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"Don't worry," they said. "It will be fine," they said.
"There won't be blood in the streets," they said.
The Missouri legislature said this for years while passing dangerous gun laws. #moleg
"There won't be blood in the streets," they said.
The Missouri legislature said this for years while passing dangerous gun laws. #moleg
With 101 homicides in 2020, Kansas City is on pace for deadliest year ever. #KC #MO #moleg https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article243983227.html
One of the victims is 4 year old LGend Taliferro who was shot and killed as he slept in Kansas City. https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article243933087.html
60+ children have been shot, 12 fatally, in the City of St. Louis since the start of 2020. St. Louis Children's emergency room saw more children with gunshot wounds in May of this year than it has seen in any month in the hospital's 140-year history. https://tinyurl.com/y9g98twp
4 children were shot over the 4th of July weekend in St. Louis. The youngest victim is a 4 yr old boy who was struck in the head by a stray bullet. https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/crime/children-shot-st-louis-july-4/63-036fb607-3a42-414e-a385-b17088ded88a #StLouis
This weekend a shooting in Columbia left two dead and three injured. One of those killed is an 11 yr old girl. https://www.komu.com/news/columbia-police-investigating-overnight-shooting?fbclid=IwAR0s5S8S67w5w_dd5tBBR1OoLXZiCzIOwRQt9ndaoKqKgjx9r9_Hh58_vJQ #moleg
Missouri's gun-related suicide rate is almost 50% higher in rural counties than in urban counties. https://publichealth.wustl.edu/missouri-gun-related-homicides-and-suicides-2015-16/ One example, Jefferson County: suicides, 61; homicides, 7.
I could go on. There is blood in the streets.
Many of those killed are CHILDREN.
The results are in. The legislature's actions have not resulted in safety. The results are increased levels of gun violence: homicides, suicides, unintentional shootings throughout Missouri
Many of those killed are CHILDREN.
The results are in. The legislature's actions have not resulted in safety. The results are increased levels of gun violence: homicides, suicides, unintentional shootings throughout Missouri
“Every time we change the concealed carry law people say there will be blood in the streets,’ said Kevin Jamison in 2016, a lawyer who is president of the Western Missouri Shooters Alliance. “There is never blood in the streets.” https://in.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guns-missouri/missouri-governor-vetoes-bill-to-abolish-concealed-weapon-permits-idUSKCN0ZD24M
“There won’t be blood in the streets,” said State Representative Joe Don McGaugh, a Republican in 2016, quoted here in the New York Times discussing Permitless Carry and Stand Your Ground. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/15/us/missouri-lawmakers-pass-sweeping-gun-rights-expansion.html
"There won't be blood in the streets" I've heard countless times in the halls and committee rooms of the Missouri State Capitol.
To continue down this road would be foolish and dangerous. We need real solutions.
#moleg
To continue down this road would be foolish and dangerous. We need real solutions.
#moleg
Taking action to keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers *should* be an area of bi-partisan consensus. However, the MO legislature has failed to do even this. Even after promising to take such action over 4 years ago.
I'm hearing talk about...talking about solutions....again. Talk is cheap unless it leads to action.
PEOPLE: Make sure to vote for the candidates who are working for action & real solutions. You can find them here: http://gunsensevoter.org Get involved w/ @MomsDemand
PEOPLE: Make sure to vote for the candidates who are working for action & real solutions. You can find them here: http://gunsensevoter.org Get involved w/ @MomsDemand
