Stacy

My cousin is sheltering in place in Atlanta right now -active shooter. He works in midtown Atlanta and said they locked the building down.

Edit - he is fine. He sheltered in place for the duration.

Not sure what to say at this point. The words that have been said over and over again following a mass shooting have been worn out. There are no new words, at least none that I can think of.

May 3, 2023 at 5:44pmWeb
Show threadJette10May 3, 2023
@dancinyogi
One person deceased and 3 injured at a hospital, I believe.
Show threadCharlotte WalkerMay 3, 2023
@dancinyogi OMG. Really hope he and his colleagues are OK
Show threadStacyMay 3, 2023
@purplepadma All fine. He just had to lockdown. Scary, being that close though! Although, with the number of mass shootings in the US, someone in the family was bound to be exposed to one eventually.
Show threadCharlotte WalkerMay 3, 2023
@dancinyogi It’s horrendous that this is the case
Show threadcaseyjonesedMay 3, 2023
@dancinyogi I’m praying for him and everyone else!
Show threadJoe OrtizMay 3, 2023
@dancinyogi Hope he's doing okay. Just another day in the new normal. :(
Show threadStacyMay 3, 2023
@joeo10 He's fine. The shelter in place was just lifted, but he plans to stay in his office for the rest of the afternoon.
Show threadBodhipaksaMay 3, 2023
@dancinyogi Oy, what a country! I'm glad he's okay.
Show threadDHaMay 3, 2023
@dancinyogi Strange that words aren’t fixing the issue
Show threadRainaMay 3, 2023
@crichton007 @dancinyogi Words would fix the issue, if they were placed in a legal document. Unfortunately, the people who can do that won't do that.
Show threadjoe•iuculano May 3, 2023

@dancinyogi no words

#NoWords

Show threadSharonbw stands with MinnesotaMay 3, 2023
@dancinyogi
No words either. Just disgust.
Show threadNicole ParsonsMay 3, 2023

@dancinyogi

Republican billionaire donors are destabilizing American democracy using gun violence.

It is a * funded * stochastic campaign of terrorism.

Inaction in the face of mass shootings is a GOP policy decision towards a single end: the termination of American democracy.

Show threadNicole ParsonsMay 4, 2023

@dancinyogi

In Russia, oligarchs have private armies that go to battle with each other.

That's what Republican billionaire donors are fomenting in America.

Imagine a state where each business has to have military grade private security to protect a bank or a mall from its competitors?

https://www.npr.org/2023/02/06/1154739417/examining-the-wagner-group-a-private-military-company-that-russia-has-relied-on

https://kyivindependent.com/ukraines-intelligence-russian-gazprom-to-create-its-own-private-military-company/

https://russianpmcs.csis.org/

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/18/russia-wagner-group-ukraine-paramilitary-00083553

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/13/putin-private-armies-ukraine-yevgeny-prigozhin-wagner-group-kremlin

https://time.com/6254708/gazprom-private-military-wagner-group-russia/

https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2019/08/africa/putins-private-army-car-intl/

Show threadPonygirlMay 4, 2023
@Npars01 @dancinyogi I saw this coming in the 70s. Our votes were irrelevant then because young people rarely voted. I hope that changes before we meet our demise.
Show threadBitcoDavid #ResistTrumpMay 4, 2023

@Ponygirl

I turned 18 in 1975 and helped put Jimmy Carter in the White House in 1976.

Show thread🥥 Tucker Carlson's Nuts 🥥May 4, 2023
@Npars01 @dancinyogi 🥥 I believe. 🥥
Show threadWizard Bear (💉x8 + 😷)May 3, 2023
@dancinyogi It's the guns! Enough already. So sorry this is happening to someone close to you. It's also happening to many people across the country. We really need common sense gun laws, and the majority of Americans support them.