You don’t need assault weapons for hunting or defending your home.
Buffalo: AR-15
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) May 16, 2022
Boulder: AR-15
Orlando: AR-15
Parkland: AR-15
Las Vegas: AR-15
Aurora, CO: AR-15
Sandy Hook: AR-15
Waffle House: AR-15
San Bernardino: AR-15
Midland/Odessa: AR-15
Poway synagogue: AR-15
Sutherland Springs: AR-15
Tree of Life Synagogue: AR-15
From @adamcbest
Our Sunday Review cover this week: pic.twitter.com/T0skM9XicL
— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) May 29, 2022
"Authoritarian forces in this country view the AR-15 as a central organizing symbol."
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) May 31, 2022
I had a harrowing interview with former gun company exec @ryandbusse about the gun industry's radicalization and the cultural shifts creating our heavily armed society:https://t.co/P9DcPA9WlR
This piece was written four years ago.
— Nicolas Falacci (@NickFalacci) May 28, 2022
Including the Army field reports of the ghastly, massive wounds created on the battlefield by the AR-15 is brilliant journalism.https://t.co/Fc9GHlMFac
Unfortunately — there is already an enormous volume of AR-15 style rifles in the US. Possibly 10 million. (And they’re selling even more right now b/c of the talk centering on gun control and bans.)
— Nicolas Falacci (@NickFalacci) May 28, 2022
Which means — similar to Australia — we’ll need a national buy back program. https://t.co/MKuvM2mW8v
“Before the assault weapons ban went into effect in 1994, there were about 400,000 AR-15 style rifles in America. Today, there are 20 million.” Jaw dropping figure from @ZushaElinson, who is writing a book on the country’s best selling rifle.
— Bianna Golodryga (@biannagolodryga) May 26, 2022
Should have added that 2004 was when assault weapon ban ended. This isn't rocket science. https://t.co/XxIfKZ4twG
— Edward Luce (@EdwardGLuce) May 26, 2022
why is action unlikely?
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) May 25, 2022
in 1993, 10 of 43 Senate Rs backed a ban on assault weapons
it became law. a decade later, Congress let it expire
in 2013, after Newtown, Joe Manchin negotiated a modest background check bill w/Pat Toomey
just 4 of 45 Senate Rs voted yes
it died
It shouldn't matter what age you are. No one needs an AR-15 or any other assault weapon designed to massacre people. When we had an assault weapons ban from 1994-2004, mass shootings went down 43%. After it expired, mass shootings tripled. End the filibuster. Ban assault weapons.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) May 27, 2022
the assault weapons ban worked pic.twitter.com/8uqnzkcUx3
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 5, 2022
Sad! 