Gwen PauloskiDec 14, 2022
Robert Reich
In the decade since Sandy Hook, gun violence has become the leading cause of death for American children; more than 25,000 kids have been killed. No other industrialized country comes close to the U.S. rate.

How much longer will Congress let this carnage continue?
Dec 14, 2022 at 7:01pmWeb
Show threadmsgbi Markus SagebielDec 14, 2022
@rbreich @charles_ex
Show threadDebraMilazzoShaDec 14, 2022
@rbreich until they no longer profit from it.
Show threadLa NégresseDec 14, 2022
@rbreich Until someone assassinates the President.
Show threadPatty Bluebird 🦩Dec 14, 2022

@LaNegresseCanadienne @rbreich Also this happened to the bastards and nothing changed:

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/james-hodgkinson-shooting-republicans-baseball-game

Five people shot, including Republican congressman, at baseball practice

On June 14, 2017, a gunman walked onto a baseball field at Eugene Simpson Park in Alexandria, Virginia, opening fire on politicians and wounding House GOP Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana and four others. The representatives had been practicing for the annual Congressional Baseball Game for Charity. James Hodgkinson, a 66-year-old man, asked a passing […]

HISTORY
Show threadLa NégresseDec 14, 2022

@pburke46 @rbreich

Absolutely disgraceful in a country that considers itself a First World Nation. The last time US society had open massacres and political violence occurred in the years preceding the US Civil War.

Sadly, another one looms on the horizon. 😔​

Show threadAsbjørn UlsbergDec 15, 2022
@LaNegresseCanadienne @rbreich Only if it’s a Republican president that is assassinated. And perhaps not even then.
Show threadLa NégresseDec 15, 2022

@bitbear @rbreich

President McKinley was the last Republican who met an ignominious fate. 😓

Show threadAsbjørn UlsbergDec 15, 2022

@LaNegresseCanadienne @rbreich Yeah, so long time ago the Republican party might have been considered the progressive one of the two. So let me rephrase:

Gun laws will only be made stricter once a conservative president gets shot dead. And perhaps not even then.

Show threadLa NégresseDec 15, 2022

@bitbear @rbreich

In the 120 years since the demise of President McKinley, not even so called Progressives from either political party staved off gun violence.

Show threadAsbjørn UlsbergDec 15, 2022
@LaNegresseCanadienne @rbreich True. :(
Show threadNatalia army of oneDec 14, 2022
@rbreich #JeSuisCharlie saying the hard truth, AGAIN! #GunControlNow
Show threadlirosoDec 14, 2022
@rbreich
How long?
As long as they keep making money off of the sales of rapid-fire automatic weapons and their ammunition.
Show threadThe Big RDec 14, 2022
@liroso @rbreich the problem is the constitution. Nothing will change when it comes to guns untill the 2nd amendment is repealed.
Show threadlirosoDec 14, 2022
@TheBigR @rbreich
And that won't change until their financial interest is eliminated.
Show threadThe Big RDec 14, 2022

@liroso @rbreich Fire arms manufactures are a symptom, not the cause. The cause is quite frankly, people in this country own guns, last year was 47%. The other problem more then 80% want the 2nd amendment to remain.

untill thst changes, nothing else will.

Show threadThe Big RDec 14, 2022
@rbreich you have to change the constitution.
Show threadSirGeeFiveDec 14, 2022
@rbreich No amount of human life is worth even one money. Money is the only thing that matters. Some day, when money is the only thing left on the planet, it will sit and rot until it too, is gone.
Show threadDr. FlowersDec 14, 2022
@rbreich The carnage will continue until every member of the GOP has been voted out.
Show threadrobert_said_whatDec 14, 2022
@rbreich until it’s not profitable for them anymore
Show threadflexghost.Dec 14, 2022
@rbreich Congress will never run out of rotating villains to keep the status quo while pretending to want to do the right thing
Show threadriccoDec 14, 2022
@rbreich They make up for it by making it more difficult to avoid getting pregnant or ending unwanted pregnancies.
Show threadangelsomethingDec 14, 2022
@rbreich for as long as it is profitable to the lobbies that pay them their real salary, it seems.
Show threadBrian Mulvey ☭Dec 14, 2022
@rbreich it won’t end because carnage is an American value
Show threadGrumbleDec 14, 2022

@rbreich This carnage will continue until the political donors want it changed.

My suspicion is that more donors will want gun laws changed if some nut shoots up a private school for rich kids.

