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  1. Police said they responded to the home on Sunday evening and heard gunshots coming from out back, just before the house was completely engulfed in flames. They confirmed multiple fatalities, including one person with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

    #law #GunControl #GunLaws #RedFlagLaws #GunViolence #MassShooting

  2. Heslin & Lewis’s 6-year-old son Jesse Lewis was among 20 children & 6 educators killed in the 2012 attack in Newtown, Connecticut. The lawsuit & 2022 verdict against #AlexJones marked the first time Jones was held financially liable for peddling #lies about the #massacre, claiming it was faked by the government to tighten #GunLaws.

    #law #MassShooting #SchoolShooting

  3. By all means read it. You’ll learn about #Japanese #GunLaws and even get a statistic out of it… about #Japan. What you wil not get is how #Australian gun laws work (whatever their merits). Nor will you learn a lot about the facts purportedly supporting statements made by the author of the article (I am assuming the author can back up all his claims here - innocent until proven … well you know the rest).

    From my perspective, the more we talk/read/hear about gun laws in Australia the better informed we’ll all be. And that makes all the difference when it comes to deciding what our polies ought to do about it and where our votes should go. But, it must be *informed* discussions, not dubious opinions. Facts. Facts matter here because gun ownership is a most serious issue for society. False comparisons, cherry picking, innuendo(s), appeals to emotions, hidden agendas, and unsubstantiated statements simply won’t do if one intends to inform the reader.

    TBH, I am surprised the Australian Insitute allowed this poorly written piece get published, lacking bio info about the author — where does his writing come from, what are the biases we should be made aware of? Etc. Come on *The Point* editor(s), lift your game up, please. I would’ve left a comment had this been enabled. Instead, I’m tooting it. You’re welcome.

    #AustralianInstitute #ThePoint #Journalism #OpinionArticle #GoodWritingThisIsNot #ThisIsNotJournalism #AusPol #ThePoint

    thepoint.com.au/opinions/26081

  4. By all means read it. You’ll learn about #Japanese #GunLaws and even get a statistic out of it… about #Japan. What you wil not get is how #Australian gun laws work (whatever their merits). Nor will you learn a lot about the facts purportedly supporting statements made by the author of the article (I am assuming the author can back up all his claims here - innocent until proven … well you know the rest).

    From my perspective, the more we talk/read/hear about gun laws in Australia the better informed we’ll all be. And that makes all the difference when it comes to deciding what our polies ought to do about it and where our votes should go. But, it must be *informed* discussions, not dubious opinions. Facts. Facts matter here because gun ownership is a most serious issue for society. False comparisons, cherry picking, innuendo(s), appeals to emotions, hidden agendas, and unsubstantiated statements simply won’t do if one intends to inform the reader.

    TBH, I am surprised the Australian Insitute allowed this poorly written piece get published, lacking bio info about the author — where does his writing come from, what are the biases we should be made aware of? Etc. Come on *The Point* editor(s), lift your game up, please. I would’ve left a comment had this been enabled. Instead, I’m tooting it. You’re welcome.

    #AustralianInstitute #ThePoint #Journalism #OpinionArticle #GoodWritingThisIsNot #ThisIsNotJournalism #AusPol #ThePoint

    thepoint.com.au/opinions/26081

  5. By all means read it. You’ll learn about #Japanese #GunLaws and even get a statistic out of it… about #Japan. What you wil not get is how #Australian gun laws work (whatever their merits). Nor will you learn a lot about the facts purportedly supporting statements made by the author of the article (I am assuming the author can back up all his claims here - innocent until proven … well you know the rest).

    From my perspective, the more we talk/read/hear about gun laws in Australia the better informed we’ll all be. And that makes all the difference when it comes to deciding what our polies ought to do about it and where our votes should go. But, it must be *informed* discussions, not dubious opinions. Facts. Facts matter here because gun ownership is a most serious issue for society. False comparisons, cherry picking, innuendo(s), appeals to emotions, hidden agendas, and unsubstantiated statements simply won’t do if one intends to inform the reader.

    TBH, I am surprised the Australian Insitute allowed this poorly written piece get published, lacking bio info about the author — where does his writing come from, what are the biases we should be made aware of? Etc. Come on *The Point* editor(s), lift your game up, please. I would’ve left a comment had this been enabled. Instead, I’m tooting it. You’re welcome.

    #AustralianInstitute #ThePoint #Journalism #OpinionArticle #GoodWritingThisIsNot #ThisIsNotJournalism #AusPol #ThePoint

    thepoint.com.au/opinions/26081

  6. By all means read it. You’ll learn about #Japanese #GunLaws and even get a statistic out of it… about #Japan. What you wil not get is how #Australian gun laws work (whatever their merits). Nor will you learn a lot about the facts purportedly supporting statements made by the author of the article (I am assuming the author can back up all his claims here - innocent until proven … well you know the rest).

