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1,466 the number of American children and teenagers shot and killed in 2022. [Gun Violence Archive]
1,466 the number of American children and teenagers shot and killed in 2022. [Gun Violence Archive]
Texas Girl Getting Snack at Home Was Killed by Bullet from Outside, Man Who Targeted Wrong Home Sentenced
Brandoniya Bennett, 9, of Dallas, was getting ready for the first day of school when she was shot and killed in her own townhouse
Brandoniya Bennett, 9, of Dallas, was getting ready for the first day of school when she was shot and killed in her own townhouse
Link to story.
This won't end until our lobby is bigger than their lobby. It's not the voters, it's not gun owners vs gun safety. It's the gun industry and their lobby that buys and sells not only guns but legislators.
Find a group to support with your money.
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AndyS
Nov 2022
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Oh god, such a sad story. Her life over before it ever got off the ground. All the promise, gone.
CaliforniaPeggy
Nov 2022
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CaliforniaPeggy
(149,699 posts)1. Oh god, such a sad story. Her life over before it ever got off the ground. All the promise, gone.
It makes me sad and angry, all at once.
I have found some groups to support......but it's too late for Brandoniya Bennett.
Still, her unwarranted death motivates me!
Karadeniz
(22,572 posts)2. Disgusting.
Irish_Dem
(47,382 posts)3. Americans could demand an end to gun violence.
They just don't care enough to do so.
live love laugh
(13,129 posts)4. Republican response: "CRIME"
Our response has to be: GUN crime
brer cat
(24,605 posts)5. +++nt