The signer took to Instagram, aiming to “wake up America” to the need to stem gun violence.
A video shows her putting up signs with the hashtags “#WAKEUPAMERICA” and “#GUNCONTROLNOW,” with unidentified people. It’s unclear where the singer is. Throughout most of the video, she wears a bright blue ski mask that covers her face.
Toward the end of the video, the star turns to the camera and gives an impassioned speech about gun control, likening it to a life-saving vaccine.
“Have you heard of this new vaccination for America? It’s going to keep us all alive, it’s going to keep us all safe,” she says. “It’s called gun control, OK? It’s called gun safety, alright? New vaccination. It should be mandatory for all citizens.”
The Gun Violence Archive is a non-profit organization that runs a website that reportedly tracks gun violence in this country. However, there’s a problem.
See, the issue is the term “mass shooting.”
When most people hear the term, they’re thinking of something like Las Vegas, Parkland, or Columbine. They’re thinking of people dead, blood everywhere, and people sitting around trying to figure out why some random person decided to shoot up a given place.
Yet when Gun Violence Archive uses the term, they’re applying it to anywhere four or more people are
shot, even if no one dies. This includes many regular criminal shootings, such as gang activity, and really isn’t anything close to what people think of.
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Closing arguments in the Derek Chauvin trial will begin today, and it’s likely that we’ll see a jury verdict returned at some point this week. Authorities and business owners in Minneapolis are already prepping for a violent response, and with good reason. Even before the jury has started its deliberations, the threats of violence are readily apparent, including an incident over the weekend in California where the former home of defense witness Barry Brodd was targeted by several people.
Police were called to the home just after 3 a.m. by the new homeowners, who told officers they were awakened by a group of people dressed all in black, who threw a severed pig’s head on their front porch and splattered blood on the front of their house, officials said.
(AP Photo/John Locher, File)
From the moment President Joe Biden was declared the winner, we all knew gun control was coming. As a result, states started passing sanctuary state bills.
While it still remains to be seen how well they’ll hold up when the rubber meets the road, they’re a clear message that much of the country isn’t interested in Biden’s gun control plans.
The Alabama Senate has passed a bill that would make it a crime for state and local officials to enforce any new gun control laws or regulations from the Biden administration or Congress.
The House Judiciary Committee voted 15-2 to approve Rep.
Cord Byrd‘s bill (
HB 1409) clarifying the state’s preemption over local firearm and ammunition laws.
State law expressly prohibits a local government from creating an “ordinance, regulation, measure, directive, rule, enactment, order or policy” relating to guns that is more restrictive than state law. The broad list was intended to show it includes unwritten policies, but some courts have sided with cities and counties on unwritten rules.
“This does not add anything new,” Byrd, a Neptune Beach Republican, told the panel. “It just clarifies what already exists to make sure that the law is being followed as intended by this body.”