    From my perspective, the more we talk/read/hear about gun laws in Australia the better informed we’ll all be. And that makes all the difference when it comes to deciding what our polies ought to do about it and where our votes should go. But, it must be *informed* discussions, not dubious opinions. Facts. Facts matter here because gun ownership is a most serious issue for society. False comparisons, cherry picking, innuendo(s), appeals to emotions, hidden agendas, and unsubstantiated statements simply won’t do if one intends to inform the reader.

    TBH, I am surprised the Australian Insitute allowed this poorly written piece get published, lacking bio info about the author — where does his writing come from, what are the biases we should be made aware of? Etc. Come on *The Point* editor(s), lift your game up, please. I would’ve left a comment had this been enabled. Instead, I’m tooting it. You’re welcome.

    #AustralianInstitute #ThePoint #Journalism #OpinionArticle #GoodWritingThisIsNot #ThisIsNotJournalism #AusPol #ThePoint

    thepoint.com.au/opinions/26081

  7. A #shooting at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant in southern #Idaho on Saturday afternoon left multiple people dead & others injured, police said.

    The shooter was among the dead, Twin Falls Police Chief Matthew Hicks said in a news conference. Police were still trying to determine the shooter’s identity & motive.

    “We believe the threat to the community is over,” Hicks said.

    #MassShooting #law #GunLaws #GunControl #GunViolence
    apnews.com/article/shooting-id

  8. The #Seattle PD is investigating a #shooting at the #SeattleCenter with “multiple victims.”

    “More information to come,” officials said in a statement. “Please avoid the area.”

    Harborview Medical Center said it will be receiving people injured from the event at the Seattle Center.

    The Seattle Center was hosting its annual Bite of Seattle festival this weekend, featuring hundreds of local vendors & live music performances.

    #MassShooting #law #GunLaws #GunControl
    cnn.com/2026/07/26/us/seattle-

  9. Teenager pleads guilty to all 55 counts in 2024 fatal #shooting at #ApalacheeHighSchool in #Georgia

    Colt Gray, 16, entered the plea Friday without having reached a deal with prosecutors. He had previously pleaded not guilty to charges in the Sept 4, 2024, shooting that killed 2 students & 2 teachers, & left several others wounded, at the high school about 45 miles (73 km) northeast of Atlanta.

    #law #GunLaws #GunControl #SchoolShooting #EnoughIsEnough #MentalHealth
    apnews.com/article/apalachee-g

  10. Come on #AustralianInstitute you can do better than this:

    “The answer to gun theft is simple: if there are fewer guns in the community, there are fewer guns that can be stolen”

    That is a complete nonsequiteur for so many reasons. I know you are pushing an agenda: towit we don’t want to follow the US into #GunCulture violence. And I agree with that proposition. But what your headline suggests is not the answer, not by a long shot.

    As long as there are ANY guns, ANYWHERE (Privatly held, in police and ADF armouries, and with distributors and manufacturers) there WILL BE Gun theft. Volume matters little given stolen guns is a criminality issue not a gun ownership issue, nor a gun law issue. And crims will steal, import and manufacture guns regardless (we’ve seen all this already). And BTW, do we even know how many unregistered guns are stolen/lost?

    I’ll persist and read the article, but the headline’s put me right off.

    Link: thepoint.com.au/explainers/260

    #AusPol #GunLaws #GunTheft

  11. Come on #AustralianInstitute you can do better than this:

    “The answer to gun theft is simple: if there are fewer guns in the community, there are fewer guns that can be stolen”

    That is a complete nonsequiteur for so many reasons. I know you are pushing an agenda: towit we don’t want to follow the US into #GunCulture violence. And I agree with that proposition. But what your headline suggests is not the answer, not by a long shot.

    As long as there are ANY guns, ANYWHERE (Privatly held, in police and ADF armouries, and with distributors and manufacturers) there WILL BE Gun theft. Volume matters little given stolen guns is a criminality issue not a gun ownership issue, nor a gun law issue. And crims will steal, import and manufacture guns regardless (we’ve seen all this already). And BTW, do we even know how many unregistered guns are stolen/lost?

    I’ll persist and read the article, but the headline’s put me right off.

    Link: thepoint.com.au/explainers/260

    #AusPol #GunLaws #GunTheft

  12. Come on #AustralianInstitute you can do better than this:

    “The answer to gun theft is simple: if there are fewer guns in the community, there are fewer guns that can be stolen”

    That is a complete nonsequiteur for so many reasons. I know you are pushing an agenda: towit we don’t want to follow the US into #GunCulture violence. And I agree with that proposition. But what your headline suggests is not the answer, not by a long shot.

    As long as there are ANY guns, ANYWHERE (Privatly held, in police and ADF armouries, and with distributors and manufacturers) there WILL BE Gun theft. Volume matters little given stolen guns is a criminality issue not a gun ownership issue, nor a gun law issue. And crims will steal, import and manufacture guns regardless (we’ve seen all this already). And BTW, do we even know how many unregistered guns are stolen/lost?

    I’ll persist and read the article, but the headline’s put me right off.

