It doesn’t seem that they defend black people who legally use guns. This man was a hero.
They didn’t defend Philandro Castile either.
The NRA’s internal split over Philandro Castile
update 11/17/18
update 11/24/18
Category: Guns
The NRA told doctors to stay in their lane
Doctors fought back.
Doctors flooded the NRA with stories and photos about treating gunshot victims after the gun rights group tweeted, “Someone should tell self-important anti-gun doctors to stay in their lane” https://t.co/tsR9MAl1Pn
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) November 14, 2018
“Do you have any idea how many bullets I pull out of corpses weekly? This isn’t just my lane. It’s my f— highway,” San Francisco forensic pathologist Judy Melinek told the @NRA
https://t.co/c43TAloEJf #Enough— Democratic Coalition (@TheDemCoalition) November 14, 2018
After NRA Mocks Doctors, Physicians Reply: 'This Is Our Lane' https://t.co/NB66evcT3D
— NPR Health News (@NPRHealth) November 11, 2018
Doctors share gun stories and demand action after the NRA tweets that "someone should tell self-important anti-gun doctors to stay in their lane" https://t.co/Uso74FXl37 pic.twitter.com/4jaKHLhsUN
— CNN (@CNN) November 9, 2018
After the NRA told doctors “to stay in their lane,” a forensic pathologist responded: “Do you have any idea how many bullets I pull out of corpses weekly? This isn’t just my lane. It’s my [expletive] highway.” https://t.co/nZsvOotVJK
— Jenna Johnson (@wpjenna) November 12, 2018
I fix blood vessels for a living. When you work at a major trauma center, that means fixing blood vessels shredded by bullets. My lane is paved by the broken bodies left behind by your products. #ThisisMyLane https://t.co/IzezudNBUf
— Westley Ohman (@westleyohman) November 9, 2018
We do examine assholes all day so it does make us an expert on them. You qualify https://t.co/yRQTZnGqQr
— Cathleen London MD (@DrChaya) November 11, 2018
Hi, Satan! I'm an ER doc. If you add up every gummy bear, cue ball, or copy of your shitty books Ive pulled out of orifices, it doesnt even approach the number of moms Ive had to tell their kids are dead from guns. Stick w/the xenophobia+racism youre so good at and GTFO our lane. https://t.co/HaAH2ZNXhR
— Rick Pescatore, DO (@Rick_Pescatore) November 10, 2018
Hey @NRA ! Wanna see my lane? Here’s the chair I sit in when I tell parents their kids are dead. How dare you tell me I can’t research evidence based solutions. #ThisISMyLane #ThisIsOurLane #thequietroom pic.twitter.com/y7tBAuje8O
— Stephanie Bonne (@scrubbedin) November 9, 2018
For a group that talks an awful lot about personal freedom, the NRA goes to shocking lengths to discredit the speech of anyone who disagrees with them.https://t.co/Nu9jztmL0f
— Matthew Rozsa (@MatthewRozsa) November 12, 2018
Guns in America
At @TIME, 245 people shared their views and described their experiences regarding guns in the U.S. https://t.co/vv0jN4xZGR
— The Marshall Project (@MarshallProj) October 26, 2018
Mass shootings in 2018
No. of mass shootings 1/1 – 8/26 (incl. #Jacksonville):
🇦🇺 1
🇦🇹 0
🇧🇪 0
🇨🇦 1
🇩🇰 0
🇫🇮 0
🇫🇷 1
🇩🇪 0
🇮🇪 0
🇱🇺 1
🇳🇱 0
🇳🇿 0
🇨🇭 0
🇸🇪 0
🇬🇧 0
🇺🇸* 234Impressive track record, @NRA!
* overall stats: 37,817 incid., 9,502 deaths (2331 kids 0-17 killed/injured) pic.twitter.com/Qmtr1ZipfL
— Chris Lutolf (@ChrisLutolf) August 26, 2018
America has seen 31 mass shootings in the 26 days of August, bringing this year's total to 234.
