gun safety

Scenes from the #March(es)ForOurLives, Part I

by Anne Laurie| March 24, 20184:05 pm| 77 Comments

This post is in: Don't Mourn, Organize, gun safety, Open Threads, Daydream Believers

Aerial footage shows the turnout at various March for Our Lives events across the US today https://t.co/K4g34viFVh pic.twitter.com/Iu8266uwGi

— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) March 24, 2018

Powerful stuff here from an 11 year old named Naomi, who called out both gun violence in the African American community — & a media that doesn’t always cover it the same way that it covers gun violence in white America. pic.twitter.com/wzgN8uXVwt

— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) March 24, 2018

BREAKING NEWS: The crowd in Washington DC has officially reached 1,000,000 protesters. #MarchForOurLives pic.twitter.com/RKgsKXpE8I

— The Anon Journal (@TheAnonJournal) March 24, 2018

A handful of high school kids from Florida did this in just over a month.

I. Am. In. Awe. #MarchForOurLives https://t.co/ThRukcWAyf

— Oliver Griswold (@originalgriz) March 24, 2018

Emma Gonzalez stayed on stage at the D.C. #MarchForOurLives rally for 6 minutes and 20 seconds – the duration of the Parkland shooting. https://t.co/B7yFTn23Nz pic.twitter.com/jdyYagtZCO

— ABC News (@ABC) March 24, 2018

Hunter Nguyen, 21, of Hagerstown, MD, and Daisy Hernandez, 22, of Stafford, VA wrote "don't shoot" on their hands ahead of the march. https://t.co/qP9Q83z8wl pic.twitter.com/17bNkOi43L

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 24, 2018

Former US Marine Corporal Cristine Pederson joining #VetsForGunReform at the DC #MarchForOurLives. pic.twitter.com/n9eOR13ThO

— Vera Bergengruen (@VeraMBergen) March 24, 2018

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Open Thread: Gun-Humpers Find Their Natural Home?

by Anne Laurie| March 23, 20189:11 pm| 165 Comments

This post is in: Gun nuts, gun safety, Open Threads

Thanks, or something, to commentor Butthurt Jordan Trombone (fka XTPD). From Bloomberg:

YouTube, a popular media site for firearms enthusiasts, this week quietly introduced tighter restrictions on videos involving weapons, becoming the latest battleground in the U.S. gun-control debate.

YouTube will ban videos that promote or link to websites selling firearms and accessories, including bump stocks, which allow a semi-automatic rifle to fire faster. Additionally, YouTube said it will prohibit videos with instructions on how to assemble firearms. The video site, owned by Alphabet Inc.’s Google, has faced intense criticism for hosting videos about guns, bombs and other deadly weapons…

The new YouTube policies will be enforced starting in April, but at least two video bloggers have already been affected. Spike’s Tactical, a firearms company, said in a post on Facebook that it was suspended from YouTube due to “repeated or severe violations” of the video platform’s guidelines.

“Well, since we’ve melted some snowflakes on YouTube and got banned, might as well set IG and FB on fire!,” Spike’s wrote on Facebook, where it has over 111,000 followers, referring to the social network and its Instagram app. A YouTube spokeswoman said the channel has been reinstated after it was mistakenly removed.

InRange TV, another channel devoted to firearms, wrote on its Facebook page that it would begin uploading videos to PornHub, an adult content website…

The jokes, they write themselves!… But srsly, good for YouTube. To be honest, isn’t there an argument that gun-sale and gun-assembly videos should be treated as adult-only content?

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Friday Morning Open Thread: Ready for the Deluge?

by Anne Laurie| March 23, 20184:30 am| 146 Comments

This post is in: gun safety, Hail to the Hairpiece, Open Threads, Proud to Be A Democrat, All we want is life beyond the thunderdome

Old me: It’s Friday. I’m sure it will be a nice slow news day. Nothing ever breaks on Fridays.

2018 me: Uh-oh, it’s Friday. Where’s my news helmet and Kevlar news vest?

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) March 9, 2018

Man, this Infrastructure Week was AWESOME.

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) March 23, 2018

But on the positive side, Rep. Doug Jones gave a speech…

WATCH: Alabama Sen. Doug Jones uses his inaugural floor speech to speak out on gun violence in the U.S.:

"At its core, the Second Amendment was an effort to protect Americans. Let us do the same." pic.twitter.com/XPmffNk6lh

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 21, 2018

Yeah, low bar, but at least he’s speaking out. Let’s not discourage the baby-steppers.

This is a great & courageous maiden Senate speech by newly elected Alabama Democrat Doug Jones. Very sensible re gun safety laws we could realistically enact today. Really wish everyone would listen. Hope his colleagues do. He's gently shaming them to act. https://t.co/eQxWJYxPck

— Eric Redman (@ricredman) March 21, 2018

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Wednesday Morning Open Thread: “The Love Always Outweighs the Hate”

by Anne Laurie| March 21, 20185:30 am| 173 Comments

This post is in: gun safety, Open Threads, Television, Daydream Believers

The trailer for the new @MrRogersMovie documentary has me in tears already ?? pic.twitter.com/CVPyx0SK5h

— Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) March 20, 2018

Even if that’s not statistically verifiable, isn’t it a better way to live?

"We're trying to save lives and we're trying to save America… it's really USA over NRA." @davidhogg111 and @JaclynCorin
on the #MarchForOurLives. We'll be marching in D.C. this weekend, go find a march near you! https://t.co/IvGbnuS1ap pic.twitter.com/kMgXVfGcNZ

— Pod Save America (@PodSaveAmerica) March 20, 2018

Just talked w/ some DC teenagers preparing for Saturday's rally: they've coordinated > 300 host families for other high schoolers coming in from California, Florida, Conn and more. Organized meals for Friday and Saturday, have first-aid stations/emergency contacts. Incredible

— Astead (@AsteadWesley) March 20, 2018

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Scenes from the #March(es)ForOurLives, Part I

Open Thread: Gun-Humpers Find Their Natural Home?

Friday Morning Open Thread: Ready for the Deluge?

Wednesday Morning Open Thread: “The Love Always Outweighs the Hate”