Texas Forbids Law That Keeps Guns Away From Unhinged People
Despite recent massacres in the state, GOP leaders ban a proven tool to help stop them.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/texas-red-flag-laws-mass-shootings-suicide-prevention/
#Texas #Republicans #GunReform #RedFlagLaws #GunViolence #MassShootings
Texas lawmakers passed another set of bills making it easier for gun owners to access and keep firearms, and expanded the kinds of weapons they can access.
#Guns #News #Politics #Texas #RedFlagLaws #SantaFeHighSchoolShooting #TexasGunCulture #TexasGunLaws #TexasLegislature
Some state lawmakers want to protect Texans’ right to bear arms by making sure firearms can’t be taken from people deemed harmful to themselves or society. That’s the premise behind Senate Bill 1362.
#GunControl #Guns #News #Politics #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #GunControlInTexas #RedFlagLaws #SecondAmendment #TexasGunLaws #TexasHouse
https://www.instagram.com/p/DAoVVhvRFLF/
#SchoolShooting #2A #GunRights #GunControl #GunViolence #RedFlagLaws
🚩 Columnist John Tures highlights his findings on the effectiveness of Red Flag laws, by looking at which states have high gun deaths 🚩 🔫 #Opinion #RedFlagLaws #GunViolence
https://cobbcountycourier.com/2025/03/should-georgia-adopt-a-red-flag-law/
Club Q shooting lawsuits claim owner negligence, officials ignored red flag law
COURT RECORDS: El Paso County sheriff, commissioners vowed to “actively resist” the red flag measure
#Republicans Ban a Policy That Might Solve Their States’ #Suicide Crises;
In states with some of the highest rates of #firearm suicide, #lawmakers have blocked #redflaglaws.
#USpolitics #SchoolShooting #Kamala
"Let us all agree... it does not have to be this way"
"It's a false choice to suggest: either 2nd amendement or to take the guns away"
#AssaultWeaponsBan
#UniversalBackgroundChecks
#SafeStorageLaws
and #RedFlagLaws
"Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at gun violence victims event" [ < 1 min]
by ABCNews
Chris Hosey, the director of the #Georgia Bureau of Investigation [#GBI], said the charges stem from Gray “knowingly allowing” his son to possess a weapon.
Gray is in custody & the charges are “directly connected with the actions of his son & allowing him to possess a weapon,” Hosey said.
#accountability #law #GunLaws #ApalacheeHighSchool #Winder #GunControl #RedFlagLaws #UniversalBackgroundChecks #EnoughIsEnough
The father of the teenager accused of #Georgia’s deadliest #SchoolShooting told investigators looking into an online threat last year that he had been teaching his son about #guns & hunting, & that the boy claimed that his account had been hacked.
“I’m going to be mad as hell if he did” make threats about a school shooting, said the father, #ColinGray, acc/to a transcript of the May 2023 interview….”Then all the guns will go away,” he added.
#law #GunLaws #GunControl #RedFlagLaws #EnoughIsEnough
“There are too many people who are able to access #guns that shouldn’t be able to,” President #Biden said in his first remarks about the #Georgia #SchoolShooting. “Let’s require safe storage of firearms. I know I have mine locked up,” he said, adding, “You've got to hold #parents accountable if they let their child have access to these guns.”
#accountability #law #GunLaws #ApalacheeHighSchool #Winder #GunControl #RedFlagLaws #UniversalBackgroundChecks #EnoughIsEnough
Father of Teen Suspect Charged in #Georgia #SchoolShooting
The father, Colin Gray, was charged with 4 counts of involuntary #manslaughter, 2 counts of second-degree #murder & 8 counts of #cruelty to #children, the authorities said.