Jan: 22 mass shootings
Feb: 14 mass shootings
Mar: 17 mass shootings
Apr: 25 mass shootings
May: 28 mass shootings
Jun: 51 mass shootings
Jul: 46 mass shootings
Aug: 31 mass shootings— Gun Violence Archive (@GunDeaths) August 26, 2018
3D guns
This is scary stuff – guns that are not regulated. A bad decision by the Trump administration.
Update – temporary restraining order (more below)
This is nuts: Trump admin is allowing anyone with a 3D printer—including felons, terrorists, and the mentally ill—to make an untraceable plastic gun. https://t.co/tnPqec4wzZ
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) July 29, 2018
This is nuts! Green-lighting online availability of plans for the production of plastic guns on 3-D printers? What a tragic mistake. https://t.co/2iRd2kJdqI
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) July 29, 2018
This dangerous move by Trump Admin to cater to the NRA poses a grave threat to public safety by making it possible for ANYONE with a 3D printer, including terrorists and domestic abusers, to print untraceable firearms without as much as a background check. https://t.co/BmW2GymsFY
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) July 26, 2018
They can't be caught by metal detectors, they don't have serial numbers to trace, they don't require background checks, but now you can get plans needed to build 3D-printed guns online. https://t.co/4P2HyZ9vTY pic.twitter.com/9ywtXvFKm9
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) July 27, 2018
The Trump administration is reversing a rule that banned people from posting instructions on how to make a fully-functioning gun at home with a 3D printer. DOJ will allow people to start posting these blueprints Aug 1st. This is a dangerous decision and we are demanding answers. pic.twitter.com/9GSoka37Ju
— Senator Bill Nelson (@SenBillNelson) July 25, 2018
Are they deadly? Are they free speech? Explaining 3-D printed guns. https://t.co/v2UUCln0rk
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 1, 2018
BREAKING: Federal judge issues temporary restraining order stopping release of downloadable blueprints for 3D-printed guns
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 31, 2018
A federal judge has blocked the release of blueprints for 3D-printed guns — for now. https://t.co/8iVFZMKj7D
— Vox (@voxdotcom) August 1, 2018
Cody Wilson has been called one of the world's "most dangerous people." For more than 5 years, he has pushed to publish his blueprints for a 3D-printed gun. Until Tuesday evening, it looked like he'd get his way. https://t.co/qUJvIDa5DX
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 1, 2018
Judge made right call. If @realDonaldTrump truly thinks 3D guns don’t make sense then he should buck the NRA and use his bully pulpit to pressure the GOP to pass our bill to stop 3D guns once and for all. https://t.co/HBENAkSn2A
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) August 1, 2018
The Trump administration's explanation on 3D-printed guns misses the mark, writes CNN's @JohnAvlon https://t.co/WM8OPmmb8v pic.twitter.com/kx1VBaBPMW
— New Day (@NewDay) August 1, 2018
Christian nationalists oppose gun control
Why some Christians don’t believe in gun control: They think God handed down the Second Amendment https://t.co/0pvdgvRwSK
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 25, 2018
A Russian with connections to the NRA and GOP has been indicted
update 12/16/18:
NRA spending surged in 2016. And now we have to wonder what kind of influence Russia might have had with the NRA. https://t.co/edmgx2snwM
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) December 16, 2018
The NRA has more ties to Russian agents than previously known, our latest investigation shows https://t.co/WcQ9cY3MDP
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) December 17, 2018
The court papers charging Maria Butina with being a Russian agent cite an email in which she says the NRA is “the largest sponsor of the elections to the US congress” https://t.co/Uyjdu56ec3
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 21, 2018
Mariia Butina, a Russian national, has been charged with acting as a surreptitious Russian agent and establishing a secret back channel with the GOP through the NRA.
More likely to come on this; no wonder GOP members of HPSCI refused our request to bring her and others in. https://t.co/UWhoxHz3lr
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) July 16, 2018
The arrest of Russian National Maria Butina shows at least two things:
1. The Russians used the @NRA to influence US elections. Some questions are did NRA officials know and what did the influence consist of?
