Gretchen Browne ❌👑

Women promoting be smart for kids - secure firearm storage - at national night out

Charlottesville #besmartforkids team had a great time tonight @ #NNO talking to our community about securely storing firearms. I was especially encouraged by parents' willingness to ask other parents if guns are securely stored before sending their kids on a play date! 👏🏼👏🏼 @besmartforkids.bsky.social

I’d be happy to outlaw gerrymandering. I think it’s ridiculous for politicians to draw their own maps, but I’m not for unilateral disarmament when Republicans are trying to rig the midterms. We need to fight back or risk being locked out of power for a long, long time.

Eunice Benavidez’s 15-year-old brother was killed when a friend unintentionally shot him with an unsecured gun. His senseless death galvanized Eunice to become a passionate advocate for secure storage in Michigan and across the country!

The rate of gun thefts from cars has soared over the past decade, which poses a significant risk to our communities. Securely storing guns in cars is one way gun owners can help deter crime and save lives.

No kings protest!

No kings protest!

Joined the #NoKings peaceful protest in Houston yesterday. We the People are a powerful force, and we absolutely reject this kakistocracy and all its destructive, cruel actions!

Join me on June 14

I'm taking action on June 14 to remind Trump and his enablers that America has No Kings. Join me in Houston to reject authoritarianism and show the world what democracy really looks like. app.sosha.ai/s/RyXZlWRV

Sen. McMorrow is right: If ending gun violence is an issue you are passionate about, there’s a place for you in our movement. And, no, you don’t have to be a mom, or even a parent, to join us! @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social

The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.

The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.

Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.

The list goes on and on.

Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

The number of guns stolen from cars in communities across the country has skyrocketed over the past decade. Even more alarming: cars parked at residences are the most common source of stolen guns. This demonstrates the importance of securely storing guns at all times and locations.

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

A tweet by Sarah Longwell (@SarahLongwell25 ) reads: "He’s threatening media companies who are critical of him. He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons. He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him. Don’t you see what’s happening here?"

I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.

Virginians deserve a leader who cares about their safety—not someone who will sell them out to appease gun extremists. Abigail Spanberger is exactly that leader.

We are ready to do what it takes to make Abigail Spanberger the next Governor of Virginia.

The most corrupt administration in American history wants you to look the other way from this.

We can't. We need answers.

Clearly

Not sure how these people sleep at night

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

The biggest thing we need to do is let people know that the protests are FUN. Yelling fuck the man is fun. You will meet fun people.

We also need to make them more fun. Bring grills like the French. Bring instruments like it’s Mardi Gras. Give people a reason to spend their weekend in the streets.

Picture of crowd at Hands Off protest in Roanoke, VA

I won’t be remembered as a woman who kept her mouth shut! #HandsOff rally in Roanoke, VA

Ha!! Just saw this, Cathy. I’m pissed!!

Supreme Court upholds federal regulations on ghost gun kits The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld government regulation of self-assemble firearm kits that produce untraceable weapons known as "ghost guns."

HUGE WIN FOR GUN SAFETY! In a massive blow to gun extremism, today, the Supreme Court rejected the gun lobby’s challenge to a life-saving ATF rule regulating untraceable ghost guns—weapons of choice for criminals as they can be bought and built without a background check.

What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.

“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”

These are the same Senate Democrats who lectured the base for years about the importance of preserving the filibuster so it would still be available when Democrats were in the minority

Democrats Catherine Cortez Masto Nevada Richard J. Durbin Illinois John Fetterman Pennsylvania Kirsten Gillibrand New York Maggie Hassan New Hampshire Angus King Maine Gary Peters Michigan Brian Schatz Hawaii Chuck Schumer New York Jeanne Shaheen New Hampshire

Fuck these 10!!! 🤬🤬🤬

Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America volunteer with Virginia gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger

Met our next Governor last night! @spanbergerforva.bsky.social 👏🏼Our @momsdemand.bsky.social group in #Charlottesville is so ready to work for our #GunSenseCandidate #MomsAreEverywhere

RFK Jr. has a track record of denying the reality of our country’s gun violence crisis. He has no place at the helm of the Department of Health and Human Services.

The reason we are seeing floods in new places and wildfires in the “wet” season, the reason we spend hundreds of billions on disaster response, is that climate change makes bad weather more common and more intense. Climate inaction costs you money and puts you in danger.

Opinion | Why my viral photos of American gun lovers have shocked many liberals — NBC News This Fourth of July, we need to examine the privileges, contradictions and cost of freedom.

Not photoshopped. Check this insanity out: apple.news/AtJK1swOdTz2...

THANKS @stevedescano.bsky.social for helping C’ville learn to implement substantial risk orders most effectively! We know removing guns from people who are a danger to themselves/others will save lives & we vow to work hard w/ stakeholders to put what we learned into action! @momsdemand.bsky.social

Be SMART | Secure Gun Storage Be SMART raises awareness that secure gun storage — storing guns locked, unloaded and separate from ammunition — can save children’s lives. Learn more and join us.

A small child CAN discharge a gun, full stop. The onus is on adults to ensure they don’t access firearms by securing guns in homes and vehicles, stored unloaded, locked, and separate from ammunition. Learn more: besmartforkids.org