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Students Demand Action @studentsdemand.bsky.social · 1d

Most Americans support high safety standards to be able to carry a concealed, loaded gun in public. Yet Congressional Republicans are pushing to put more guns in more places instead of protecting us from gun violence.

Demand that your lawmakers reject this extremist bill: Text GUT to 644-33.

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Students Demand Action @studentsdemand.bsky.social · 2d

No one should have to run for their life during a Homecoming celebration. Our schools should be safe from gun violence, full stop.

Students Demand Action @studentsdemand.bsky.social · 2d

A student visiting SCSU from nearby Claflin University was trampled in the chaos and said “I was running for real. I was so scared… I got pushed down, people were on my leg… it was actually really scary because I couldn’t get up.”

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Students Demand Action @studentsdemand.bsky.social · 2d

A 19-year-old girl was killed, two other people were wounded, and hundreds of students are traumatized.

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Students Demand Action @studentsdemand.bsky.social · 2d

South Carolina State University students should be in class today, recapping a joyous Homecoming weekend with friends. Instead, the festivities and today’s classes were canceled after two separate shootings on Saturday night sent the HBCU campus into lockdown. 🧵

Teen charged following fatal SC State shooting, lockdown lifted Monday

SLED says they are investigating two separate shootings that took place on the South Carolina State University campus on Saturday night.

www.wistv.com

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Moms Demand Action @momsdemand.bsky.social · 3d

Nothing is killing children in America more than guns. This is a preventable crisis that our lawmakers know how to stop, but lack the courage to act. Our hearts break for these children and their loved ones. We do not have to live like this. Our kids should not be dying like this.

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Moms Demand Action @momsdemand.bsky.social · 3d

HORRIFIC: Two young children, ages 4 and 13, were shot and killed, and two others, ages 8 and 9, were shot and wounded yesterday at a truck stop near Angleton, Texas. It’s unclear if the children were related.

2 Children Are Dead and 2 Are in Critical Condition in Texas Shooting

www.nytimes.com

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Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.bsky.social · 3d

At least two people were shot and killed, and 12 others were shot and wounded, late last night in downtown Montgomery during the Alabama National Fair. Police described the firearms used as “high capacity.”

This is preventable. We all deserve to enjoy a night out without fear of being shot.

2 killed and 12 wounded in shooting in downtown Montgomery, Alabama

At least three people had life-threatening injuries, according to Montgomery Police Chief Jim Graboys.

www.nbcnews.com

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Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.bsky.social · 11d

Signs from today’s Don’t Look Away Rally at the Minnesota capitol, where @momsdemand.bsky.social and @studentsdemand.bsky.social volunteers and survivors urged their lawmakers to call a special session to ban assault weapons.

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Students Demand Action @studentsdemand.bsky.social · 7d

Ten years ago, a student with an assault weapon shot into a classroom at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon. Nine people were shot and killed and nine more were wounded. It is the deadliest mass shooting in Oregon’s modern history.

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Students Demand Action @studentsdemand.bsky.social · 7d

Eight years ago, a gunman armed with more than 20 assault weapons and high-capacity magazines opened fire on a crowd at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. Sixty people were shot and killed, and more than 400 others were shot and wounded. It is the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history.

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Students Demand Action @studentsdemand.bsky.social · 8d

Our generation has been through so many active shooter drills and swatting incidents that young people weren't even phased when evacuating the mass shooting in Grand Blanc, Michigan.

We don't have to live like this. Our lawmakers need to put our safety ahead of the gun lobby.

