics #gunpolicy #uspol
Jim | EntwiningSep 9, 2024
The US has less than 5% of global population but 31% of #MassShootings. Why? It's been said before, but I'll say it again: because of our #GunPolicy. If you think that level of death is there price we have to pay in order to own #guns, just say it. I believe that level of death is unacceptable, and most other Americans do, too. We need to change our gun policy.
Show threadEhay2kMay 18, 2024

@w7voa

Never EVER say simply "gun lobby." Say "gun manufacturers' lobby."

That one word makes all the difference. Now you are attacking the industry, which people generally mistrust, not people's guns, which they love.

Proper wording means you can more effectively stake out positions like demands for product liability enforcement, which is opposed by the gun manufacturers, but definitely not gun owners, especially those injured by defective products.

#messaging #guns #gunpolicy

joe•iuculano Dec 14, 2023

#MothersForDemocracy

«We're backed by thousands of #Texas parents who are mobilizing in their own neighborhoods and taking a stand against #GunViolence. We all know that "Thoughts and Prayers" simply aren't enough. And we're done with politicians risking our kids lives. We're demanding #GunReform now.

We've joined together with #GunSurvivor organizations to do something. Will you help us win the fight for #GunPolicy action by chipping in now?»

#Guns #2A #StopTheNRA

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/m4d-gunreform

Anirvan ChatterjeeJul 2, 2023

“Asian adults show the highest levels of support for increasing the minimum age to own guns to 21 (71%), as well as for banning assault-style weapons (62%). Black and Asian adults were also the strongest opponents of law allowing so-called concealed carry and of shortening wait periods to buy guns.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/people-color-highest-support-gun-laws-new-study-finds-rcna91887

#USPol #AsianAmerican #gunPolicy

People of color have the highest support for gun laws, new study finds

Black Americans, Asian Americans and Latinos support gun measures more than any other racial group, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center.

NBC News
zeruchMay 14, 2023

This was in February, that it was reported that the #NRA had bled out a significant number of members (which has to hurt the coffers a bit) so I'm curious as to how that trend has or has not accelerated since:

https://www.thetrace.org/2023/02/nra-membership-decline-corruption/

#corruption #gunpolicy

The NRA Loses One Million Members

New financial documents detail the severe erosion of the gun group's membership.

The Trace
Show threadDiligence JonesMar 27, 2023

@JMad17 I'm still reading that piece, and my jaw is still on the floor.

I knew we were frakked but I didn't know we are literally 'old ladies looking through MICROFILM' level of frakked.

#USPol
#GunPolicy
#GunControl

Daniel M. ReckFeb 20, 2023

#MichiganState University resumes classes today, a week after a gunman killed three people and injured five others on campus.

"No one thinks that we are coming back to a normal week," Thomas D. Jeitschko, the university's interim provost, said on Sunday. "In fact, this semester is not going to be normal."

https://www.npr.org/2023/02/19/1158220241/michigan-state-is-set-to-resume-classes-following-last-weeks-mass-shooting
#gunviolence #highered #MSU #education #news #USpolitics #gunpolicy #publichealth #healthpolicy

Daniel M. ReckFeb 14, 2023
"Three people were killed in the #shooting at #MichiganState University on Monday, Feb. 13. MSU police confirmed the fatalities in a Tweet shortly before 11:40 p.m. Monday, noting the #deaths were in addition to five others previously reported injured." #MSU #Michigan #gunviolence #policy #gunpolicy #healthpolicy #highered #publichealth #stopkilling #fundpublicschools #fundpublichealth
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/02/13/michigan-state-shooting-what-we-know-about-shots-fired-on-campus/69901251007/
Suspect dead, 3 killed, 5 injured in Michigan State shooting: What we know

A shooting at Michigan State University left three dead and five people injured Monday evening at the school's East Lansing campus.

Detroit Free Press