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sheshe2

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Tue Feb 14, 2023, 07:35 PM Feb 2023

There have been more mass shootings than days in 2023, database shows [View all]

The United States has totaled 67 mass shootings so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive. There have been more mass shootings than days in 2023.

Mass shootings are defined as an incident in which four or more victims are shot or killed, according to the archive.

Though mass shootings don’t make up the majority of gun violence incidents in America, their impact on communities and victims is evident.

Incidents like the mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, continue to send cities into mourning and have sparked repeated calls for gun reform.

More: https://abcnews.go.com/US/mass-shootings-days-2023-database-shows/story?id=96609874

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I have a couple points to make here. To reiterate: There have been more mass shootings than days in 2023. Again:There have been more mass shootings than days in 2023. Let that sink in a bit.

And here we have:

House Republicans Criticized over Assault Weapon Lapel Pins: 'Mortifying'

House Republicans have been slammed for sporting lapel pins shaped like assault rifles.

Rep. Andrew Clyde of Georgia on Thursday took credit for the pins that colleagues Rep. George Santos of New York and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida have been photographed wearing.

"I hear that this little pin that I've been giving out on the House floor has been triggering some of my Democratic colleagues," Clyde said in a video posted on Twitter. "Well, I give it out to remind people of the Second Amendment of the Constitution and how important it is in preserving our liberties."

The pins sparked outrage from Democrats and others on social media, coming in the wake of a series of mass shootings and during National Gun Violence Survivors Week.

morehttps://www.newsweek.com/house-republicans-criticized-assault-weapon-lapel-pins-1779035

The GOP is literally mocking the violence and deaths that are tearing communities apart and sending them into the dark depths of mourning and despair.

Clyde talks about "preserving our liberties" with guns and doesn't give a RA about preserving a life.

Any member of congress wearing the assault rifle pin in congress should be removed from office.
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