As long as it's just public schools getting shot up, the donors don't seem to care enough to spend the money to change the laws.

Show threadTazorDec 14, 2022

@grumble209 @rbreich

Yeah, if black kids shot up private schools for the rich kids or if people started taking shots at Republicans and their families, something might change.

(I don't condone or encourage violence)

Show threadHermGammaDec 14, 2022
@rbreich the travesty is that the cost to society by the tragic loss of lives due gun violence is orders of magnitudes higher than all the profits of the gun industry combined.
Show threadLou KatzDec 14, 2022
@rbreich Congress will continue to let the carnage continue until the bribes cease.
Show threadYet Water Was Dec 14, 2022

@rbreich "How much longer will Congress let this carnage continue?"

Sadly I think this is a rhetorical question, at this point.

Show threadKadinDec 14, 2022

@rbreich If I had to guess, about 15-20 more years.

Beyond that, the demographics don't look good; too many people moving into urban environments which tend to select against social conservatism.

Show threadLCMacVeteran💙🫡Dec 14, 2022
@rbreich I sure wish it was “none of us would be the same”.
Too many legislators went on business as usual on that very day. Those who claim to be all about the sanctity of life. Currently, all bluster about “protecting the children”, but not from maniacs firing waves of bullets.
Show threadSabineDec 14, 2022
@rbreich I hope we can get reasonable gun control and background checks more universal, but have you also talked with leftist gun groups like the Socialist Rifle Association and John Brown Gun Club? They're more loose and not organized like right wing militias or the NRA, but they could have a lot of helpful input on accommodations for people and marginalized groups like LGBT+ who need guns for protection until we can get real police reform
Show threadtheehermit©️Dec 14, 2022
@rbreich this might go against the grain but your brain might not handle the logic. Until gun laws are followed by criminals. Until security systems are in place at every school and the culture needs to change. Mental health is addressed.
Show threadJiří Fiala Total LandscapingDec 14, 2022
@Theehermit @rbreich or you could just ban the guns. Much simpler.
Show threadtheehermit©️Dec 14, 2022
@stooovie @rbreich that doesn’t stop people honestly. Explain why Venezuela has the highest murder rate per capital but all guns are banned
Show threadJiří Fiala Total LandscapingDec 14, 2022
@Theehermit @rbreich because of the ever-present drug trade??
Show threadenmodo ⚛️ 🧬 🇺🇦 🍉Dec 14, 2022
@rbreich if it was the airline industry responsible for that many deaths we might expect payouts of a few million in compensation each. Add to that the cost that society is already paying to respond to, investigate, and treat other victims who were injured or mentally traumatized - quite probably for life. Let's say $10M per actual death. Send a $250B fine to the US arms industry and see them think again about what they do like the tobacco industry.
Show threadZhi ZhuDec 14, 2022

@rbreich

"The US leads the developed world in gun deaths, with about 12 gun-related deaths per 100,000 people, according to data collected from GunPolicy.org. Not coincidentally, the country also has a lot more guns. For every 100 Americans, the US has 120 guns.

There are many extenuating circumstances that lead to gun deaths in the US.

Let’s start with the easy one: guns."
~https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/23141964/america-gun-violence-epidemic-chart

#Guns #GunViolence #Shooting #SandyHook

How the number of guns compares to gun deaths in the US

The US has lots of gun violence. It also has lots of guns.

Vox
Show threadJonnyQuestionsDec 14, 2022

@rbreich

https://katiecouric.com/news/politics-and-policy/senators-who-take-the-most-money-from-the-nra/

These Are the U.S. Senators Who Have Taken the Most Money from the NRA

Which politicians take the most donations from the National Rifle Association? We look at the group's influence in the American gun debate.

Katie Couric Media
Show threadOreo Speedwagon II 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇨🇦Dec 14, 2022
@rbreich #RhetoricalQuestions
Show threadDoug 🇨🇦🌈Dec 14, 2022
@rbreich until their own children are killed
Show threadChicagoSibDec 14, 2022
@rbreich
The amount of $$ bilked from Americans by the #NRAterrorists using fear and 2A. Unfathomable.
Show threadTanziersDec 14, 2022
@rbreich I don’t feel they will be able to stop this gun violence. It’s too late.
Show threadChristy DerryDec 14, 2022
@rbreich
As long as they get funded by NRA and gun fanatics.
Show threadSpike-XDec 15, 2022
@rbreich For as long as they're being paid to.