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@shannonrwatts

Founder of , grassroots army of fighting to end gun violence. Working to elect women. Book out May 2019. I always .

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Joined February 2011
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  1. 15 minutes ago

    New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern pledges meaningful reform to the country's gun laws by next Monday. Yet after at least 200 mass shootings in America since 2009, too many US leaders - many of whom are beholden to the - sit on their hands.

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  2. 15 minutes ago

    “Ariel's brother screamed for help as their father stood just feet away from where it happened.”

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    1 hour ago

    Grab your coffee, these CA are ready to roll! to advocate today in Sac for increased funding California Violence Prevention! 🧡👏🏻🧡🙌🏻🧡

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    39 minutes ago

    is turning Sacramento red today for Advocacy Day. Moms is pushing for more gun violence prevention research in the Cal Violence and Prevention Program. I introduced a resolution urging CA to add $30M to CalVIP, and our Board will vote on it tomorrow.

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    2 hours ago

    and I visited the New Zealand Embassy on behalf of this morning to offer our condolences to a diplomat and also signing the condolence book. Kia mau te rongo ki a koutou, e oku teina ♥️

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    3 hours ago

    . is heading to Annapolis for the 3rd time in 4 days for the House floor vote on . My is keeping long guns out of the hands of felons & domestic abusers by requiring background checks on all gun sales. Please , !

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    17 hours ago

    Massachusetts’ success in reducing gun-related deaths can be replicated across the country. We need nation-wide reform to prevent gun violence everywhere and keep people safe.

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    2 hours ago

    For no apparent reason, the clenched fist of truth came down and blocked us.

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    15 hours ago

    A decade ago, Ami Garrison recovered from a brain injury that left her in a coma for a month. “I’m just so happy to be alive, so [forgetting things] doesn’t matter,” she said. Now she appears to be the victim of domestic gun violence. H/t

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    16 hours ago

    . and the have been lying that the man who chased away the gunman in New Zealand was armed. He was armed only with a credit card machine:

    Good guy with a gun. Make terrorists afraid of ever targeting innocents again.
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    18 hours ago

    It’s easy to forget in 2019, but the whole point of living in a human body is to be kind and to love one another.

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  12. 3 hours ago

    “Our country’s culture of shooting at what scares us has a body count in Black lives. If we want to end gun violence, we have to fight the systemic racism that can cause it, too.” was fatally shot by police in Sacramento one year ago today.

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  13. 3 hours ago

    “It isn’t complicated: The man with the world’s largest bully pulpit encourages violence and white nationalism. Lo and behold, white-nationalist violence is on the rise. You have to work pretty hard to persuade yourself that’s just a big coincidence.”

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  14. 3 hours ago

    Despite so much gun violence in America and across the world caused by division and fear of one another, Steve King, a US Congressman, posted this graphic to Facebook just hours after a mass shooting of Muslim worshippers by a white supremacist in New Zealand.

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    19 hours ago

    Some of our Albuquerque volunteers delivered a care package with some homemade treats to the Islamic Center of New Mexico today. We think everyone should be able to worship in peace. We cannot let hate take more lives.

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    18 hours ago

    . made some new friends today at the Islamic Center of Bloomington, we brought them cards, cookies, a plant, and comfort. Let's keep the our Muslim brothers and sisters in our hearts as they struggle with the grief and shock of the last couple of days.

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    18 hours ago

    I had the great honor of being invited into our local mosque this evening to sit with the congregation for the evening call to prayers. 100 members of our community gathered to stand with our Muslim brothers & sisters. Iowa

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    15 hours ago

    Crowd cheers when asks to stand up so everyone can see her t-shirt

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    14 hours ago

    Ready to lobby for increased funding for California Violence Intervention Programs tomorrow.

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    13 hours ago

    What an honor to meet in Davenport, Iowa! He even told me I had the best t-shirt in the crowd. Thanks for being a Gun Sense champion.

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