Some state lawmakers want to protect Texans’ right to bear arms by making sure firearms can’t be taken from people deemed harmful to themselves or society. That’s the premise behind Senate Bill 1362.
Many fear that the exchange of money, such as for gas to help deliver a ballot or cast a vote could also be considered illegal. Wed’s indictment accused ofcls of using CashApp to pay one person to engage another to collect ballots.
It was unclear if other arrests were pending.
“I think this is all part of #VoterSuppression,” said Lidia Martinez, who was 87 last year when 9 officers, some w/ #guns, raided her home in San Antonio. She was not among the indicted.
An African migrant working as a door-dasher got lost and asked a local official and federally-licensed firearms dealer for directions to the right house. The guy told him to get off his property and then shot him in the back as he tried to drive away.
CORRECTED: I originally wrote that the driver died.
#fascism #guns
"I worked with the #ATF to honor my daughter Jaime & other victims of the #Parkland shooting in the creation of the 'Faces of #GunViolence' memorial at headquarters....We are…saddened by the reality that her photo has been removed & sits in an ATF trash can, completely disregarded by this heartless Administration who could clearly care less about my child or any child being gunned down in America," #FredGuttenberg said in a stmnt.
#FredGuttenberg's daughter Jaime was pictured on the Faces of Gun Violence memorial. She was among the 17 people shot & killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS in #Parkland, FL, in 2018.
"What they want to do is deny the #reality that #GunViolence exists & that makes me very angry," said Brown. "What we will see over time is absolutely a rise in gun violence; we will see a rise in homicide; we will see a rise in suicide; we will see a rise in unintentional injury of kids with #guns in the home."
"For people who were already traumatized enough by #GunViolence, just the unceremonious lack of care taken here is deeply, deeply troubling," said Brown.
Brown views the #DOJ's decision to take down the exhibit as political & an example of the #Trump admin's efforts to roll back #firearms #regulations.
The #Biden admin had already chosen the new group of honorees who were supposed to be installed in the next exhibit, replacing the inaugural group, acc/to Kris Brown, president of #Brady: United Against #GunViolence. Brown says her org & other groups provided input in the selection process & new families were anticipating the installation of their loved ones to the exhibit last month.
Madness
#Memorial to people killed by #GunViolence is removed from #Trump’s #ATF headquarters
An exhibit showing victims of gun violence has been taken down at the headquarters of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF), the #DOJ has confirmed.
The exhibit showed the portraits of 120 people killed in gun violence. A digital kiosk w/biographies of each person was also part of the exhibit. An online version has also been taken down.
#law #guns #USpol
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/04/nx-s1-5386668/atf-trump-administration-gun-violence-memorial
The so-called “Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025” (H.R. 38/S. 65) would force every state to allow individuals from other states to carry concealed and loaded handguns in public.
There would be no stopgap to prevent people with dangerous histories—like those convicted of violent crimes, domestic abusers, and even stalkers—to carry a concealed and loaded gun in public in states that wouldn't otherwise let them.
Earlier: Everyone I know has a relationship with #guns. They’re ingrained in American culture—our movies, books, and politics. ... Over the last few decades, however, the moral weight and awful responsibility of these weapons has grown heavier. https://www.texasobserver.org/son-of-a-gun-legacy-unwanted-firearms/
Trump says school districts are on their own dealing with mental health of school children after shooting events.
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/01/nx-s1-5382582/trump-school-mental-health
#Healthcare #MassShootings #Guns #Uvalde
A shootout at a Swedish hair salon Tuesday left at least three people dead, police and media said, amid heightened nerves over gun violence in the Scandinavian nation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/30/world/crime-legal/sweden-new-gun-attack/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #sweden #massshootings #guns
Gun Owners Group Calls for Federal Inquiry Into Firearms Industry’s Secret Sharing of Customer Data
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Citing a ProPublica investigation, Gun Owners for Safety called the secret program that spanned nearly two decades “underhanded.” “Gun owners’ privacy is not a partisan or ideological issue,” a member of the group wrote.
https://www.propublica.org/article/gun-owners-group-secret-data-sharing?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
“I’ve lived a little over four decades now. In that time, there’s been a dramatic decrease in murder and crime overall. Yet the nature of deadly gun violence has grown increasingly heinous.” https://www.texasobserver.org/son-of-a-gun-legacy-unwanted-firearms/
In our magazine: Americans own nearly 400 million #guns. Five of them were recently lying on my parents’ living room floor in Dallas.
https://www.texasobserver.org/son-of-a-gun-legacy-unwanted-firearms/
The Texas gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack targeting "Mexican" shoppers at a Walmart in El Paso in 2019, was sentenced to 23 consecutive life sentences, after he pleaded guilty in state court Monday morning.
In our magazine: As a gun-loving generation passes, we’re facing a wave of unwanted weapons. For some, there are just too many to house. For others, there’s simply no interest. https://www.texasobserver.org/son-of-a-gun-legacy-unwanted-firearms/