#law #GunLaws #ApalacheeHighSchool #Winder #GunControl #RedFlagLaws #UniversalBackgroundChecks #EnoughIsEnough
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/09/05/us/georgia-school-shooting/7021d242-26af-55cb-959e-f74ad394eae6?smid=url-share
The father said they had hunting guns but the teen didn’t have unsupervised access to them. The boy denied making the online threats. The sheriff’s office alerted local schools to monitor him, but there was no probable cause for arrest or additional #law enforcement action at the time. #Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey said the teen would be charged w/ #murder & tried as an adult.
#SchoolShooting #ApalacheeHighSchool #GunControl #GunLaws #law #RedFlagLaws #EnoughIsEnough
UPDATE on #ApalacheeHighSchool #SchoolShooting:
4 people have now been declared killed in the attack. — via GBI [Georgia Bureau of Investigation]
#PublicHealth #Winder #BarrowCounty #Georgia #GunControl #GunViolence #law #RedFlagLaws #UniversalBackgroundChecks #EnoughIsEnough
#Georgia does NOT have:
• Gun Owner #Licensing [!!!]
• Extreme Risk Protection Orders [#RedFlagLaws]
• #DomesticViolence Gun Laws
• #AssaultWeapon Restrictions
• Large Capacity Magazine Ban
• Waiting Periods
• ConcealedCarry Permitting
• #Community Violence Intervention Funding
#SchoolShooting #ApalacheeHighSchool #Winder #BarrowCounty #GunControl #law #EnoughIsEnough #GunLaws
#Georgia #GunLaws scorecard is “F” - as in fail.
Georgia has very weak gun laws & is a major exporter of #crime #guns to other states. Lawmakers have an obligation to do more to save lives from #GunViolence.
#SchoolShooting #PublicHealth #ApalacheeHighSchool #Winder #BarrowCounty #Georgia #GunControl #law #RedFlagLaws #UniversalBackgroundChecks #EnoughIsEnough
At some point, Caldera said someone pounded on his classroom door & shouted "open up!" multiple times. When the knocking stopped, Caldera said he heard more gunshots & screams.
He said his class later evacuated to the football field.
#SchoolShooting #PublicHealth #ApalacheeHighSchool #Winder #BarrowCounty #Georgia #GunControl #law #RedFlagLaws #UniversalBackgroundChecks #EnoughIsEnough
Casualties were reported at #ApalacheeHighSchool in #Winder, #Georgia, on Wed morning, per #BarrowCounty Sheriff's Office.
One suspect is in custody, the sheriff's office said.
The incident is over & a local hospital is "treating multiple gunshot wounds.”
Details on the number of victims & their conditions were not officially released.
Winder is ~45 miles outside of #Atlanta.
#SchoolShooting #GunControl #law #RedFlagLaws #UniversalBackgroundChecks #EnoughIsEnough
https://abc7ny.com/suspect-in-custody-after-active-shooter-reported-at-ga-high-school/15267168/
Initial reports from #ApalacheeHighSchool are that 2 people have been killed & 4 injured.
One person is in custody.
#SchoolShooting #Winder #BarrowCounty #Georgia #GunControl #law #RedFlagLaws #UniversalBackgroundChecks #EnoughIsEnough
Governor Tim Walz my choice for VP.
Because of my friends here on :mastodon: I decided to check into #GovTimWalz who I initially thought was too old, but he's 60. #kamala is vetting him for #VP #vicepresident #Walz
For young voters lots to like. He legalized #cannabis, #prowomen, #proeducation, #redflaglaws #policereform etc. His views range from liberal to moderate.
For the more conservative he Served in Afghanistan in the #Natlguard
You can read his Wiki here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Walz
What I like about him is his views have evolved over time. A sign of #wisdom is tge right to change your mind. Great speaker, breadth of knowledge. Relatable. Quick on his feet. He is relaxed in his own skin, natural on the stump. Here's a sample.
https://www.msnbc.com/11th-hour/watch/-it-is-clear-we-are-going-to-win-gov-tim-walz-talks-potential-vp-slot-215635013938
