Who Profits from AK-47 Sales and Blocking Gun Safety Laws? Follow The Money!
Despite mass shootings and assassination attempts, Republican reject assault weapons ban
The AK-47 used in a suspected assassination attempt is legal to own in Florida. — MSN
Apalachee High School Shooting: Gun Industry Marketing to Children — Gun Industry Accountability
The First Graders Who Survived Sandy Hook Will Vote In Their First Presidential Election. “Grace Fischer survived the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012… she spent the rest of her childhood watching mostly from the sidelines as dozens of similar shootings shattered other schools across the country… Fischer now 18 years old will vote in her first presidential election in November. “I’m casting a vote for the 26 children who were slaughtered that day and can’t vote” — NBC excerpts
Why are there so many assault weapons despite thousands of senseless deaths? How does the gun lobby block even common sense gun reform? Where are the worst mass shootings? What type of guns were used? Which Senators got the most gun lobby money? Follow the blood money trail with this map.
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Newtown Action Alliance
Change The Ref — CHANGE THE REF raises awareness about mass shootings. It works to reduce the influence of the NRA and gun manufacturers through strategic interventions and by using art as a form of communication.
Campaign for Gun Industry Accountability — Works to highlight and change the fact that guns are the only consumer product manufactured in the United States that are not subject to federal health and safety regulation.
Survivors Empowered — a non-profit organization that directly supports and educates gun violence survivors, including the family and friends of shooting victims, as well as shooting survivors themselves.
The AR-15: One of America’s most popular and deadliest guns — The Economist
Senate Republicans block assault weapons ban, background checks bill — The Hill
Gun lobby donations — Open Secrets
BLOOD MONEY trail map
Project 2025
Both Project 2025 and Trump’s official policy platform, Agenda 47, aim to shield the gun industry with layers of legal protection. While Trump has been trying to distance himself from the Heritage Foundation’s far-right manifesto for some months now, the proposals in Agenda 47 mirror Project 2025’s dangerous objectives — and in many cases, go even further. Watch MSNBC’s How Project 2025 and Trump could make America’s gun crisis even worse.
MAGA advocacy for violence and more guns
“Republicans under Trump have increasingly advocated violence as a way to gain power because they know their unpopular positions cannot lead their candidates to victory in free and fair elections. In this moment, when there is still little evidence about yesterday’s tragedy, it appears they are projecting their own behavior onto Biden and the Democrats, blaming them for advocating violence when in fact, Biden and the Democrats have tried hard to enact commonsense gun safety laws and have consistently condemned the violent language and normalizing of political violence by Republicans.” — Heather Cox Richardson
TakeAway: Vote for gun safety and banning weapons of war. Vote for Kamala Harris and Democrats.
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