2. Another FU to @realDonaldTrump by the US @TheJusticeDept. https://t.co/20rBHujhpA
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) July 16, 2018
Butina with Jim Porter of the NRA. pic.twitter.com/l6DCK4tcHB
— Justin (@JNova__) July 16, 2018
Wisconsin's Republican Governor @ScottWalker took a boatload of money from a Russian oligarch and affected Maria Butina in a way that will "remain in my memory forever."#GrandOldPutinParty#TrumpRussia pic.twitter.com/vVKrC6IAym
— Grant Stern (@grantstern) July 16, 2018
FBI Special Agent Kevin Helson wrote that Butina was attempting to “establish a ‘back channel’ communication for representatives of the Government of Russia.” https://t.co/slReTHs5Eg
— Devlin Barrett (@DevlinBarrett) July 16, 2018
Here's video we previously uncovered of Trump speaking in 2015 to now indicted Russian national Maria Butina—and telling her that he'd likely drop sanctions against Putin https://t.co/6nJ0YjFGkw
— Mark Follman (@markfollman) July 16, 2018
Why didn't GOP Senators want to question a Russian spy who was trying to establish a back channel with the Kremlin? The American people deserve an answer. https://t.co/d9PcNHXxWX
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) July 16, 2018
Friends. I have been saying this for awhile. NRA & Russia. NRA ran ads against HRC on Benghazi, not guns, Benghazi. Also @BetoORourke is going to beat @tedcruz (my other favorite hobby horse). https://t.co/NZLJeYjDZ1
— Jennifer Palmieri (@jmpalmieri) July 16, 2018
WE
TOLD
YOUhttps://t.co/LIppQ1vh2Ohttps://t.co/6yYNrx5PyV
— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) July 16, 2018
A judge decides alleged spy Mariia Butina, also known as Maria, should be held in jail until at least her next court appearance. Her attorney argued the Russian national is not a flight risk. https://t.co/r3fHGKw6Ap pic.twitter.com/uVMBZRlWa1
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) July 17, 2018
EXCLUSIVE: Republican Dana Rohrbacher and Democrat Greg Meeks were the congressional delegation referenced in the charges against alleged Russian spy Maria Butina. https://t.co/7p5IC59gLy
— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) July 17, 2018
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) says he’s not sure whether he’s the congressman mentioned in Monday’s indictment of a Russian gun-rights activist for acting as an unregistered agent of the Kremlin — but he's sure the charge against the woman is “bogus” https://t.co/a9YSEUJ0Tf
— POLITICO (@politico) July 17, 2018
Numbers on gun violence
Here are the latest numbers on gun violence in America, according to @teamtrace. pic.twitter.com/uGHgz2mRUZ
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) July 9, 2018
McConnell says the federal government can’t do much about school shootings – that’s a lie!
McConnell says there isn’t much the federal government can do about school shootings – that’s a lie! That’s what you say when your party gets millions from the NRA.
“I don’t think at the federal level there’s much that we can do [to address school shootings] other than appropriate funds” @SenateMajLdr – –
Wrong!
Universal background checks, CDC research, support smart gun tech., prohibit assault weapons… https://t.co/amHFZDEsfs— Valerie Jarrett (@ValerieJarrett) July 3, 2018
from the father of a Parkland student killed in the mass shooting:
Senate Majority Mitch McConnell, you are demonstrably wrong. You are either lazy, do not care, or simply evil. You can't do anything when you do not try and you have failed. Based on these comments, YOU SHOULD RESIGN!!!#OrangeWaveInNovember.https://t.co/RY0E1NqOt0
— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) July 3, 2018
17 maps and charts about gun violence
America has 4.4% of the world’s population, but almost half of the civilian-owned guns around the world. https://t.co/AJcdxvfbCe
— Vox (@voxdotcom) June 29, 2018
Sad! 