Melissa Kane
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Melissa Kane
@melissakatzkane.bsky.social
· Oct 13
Melissa Kane of Connecticut Against Gun Violence is correct: inaction comes at a cost we can no longer afford.
Gun violence has in fact been treated as optional by too many of our leaders.
Gun violence has in fact been treated as optional by too many of our leaders.
Opinion: Gun violence isn’t political, and inaction is deadly
No elected official should score political points off the grief of families while blocking the very policies that could protect them.
ctmirror.org
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Top ten states with the strongest gun laws in 2025 from Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.
#1 California
#2 New Jersey
#3 Connecticut
#4 New York
#5 Massachusetts
#6 Illinois
#7 Hawaii
#8 Maryland
#9 Washington
#10 Colorado
Much thanks to courageous lawmakers in these life-saving states.
#1 California
#2 New Jersey
#3 Connecticut
#4 New York
#5 Massachusetts
#6 Illinois
#7 Hawaii
#8 Maryland
#9 Washington
#10 Colorado
Much thanks to courageous lawmakers in these life-saving states.
Every year, our experts grade each state based on the strength of their gun laws, and it’s no coincidence that our top 10 ALSO have some of the lowest gun death rates in the nation.
If your state didn’t make the cut, see how they can improve: giffords.org/scorecard
If your state didn’t make the cut, see how they can improve: giffords.org/scorecard
December 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Top ten states with the strongest gun laws in 2025 from Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.
#1 California
#2 New Jersey
#3 Connecticut
#4 New York
#5 Massachusetts
#6 Illinois
#7 Hawaii
#8 Maryland
#9 Washington
#10 Colorado
Much thanks to courageous lawmakers in these life-saving states.
#1 California
#2 New Jersey
#3 Connecticut
#4 New York
#5 Massachusetts
#6 Illinois
#7 Hawaii
#8 Maryland
#9 Washington
#10 Colorado
Much thanks to courageous lawmakers in these life-saving states.
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This entire weekend
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This entire weekend
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Well, fuck.
I’m starting to suspect that our ability to catch spree killers who leave the scene is extremely dependent on a functioning FBI…which we 100% do not have right now.
I’m starting to suspect that our ability to catch spree killers who leave the scene is extremely dependent on a functioning FBI…which we 100% do not have right now.
BREAKING: Person of interest in Brown University shooting being released by police, mayor says. Gunman is still at large
December 15, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Well, fuck.
I’m starting to suspect that our ability to catch spree killers who leave the scene is extremely dependent on a functioning FBI…which we 100% do not have right now.
I’m starting to suspect that our ability to catch spree killers who leave the scene is extremely dependent on a functioning FBI…which we 100% do not have right now.
“A safer country will require long-term investments in solutions that center those most affected.” And it is 100% worth it.
New @jama.com report, “Toward a Safer World by 2040: The JAMA Summit Report on Reducing Firearm Violence and Harms,” co-authored by @daniel-webster.bsky.social & @drcrifasi.bsky.social is now available! A safer country will require long-term investments in solutions that center those most affected.
A Roadmap to a Safer Future: JAMA Summit Charts Bold Path to Reduce Firearm Harms by 2040 | Center for Gun Violence Solutions
The JAMA report concludes that a safer nation will require long-term investments in solutions that center the people and communities most affected by firearm violence.
publichealth.jhu.edu
November 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
“A safer country will require long-term investments in solutions that center those most affected.” And it is 100% worth it.
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We Have To Want More for Each Other. Stay safe, Everyone, whatever you’re doing today.
October 18, 2025 at 11:42 AM
We Have To Want More for Each Other. Stay safe, Everyone, whatever you’re doing today.
Melissa Kane of Connecticut Against Gun Violence is correct: inaction comes at a cost we can no longer afford.
Gun violence has in fact been treated as optional by too many of our leaders.
Gun violence has in fact been treated as optional by too many of our leaders.
Opinion: Gun violence isn’t political, and inaction is deadly
No elected official should score political points off the grief of families while blocking the very policies that could protect them.
ctmirror.org
October 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Are we really fucking doing this.
Had nothing happened to Senator Padilla at all, what she was describing is a federal takeover of a major city by military force with no specified end-date, with no legal authority. Do not let the fascists talk their way out of that.
Had nothing happened to Senator Padilla at all, what she was describing is a federal takeover of a major city by military force with no specified end-date, with no legal authority. Do not let the fascists talk their way out of that.
June 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Are we really fucking doing this.
Had nothing happened to Senator Padilla at all, what she was describing is a federal takeover of a major city by military force with no specified end-date, with no legal authority. Do not let the fascists talk their way out of that.
