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Tuckers Nuts Resist! 🇺🇦 <p>🥥 Musk brings his kids to work for sinister reasons.<br>"It's a cynical and exploitative PR strategy designed to humanise Musk and distract from all his meddling in democracy. After all, having a kid on your shoulders makes you seem less like a robber baron with a weird breeding fetish and more like a fun dad."<br>Personally, Eye think Musk's using the children as small human shields in the gun-happy US. <br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/18/elon-musk-kids-work-pr-strategy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/technology/202</span><span class="invisible">5/feb/18/elon-musk-kids-work-pr-strategy</span></a><br>🥥<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GunCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunCulture</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Children</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PublicRelations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicRelations</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TuckersBalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TuckersBalls</span></a></p>
Jonathan Emmesedi<p>🤮 </p><p>Experts Alarmed By Weapon Baby Name Trend | HuffPost Life</p><p><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/weapon-baby-names-trend_l_66fc3db0e4b0d70dca9f58f9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">huffpost.com/entry/weapon-baby</span><span class="invisible">-names-trend_l_66fc3db0e4b0d70dca9f58f9</span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/BabyNames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BabyNames</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ToxicMasculinity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToxicMasculinity</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Onomastics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Onomastics</span></a> <br><a href="https://c.im/tags/USCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USCulture</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/GunCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunCulture</span></a></p>
KC-DOZ<p>Today, in a very special episode of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SecondAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecondAmendment</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GunCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunCulture</span></a> ...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Intimacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Intimacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@darwinwoodka" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>darwinwoodka</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/CarCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarCulture</span></a> + <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GunCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunCulture</span></a> = <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/WeaponizedTools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizedTools</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a></p>
Tuckers Nuts Resist! 🇺🇦 <p>🥥 Image stolen from Radical Grafitti (@RadicalGrafitti@todon.eu) because they didn't include <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AltText" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AltText</span></a>.<br>Line drawing on a wide metal door of Luigi from Super Mario Bros holding a pistol. Under the drawing are the words, "Who's A Next?"! <br>Captioned as "Seen in Hollywood, California. 🥥<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SuperMario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SuperMario</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Luigi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Luigi</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LuigiMangione" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LuigiMangione</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HealthInsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthInsurance</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CEOs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CEOs</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GunCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunCulture</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SecondAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecondAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UntiedSnakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UntiedSnakes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TuckersBalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TuckersBalls</span></a></p>
No Country For Old Boomers<p>I visited my Physician’s office this morning for a routine check-up to find they are in the process of opening a gun store right next door. Huge surprise, very perplexing and confusing to put it mildly. <br>I spoke with the Dr. about it and they, of course, saw nothing wrong or conflicting. </p><p>What would you do if in my shoes?<br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/itstheguns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>itstheguns</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/gunculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gunculture</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/wtf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wtf</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/gunviolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gunviolence</span></a></p>
RinostarGames<p>Aurora apartment building with<br>Armed thugs in broad daylight<br>Gang members taking over with their<br>High-powered rifles<br>Why are Republicans complaining?<br>Isn't this the world they want?<br>Oh no of course it isn't<br>These armed terrorists are Mexican<br>They're speaking Spanish<br>Every day another school shooting<br>That's just thoughts and prayers<br>But armed people speaking Spanish<br>That's a crisis in the making!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/GunCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunCulture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a></p>
SaanichGuy 🇨🇦🇨🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@spocko" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>spocko</span></a></span> the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/NRA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NRA</span></a> driven <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/gunculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gunculture</span></a> is so scary </p><p>So glad I grew up in Canada</p>
Tom Bradley Jr. 📚🇺🇸🇺🇦<p>I challenge you all to come up with a more American headline:</p><p>Groom-To-Be Fatally Shoots Best Man After Skunk Hunting At Christian Camp: Sheriff</p><p><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/shooting-hunting-arizona_n_66b25d9be4b09cb4a56ae08b" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">huffpost.com/entry/shooting-hu</span><span class="invisible">nting-arizona_n_66b25d9be4b09cb4a56ae08b</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Guns</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GunCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunCulture</span></a> via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Huffingtonpost" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Huffingtonpost</span></a></span></p>
SLCW💥<p>Just another brave, good guy with a gun, keeping us all safe. Well done, sir. Well done.</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/gunControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gunControl</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/gunviolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gunviolence</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GunCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunCulture</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/06/07/washington-teen-killed-bb-gun/74020187007/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">usatoday.com/story/news/nation</span><span class="invisible">/2024/06/07/washington-teen-killed-bb-gun/74020187007/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> largely oppose stricter <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunLaws</span></a>, saying the right to bear arms is established in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> Constitution's <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SecondAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecondAmendment</span></a>. That stance has remained fixed even in the face of a steady stream of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassShootings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassShootings</span></a> that have led to calls from many <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> to impose more controls on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>guns</span></a>.</p><p>"In my 2nd term, we will roll back every <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> attack on the 2nd Amendment. The attacks are coming fast &amp; furious," <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BidenHarris2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BidenHarris2024</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunCulture</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunViolence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>During the speech, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> repeated a pledge to fire the director of the Bureau of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Alcohol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alcohol</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tobacco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tobacco</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Firearms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firearms</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Explosives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Explosives</span></a>, known as the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ATF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ATF</span></a>, on Day One of a potential administration. He accused that agency, which enforces <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunLaws</span></a>, of being heavy-handed w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FirearmOwners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirearmOwners</span></a> &amp; revoking licenses on frivolous grounds.