    Link: thepoint.com.au/explainers/260

    #AusPol #GunLaws #GunTheft

  13. Come on #AustralianInstitute you can do better than this:

    “The answer to gun theft is simple: if there are fewer guns in the community, there are fewer guns that can be stolen”

    That is a complete nonsequiteur for so many reasons. I know you are pushing an agenda: towit we don’t want to follow the US into #GunCulture violence. And I agree with that proposition. But what your headline suggests is not the answer, not by a long shot.

    As long as there are ANY guns, ANYWHERE (Privatly held, in police and ADF armouries, and with distributors and manufacturers) there WILL BE Gun theft. Volume matters little given stolen guns is a criminality issue not a gun ownership issue, nor a gun law issue. And crims will steal, import and manufacture guns regardless (we’ve seen all this already). And BTW, do we even know how many unregistered guns are stolen/lost?

    I’ll persist and read the article, but the headline’s put me right off.

    Link: thepoint.com.au/explainers/260

    #AusPol #GunLaws #GunTheft

  14. Police responding to the call at about 10:35PM found 8 people with gunshot wounds: four boys ages 6, 7, 12 & 14; two women, ages 21 & 25; & two men, ages 33 & 37, the NYPD said.
    The 21-year-old woman & the 33-year-old man were both shot in the chest, the 6-year-old was shot in the abdomen, & the three older boys were shot in the leg or thigh, police said.
    The 21-year-old woman is in critical condition, while the 7 other victims are stable, acc/to police.

    #MassShooting #law #GunLaws #GunControl

  15. At least 8 people, including 4 children, were shot during a #July4th barbecue in the #ConeyIsland neighborhood of #Brooklyn Saturday, acc/to police.

    As family celebrated #IndependenceDay in the courtyard of a home, an unknown man dressed in all black & wearing a black ski mask approached the fence line along Surf Ave & fired multiple rounds into the courtyard before fleeing on foot, NYPD Com Jessica Tisch told reporters Sunday.

    #MassShooting #law #GunLaws #GunControl
    cnn.com/2026/07/05/us/july-4-s

  16. At a news conference outside the residence where one of the #shootings occurred, officials appeared stunned, requesting patience & prayers from the community as they sorted through multiple crime scenes.

    “I just don’t know what to say, my heart is just taken aback,” #Shreveport Police Chief Wayne Smith said. “I cannot begin to imagine how such an event could occur.”

    #terrorism #MassShooting #criminal #law #GunControl #GunLaws

  17. The gunman later died after a chase with officers who fired at the suspect, Bordelon said. The suspect stole a car while leaving the scene of the #shootings & was followed by police.

    Ofcls said they were still gathering details at the crime scenes south of downtown #Shreveport — the 2 homes & a 3rd location. Some of the #children shot were related to the suspect.

    “This is an extensive scene unlike anything most of us have ever seen,” he said.

    #terrorism #MassShooting #law #GunControl #GunLaws

  18. 8 #children between the ages of 1 & 14 are dead after a #MassShooting in #Louisiana, police say

    A gunman in Louisiana killed 8 children in domestic-related #shootings at 2 different homes early Sunday, police in #Shreveport said.

    The victims ranged in age from 1 to about 14 years old, said Shreveport police spox Chris Bordelon. A total of 10 people were shot.

    #terrorism #criminal #law #GunControl #GunLaws
    apnews.com/article/shreveport-

  19. Chris Hosey, the director of the #Georgia Bureau of Investigation [#GBI], said the charges stem from Gray “knowingly allowing” his son to possess a weapon.

    Gray is in custody & the charges are “directly connected with the actions of his son & allowing him to possess a weapon,” Hosey said.

    #accountability #law #GunLaws #ApalacheeHighSchool #Winder #GunControl #RedFlagLaws #UniversalBackgroundChecks #EnoughIsEnough

  20. Records from an eviction the previous year show that #ColinGray owned several weapons, including an #AR15, the type of firearm that ofcls say was used in the #SchoolShooting on Wed morning at #ApalacheeHighSchool in #Winder, #Georgia.

    Mr. Gray said he wanted to get his son, Colt, now 14, interested in the outdoors, & away from video games…. The son, then 13, had recently shot his first deer, & his father kept a photo on his phone of the animal’s blood smeared on the boy’s cheeks…

    #law #GunLaws

  21. “There are too many people who are able to access #guns that shouldn’t be able to,” President #Biden said in his first remarks about the #Georgia #SchoolShooting. “Let’s require safe storage of firearms. I know I have mine locked up,” he said, adding, “You've got to hold #parents accountable if they let their child have access to these guns.”

    #accountability #law #GunLaws #ApalacheeHighSchool #Winder #GunControl #RedFlagLaws #UniversalBackgroundChecks #EnoughIsEnough

  22. @W_Lucht
    Women concerned about their reproductive rights (#Roe, #IVF, #Contraception)…

    Young voters concerned about #GlobalWarming & #ClimateChange

    #Black voters wondering what #BlackJobs are; #BLM & #DEI

    People concerned about protecting #Ukraine & #Taiwan

    #Hispanic & #Muslim voters tired of being scapegoated for all violent crime…

    #Shooting victims who support #CommonSense #GunLaws (like a ban on #AR15-style weapons & #BumpStocks)…

    NONE of these people should be voting for T****.