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Students Demand Action @studentsdemand.bsky.social · 9d

Grand Blanc, Michigan, is now one of the thousands of communities across America forever changed by a horrific act of mass gun violence. No other country is forced to live and die like this. We don't have to accept daily deadly shootings as normal. #EndGunViolence buff.ly/HIobfbT

What we know about the Michigan church shooting and fire that killed 4 people

First responders were sifting through debris at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township for additional victims and evidence.

www.nbcnews.com

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Students Demand Action @studentsdemand.bsky.social · 12d

If you live in Minnesota, text MN to 644-33 to demand Governor Walz call a special session. And if you live in the Twin Cities area, RSVP for our rally at the state capitol tomorrow: buff.ly/UjBTaq6

Moms Demand Action Event - Attend

Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense has chapters all over the country. Find an event and get involved in both national campaigns and issues local to your community. If there are no events in your area,…

act.everytown.org

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Students Demand Action @studentsdemand.bsky.social · 12d

Tomorrow marks one month since the Annunciation Catholic School shooting in Minneapolis.

@GovernorWalz.MN.Gov: You were a teacher before running for office. Now, the next generation of students needs YOU to call a special session to ban assault weapons. You have the power—what are you waiting for?

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Students Demand Action @studentsdemand.bsky.social · 19d

Hateful rhetoric like this only stokes the flames of violent transphobia, and it often turns lethal. LGBTQ+ people are already disproportionately impacted by gun violence. They deserve safety, autonomy, freedom, and joy. We'll keep working with our trans siblings to #DisarmHate and #EndGunViolence.

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Students Demand Action @studentsdemand.bsky.social · 19d

This is just the Trump Administration's latest attempt to demonize the trans community and distract from the real crisis that takes thousands of American lives a year: Gun violence.
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Students Demand Action @studentsdemand.bsky.social · 21d

A week after the Evergreen High School shooting, Colorado Students Demand Action leaders rallied with hundreds of their classmates at the state capitol. Together, they called on lawmakers to protect kids, NOT guns!

Join our movement to #EndGunViolence: https://studentsdemandaction.org/get-involved/

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Students Demand Action @studentsdemand.bsky.social · 22d

Lawmakers need to listen to the voices of the “mass shooting generation” and take action on gun violence, or we’ll put them out of a job. Register to vote by texting FUTURE to 644-33, then encourage three friends to register so they can be #VoteReady, too! 🗳️

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Students Demand Action @studentsdemand.bsky.social · 23d

Latinx Students Demand Action leaders like Gabi are critical voices in the fight to #EndGunViolence. Together, we’ll create a future that’s safe for ALL communities. #LatinxHeritageMonth 🧡

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Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.bsky.social · 25d

“Gun violence stole my peace. No student should ever have to walk through campus hoping it won’t be the site of the next mass shooting. Politicians on both sides of the aisle have the power and duty to stop this crisis.” - Timberlyn, Minnesota @studentsdemand.bsky.social leader

As A Campus Shooting Survivor, I Refuse To Watch History Repeat Itself

A campus shooting survivor and Everytown for Gun Safety volunteer shares her experience with gun violence and urges politicians and fellow Gen Zers to act.

www.hercampus.com

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Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.bsky.social · 26d

Evergreen High School student: “I texted my mom, friends, dad, everybody about it. I wanted to say I loved them in case something bad really did happen.”

Lawmakers have failed our children with their inaction.

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Students Demand Action @studentsdemand.bsky.social · 27d

Students Demand Action leaders at Clark Atlanta University were among the many students at HBCUs forced to seek shelter AS THEY WERE TABLING AT CLUB FAIR! HBCU students should be celebrating the start of a new school year and preparing for Homecoming, not fearing for their lives.

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Students Demand Action @studentsdemand.bsky.social · 28d

BREAKING: At least one shot was fired at Utah Valley University during a campus event hosted by Charlie Kirk, sending hundreds of students running for cover. It's being reported that Kirk was shot, and his condition is currently unknown. buff.ly/2h9yjIZ

Charlie Kirk apparently shot during event at Utah university

Turning Point USA executive director can be seen in video getting struck as UVU spokesperson confirms shots fired

www.theguardian.com

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Students Demand Action @studentsdemand.bsky.social · 28d

PROTECT KIDS, NOT GUNS!!!

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