Wednesday in Enid, Oklahoma, 53-year-old Kendra Diane Livesay Smith, who was a first-grade teacher, was killed in a murder-suicide by her estranged husband.
A family friend described Kendra Smith as a “beautiful person inside and out.”
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It was great seeing our allies from the movement at the Northwell Health forum. The biggest takeaway - there have been historic drop in murders in the U.S. due to many policies implemented by the Biden Administration but the # of gun suicides is expected to be the highest in 2025. @newtownaction.org
Monday, Sandy & Lonnie Phillips share what they witnessed as cartel violence shut down communities in Mexico.
With up to 500,000 U.S. guns trafficked there yearly, John Lindsay-Poland will share how .50 caliber rifles fuel the violence.
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George Davis said he and friends were at a bar near Buford’s Sunday when gunfire erupted. The mass shooting left three dead and a dozen more injured.
“The bullet fractured two ribs; it bruised my lung. I did have to go through surgery to get the bullet out,” he said.
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This bill is going to the Florida House floor for a vote TODAY!
Send your emails: secure.ngpvan.com/oyMrqCwK4Eiu...
Thank you @repgreglandsman.bsky.social for cosponsoring H.R.3740!
We urge Congress to #RepealPLCAA, the bill that gives gun manufactures broad civil immunity, by cosponsoring the Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act.
Congressional Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
‼️ Stop Florida’s Gun Industry Immunity Bills:
Republican legislators are pushing HB 1551 and S1748 , bills that would give gun manufacturers sweeping new immunity.
Take action now.
Your email can help stop this bill.
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Thank you @repgwenmoore.bsky.social for cosponsoring H.R.3740!
We urge Congress to #RepealPLCAA, the bill that gives gun manufactures broad civil immunity, by cosponsoring the Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act.
Congressional Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
Following yesterday’s guilty verdict from Colin Gray’s trial on the deadly shooting at Apalachee High School, Kristin Song, Board Advisor of NAA and mother of 15-year-old son Ethan who was killed by an unsecured gun in 2018, released the following message.
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76% of school shooters get their guns from home.
Urge Congress to #KeepKidsSafe by cosponsoring Ethan’s Law.
(202) 224-3121
U.S. Secret Service (2019), Protecting America’s Schools: A U.S. Secret Service Analysis of Targeted School Violence
Following today’s guilty verdict from Colin Gray’s trial on the deadly shooting at Apalachee High School, remember
❣️Mason Schermerhorn, 14
❣️Christian Angulo, 14
❣️Richard Aspinwall, 39
❣️Christina Irimie, 53
@rockthisdemocracy.bsky.social
We encourage all to register to join us in Newtown, Connecticut & beyond to say #NoKings in our nation: bit.ly/NoKingsNewto...
Don't sit on the sidelines as innocent Americans are shot/killed by Trump's ICE agents - with no accountability!
@indivisible.org @moveon.org @50501movement.bsky.social
On Sunday in Austin, Texas, 19-year-old Ryder Harrington and a 21-year-old were shot and killed in a mass shooting. 30-year-old Jorge Pederson was taken off life support on Monday.
This marked the seventh mass shooting in Texas this year.
We will remember them and continue to #HonorWithAction.
My 3rd #GetWithThePOgram Substack piece is on the Trump administration's investment in reinforcing gun-rights ideology, rather than addressing the devastating consequences of gun violence in our schools.
@newtownaction.org @neatoday.bsky.social @aft.org @teachersunify.bsky.social
On Sunday in Austin, Texas, 19-year-old Ryder Harrington and a 21-year-old were shot and killed in a mass shooting.
This marked the seventh mass shooting in Texas this year.
We will remember them and continue to #HonorWithAction.
In Tyrone, Georgia, a four-year-old boy is fighting for his life after what police believe was an unintentional self-inflicted shooting.
Urge Congress to #KeepKidsSafe by cosponsoring Ethan’s Law.
(202) 224-3121
www.fox5atlanta.com/news/tyrone-...
The Sandy Hook shooter’s mother was killed with her own unsecured gun before he used her AR-15 to murder 20 children & 6 educators. 76% of school shooters get guns from home.
www.secretservice.gov
sites/default/files/2020-04/ Protecting_Americas_Schools.pdf
📞 Make your voice heard! Urge your Members of Congress to support H.R. 6736, the ARMAS Act, to prevent firearms from reaching dangerous criminal groups.
#EndGunViolence
Haiti does not manufacture firearms and is under an arms embargo.
So how are Haiti’s gangs accessing firearms?
It is a direct consequence of gangs armed with U.S.-sourced guns.
Join us tomorrow to urge lawmakers to support H.R.6736, the ARMAS Act.
www.mobilize.us/newtownactio...
On Monday, Katherine Short, Martin Short’s daughter, passed away.
In 2023, 58% of all gun deaths in the United States were suicides, 27,310 lives.
If you or someone you know is struggling, you can call or text 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
3 dead and 14 injured happened in a packed bar near UT 😢
Different countries. Different causes.
Same unbearable truth: children are dying in schools.
Whether from war or from guns, classrooms should never become crime scenes. Every child deserves safety. Every parent deserves peace.
The deadly mass shooting in downtown Austin, the latest in Texas’ gun violence, marks the state’s seventh mass shooting of the year.
It is only March.
At least two people were killed and more than a dozen others were injured in a mass shooting early Sunday at a bar in Austin, Texas, police said, adding that officers fatally shot a suspect. abcnews.com/amp/US/activ...
Join Newtown Action Alliance and Quixote Center on Monday March 2nd to pass the ARMAS Act.
RSVP: www.mobilize.us/newtownactio...
SB 298 has passed in Connecticut, a major step forward for students across our state.
Members of Jr. Newtown Action Alliance, including survivors of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, lobbied tirelessly for this bill.
SB 298 strengthens standards for school shooting drills.
Thank you @marilynstrickland.bsky.social for cosponsoring H.R.1307!
We urge Members of Congress to help #EndGunViolence by cosponsoring the Office of Gun Violence Prevention Act.
Congressional Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
14 years ago, Trayvon Martin was murdered.
At 17 years old, he was shot and killed when walking home.
We must #HonorWithAction and fight against racist “stand your ground” laws.
