Katie Fox

Look, I am all in for maximizing government efficiency. I even passed a law that got way more transparency into how we’re spending. But taking a hatchet to all federal funding, to agencies that save Americans money, to critical medical grants… that just creates chaos & disorder.

13.02.2025 23:05 — 👍 1125    🔁 227    💬 157    📌 27

Me, as a representative of Giffords Gun Owners for Safety, after providing public comment in subcommittee

The terribly fuzzy screen-capture from the meeting recording.

Good afternoon, members of the committee. My name is Katie Fox, and I’m here as a representative of the Virginia chapter of Giffords Gun Owners for Safety and as a proud gun owner deeply committed to promoting responsibility and safety within our community. I’m speaking in strong support of House Bill 1597. This bill is personal to me. My life was saved by secure firearm storage. I come from a family of responsible gun owners, a tradition that goes back generations. Guns were not only a part of our family culture—they were a lifeline, helping put food on the table during hard times. My father kept three large gun cabinets in the master bedroom, and they were always locked. From middle school, I began battling depression, and there were moments I seriously considered ending my life. The only reason I didn’t act on those thoughts was because I couldn’t access my dad’s guns. I knew they were the only way to be certain, and I didn’t want to risk any attempt not working. Tragically, my friend in high school didn’t have the same protection. Our sophomore year, he found an unsecured firearm at a friend’s house and ended his life in their garage. That loss changed me forever. HB 1597 is vital for saving lives. It upholds the values of responsible gun ownership by requiring secure storage, penalizing unsafe practices, and educating the public on the importance of these measures. Ensuring firearms are safely stored doesn’t infringe on rights—it protects children, families, and communities from preventable harm. I urge you to support this bill to make Virginia safer for everyone. Thank you for your time.

I shared part of my survivor story at the House Public Safety-Firearms subcommittee as a rep of @giffords.org #GunOwnersForSafety supporting Del Mike Feggans' secure storage bill HB1597. I've added my public comments here.

Responsible gun owners believe in education & storage. Everyone should.

17.01.2025 04:44 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

I want to complain about this, so I’m ready to tell y’all that someone hit me with their car last week just before Thanksgiving, like hit my fucking BODY with their 3 ton death machine, and then got out of the car and threatened me with a gun for “hitting their car”

02.12.2024 23:11 — 👍 484    🔁 29    💬 78    📌 10

Ghost Gun Blueprints Are Going Viral. That’s Really, Really Bad. Ghost gun kits function as “lethal Lego sets.” 3D printers are now making them even easier to assemble—and with fewer restrictions.

Ghost gun kits have long functioned as “lethal Lego sets.”

These dangerous weapons are beloved by criminals for the same reason they’re bad for public safety: There are very few restrictions on who can access them.

01.12.2024 16:33 — 👍 27    🔁 16    💬 2    📌 2

RFK Jr will do to the U.S. what he did to Samoa - all to make a buck. Please watch this if you haven’t.

25.11.2024 17:19 — 👍 2666    🔁 1047    💬 92    📌 24

Remember this during the holiday season.

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25.11.2024 12:30 — 👍 36481    🔁 6912    💬 418    📌 313

This is your reminder to get a library card. They have so many services and basically all of them are free.

25.11.2024 23:00 — 👍 25575    🔁 4054    💬 601    📌 290

Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants said they had housing. Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.

Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.

They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.

The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...

26.11.2024 00:47 — 👍 37203    🔁 12632    💬 721    📌 1259

Biden Promised Gun Reform. Did He Deliver? The president vowed to move the needle on gun policy if elected. Now, as he prepares to leave office, advocates reflect on his record.

President Biden promised to take action on gun violence — and he did.

Our Executive Director Emma Brown spoke to @thetrace.org about why he was the strongest gun safety president in American history. Now, it’s up to all of us to protect our progress.

25.11.2024 15:52 — 👍 30    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 1

Hello Jews of Bluesky. If you would like to be included in the new JewSky Plus feed repost this! And if you ever want to be removed from it, undo the repost!

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16.08.2023 03:25 — 👍 423    🔁 635    💬 61    📌 33

Philadelphia loses lawsuit that sought greater power for the city to regulate firearms Pennsylvania's high court says Philadelphia can't impose stricter firearms regulations than are authorized under state law.

This week, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court blocked Philadelphia from making its own gun safety laws.

This is a devastating blow to public safety. Local governments should have the freedom to protect their communities from gun violence.

24.11.2024 15:14 — 👍 44    🔁 17    💬 2    📌 2

Activists at Indivisible rally

@chemykatie.bsky.social and I were honored to speak to a packed house at today's "Worth Fighting For" rally to action in #Charlottesville, organized by @indivisibleguide.bsky.social, for volunteers and orgs to brainstorm next steps and how to help. We're all putting the unity in community 💪

23.11.2024 20:03 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Lawsuit challenges Hawaii's gun ownership ban for young adults A new lawsuit takes aim at Hawaii’s ban on gun ownership for those 18 to 20 years old. Second Amendment advocates say it's an unconstitutional restriction on the right to bear arms.

Hawaiʻi has one of the lowest gun death rates in the nation—and some of the strongest gun laws.

That’s not a coincidence, but extremists are hellbent on overturning commonsense laws that keep our communities safe.

22.11.2024 23:37 — 👍 34    🔁 6    💬 2    📌 0

If you're a Veteran and you get your healthcare from the VA, please make appointments with your PCP and specialists before January 20th, and make sure to update all your vaccines and order your meds.

17.11.2024 23:17 — 👍 32534    🔁 8971    💬 712    📌 321

It’s great to see 2023 Emerge Virginia alumnae @kimadamsforva.bsky.social and Lily Franklin both launching their 2025 Virginia House of Delegates campaigns after falling less than a point shy of winning last year.
Both of them are outstanding, hardworking candidates on the Red-to-Blue frontlines.

18.11.2024 12:13 — 👍 23    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0

Lily Franklin and volunteers

I'm excited to see Lily Franklin running for the House of Delegates again in Hokies Country! She narrowly fell short last time, but with a people-driven campaign focused on small-town, rural communities and values, we can help send her to Richmond 💪

18.11.2024 12:15 — 👍 22    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1

Schoolhouse Rock is on Disney+ 😉

12.11.2024 04:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I'm hoping it will be, but I have little faith in any social media site being decent.

10.11.2024 20:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I'll probably be here as much as Threads, but I figured I should lock in my handle before someone else does 😅

10.11.2024 20:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

The coming collapse of emergency medicine in the United States. Hi. I’m an ER nurse, and I want to talk about what you can expect to come in the arena of emergency medicine in the United States, because…

Given the stakes involved, I thought I would write about what's coming for all of us in Elon Musk's "two years of pain" that he insists we all have to go through- and how it's likely to change American healthcare permanently for the worse.

medium.com/@SquireForVi...

10.11.2024 16:11 — 👍 14    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 3