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BidenHarris2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BidenHarris2024</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunCulture</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunViolence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunEpidemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunEpidemic</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunControl</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Guns</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>"I think you're a rebellious bunch. But let's be rebellious &amp; vote this time."</p><p>The nation's top <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gun</span></a> rights group has now endorsed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> 3X - in 2016, 2020 &amp; 2024.</p><p>The org cheered on Trump during his 2017-2021 term, as he appointed 3 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservative</span></a> justices to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> &amp; took a series of steps sought by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunLobby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunLobby</span></a>.…Including designating <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/firearm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firearm</span></a> shops as “essential businesses” during the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/COVID19" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVID19</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pandemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pandemic</span></a>, allowing them to stay open.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BidenHarris2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BidenHarris2024</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunCulture</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunViolence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The address to thousands of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NRA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NRA</span></a> members at the group's annual Leadership Forum in Dallas was *light* on new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a>, but he used the platform to urge <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gun</span></a> supporters to go to the polls in the Nov <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a>.</p><p>"We've got to get gun owners to vote," <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> said in his *wide-ranging* *speech*, which covered everything from his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> trials to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trade</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> over &gt;90 mins.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BidenHarris2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BidenHarris2024</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunCulture</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunViolence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunEpidemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunEpidemic</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunControl</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Guns</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> pledges to 'roll back' Democratic President Joe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gun</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulations</span></a> put in place by Democratic President Joe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> &amp; to fire the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ATF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ATF</span></a> chief during a lengthy rally speech to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NRA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NRA</span></a> on Sat, during which he accepted the influential group's <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/endorsement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>endorsement</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BidenHarris2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BidenHarris2024</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoteBlue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoteBlue</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunCulture</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunViolence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunEpidemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunEpidemic</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/donald-trump-fire-up-supporters-nras-annual-us-gathering-2024-05-18/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/donald-tr</span><span class="invisible">ump-fire-up-supporters-nras-annual-us-gathering-2024-05-18/</span></a></p>
Tuckers Nuts Resist! 🇺🇦 <p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@realTuckFrumper" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>realTuckFrumper</span></a></span> <br>🥥 Only in the USA, USA!<br>Child's father in Arizona shoots infant several times while holding it hostage. 🥥<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SecondAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecondAmendment</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GunCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunCulture</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TuckersBalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TuckersBalls</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️<p>Catastrophic fear, panic, chaos on the side of the police.</p><p>Videos show Chicago police fired nearly 100 shots over 41 seconds during fatal traffic stop<br><a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/videos-show-chicago-police-fired-nearly-100-shots-over-41-seconds-during-fatal-traffic-stop-1.6840185" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ctvnews.ca/world/videos-show-c</span><span class="invisible">hicago-police-fired-nearly-100-shots-over-41-seconds-during-fatal-traffic-stop-1.6840185</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MurderByCop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MurderByCop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BLM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chicago</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StructuralViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StructuralViolence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SystemicRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SystemicRacism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GunCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunCulture</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>&quot;It&#39;s a kind of romanticism of redemptive violence and this kind of Manichean idea that you have the bad people, the dangerous elements, you have the Native Americans, and then you have the less suitable White settlers from poor European backgrounds usually. And there&#39;s a kind of eugenic dimension to this, a very racialized ideology of the worthy and the unworthy.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>guns</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>violence</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/GunCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GunCulture</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CivilWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CivilWar</span></a> <br />/2</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>Dominic Erdozain, author of One Nation Under Guns, on the roots of US gun-culture mythology, harking back to the post-Civil War period when the Southern honor code, with its exaltation of violence in the name of &quot;honor,&quot; fused with the push of the military in the Western US to claim territory and land for white settlers, at the expense of native Americans:</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>guns</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>violence</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/GunCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GunCulture</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/CivilWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CivilWar</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/South" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>South</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/West" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>West</span></a><br />/1</p><p><a href="https://paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-myths-and-lies-of-american-gun" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the</span><span class="invisible">-myths-and-lies-of-american-gun</span></a></p>
Tuckers Nuts Resist! 🇺🇦 <p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://press.coop/@Independent" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Independent</span></a></span> <br>🥥 Nothing wrong with the US police policy of shoot first, ask questions later in the land of the hypocritical and the home of the trigger-happy:<br>Sheriff's deputies gun down fleeing 15-year-old girl hostage who was following their instructions. 🥥<br><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/kidnap-victim-police-savannah-graziano-video-b2522164.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">independent.co.uk/tv/news/kidn</span><span class="invisible">ap-victim-police-savannah-graziano-video-b2522164.html</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USAUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAUSA</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GunCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GunCulture</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Policing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Policing</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FriendlyFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FriendlyFire</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnlyInAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnlyInAmerica</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TuckersBalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TuckersBalls</span></a></p>