Had nothing happened to Senator Padilla at all, what she was describing is a federal takeover of a major city by military force with no specified end-date, with no legal authority. Do not let the fascists talk their way out of that.
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This is what Trump's government thugs are willing to do in broad daylight, to a US Senator, with cameras on.
They are sending the message that anyone who disagrees with Trump isn't safe in America.
This is authoritarianism.
They are sending the message that anyone who disagrees with Trump isn't safe in America.
This is authoritarianism.
June 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This is what Trump's government thugs are willing to do in broad daylight, to a US Senator, with cameras on.
They are sending the message that anyone who disagrees with Trump isn't safe in America.
This is authoritarianism.
They are sending the message that anyone who disagrees with Trump isn't safe in America.
This is authoritarianism.
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the phase “THIS bitch” is having its moment
Nothing like Kristi Noem dismissing Padilla as “political theater.”
June 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
the phase “THIS bitch” is having its moment
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Join me on 6/14 at Westport CT Kick Out the Clowns: End The Greatest Shit Show on Earth action.womensmarch.com/events/westp...
Westport Ct. Kick Out the Clowns: End The Greatest Shit Show on Earth
When you elect clowns, they don’t become leaders. The country becomes a circus. 🤡
On June 14, Donald Trump will honor himself with a four-mile military parade in our nation’s capitol. Trump’s tacky p...
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June 2, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Thank you @repjahanahayes.bsky.social for speaking truth
Hayes: Every provision in this program is cruel and they know it. That's why none of them spoke on it in committee. That's why they have no response. That's why they don't hold town halls. That's why they don't answer questions. All they do is tweet, repeat, and hide in the back until they vote yes
May 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Thank you @repjahanahayes.bsky.social for speaking truth
Thank you for the truth @maxwellfrost.bsky.social
Frost: Tonight the people stealing are not folks with tattoos and hoodies but people wearing suits and ties and congressional pins sitting in the capitol now, not in some alley wrapped in darkness but the United States congress wrapped in the flag. It is disgusting and we will never forget this.
May 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Thank you for the truth @maxwellfrost.bsky.social
Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.
April 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Right on @beu4ic.bsky.social
“No is powerful. Say ‘make me’, & what then.”
THIS is kick-ass and is how we need to respond to everything this corrupt admin demands.
THIS is kick-ass and is how we need to respond to everything this corrupt admin demands.
To anybody asked to hand over data to the government, the response should be "fuck you, make me." If this isn't some sort of massive HIPAA violation, everyone involved in the chain that hands over records should just say no.
No is powerful. Say "make me", & what then.
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No is powerful. Say "make me", & what then.
people.com/rfk-jr-to-la...
April 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Right on @beu4ic.bsky.social
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We traded Europe for a guy that builds concentration camps for profit.
April 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
We traded Europe for a guy that builds concentration camps for profit.
Working hard to hold the gun industry accountable and #endgunviolence in CT!
So good to be back at the Capitol w/ CAGV team & supporters! Here to make sure that HB7042 gets voted out of Judiciary Committee to make it easier for victims of gun violence to sue gun industry. And make sure bad bills don't move forward, like weakening large cap magazine ban. #EndGunViolence #CAGV
April 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Working hard to hold the gun industry accountable and #endgunviolence in CT!
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“There is only one thing worse than fighting with your allies, and that’s fighting without them.”
—Victor Hugo
We’re entering the “worse” phase.
—Victor Hugo
We’re entering the “worse” phase.
April 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
“There is only one thing worse than fighting with your allies, and that’s fighting without them.”
—Victor Hugo
We’re entering the “worse” phase.
—Victor Hugo
We’re entering the “worse” phase.
Yup
These aren't tariffs. They are a horse's head in the bed of (almost) every world government and business leader.
April 4, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Yup
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USA to coal miners - Drop Dead. Literally. And take your towns with you
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Deep fear in coal country: DOGE cuts put region's miners and families on edge
For federal safety inspectors, the urgent call to their sprawling mining office near Pittsburgh was bleak: Man crushed in the rubble of an aging mine in...
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March 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
USA to coal miners - Drop Dead. Literally. And take your towns with you
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Please join @RuthBenGhiat, @KimberlyEAtkins, and me for a @BigTentUSA online conversation about how authoritarians use disinformation to seize power. March 26 at 7 pm ET. More here. bigtentusa.org/event/democr...
March 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Please join @RuthBenGhiat, @KimberlyEAtkins, and me for a @BigTentUSA online conversation about how authoritarians use disinformation to seize power. March 26 at 7 pm ET. More here. bigtentusa.org/event/democr...