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Snippety Snap (she/her)<p>It's August 11, the 223rd day of 2025.</p><p>There have been 319 mass shootings in the US in 2025.</p><p>Zero days since the last mass shooting. </p><p>Average of 1.4 mass shootings in the US per day. </p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/ItsTheGuns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ItsTheGuns</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/GunControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunControl</span></a></p>
Matthew Rimmer<p>An 18-year-old man has been arrested and charged with manufacturing 3D-printed firearms following a police search at the University of Wollongong's Keiraville campus. <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-11/uow-teen-charged-3d-printed-firearms-keiraville-campus/105636102" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-08-11/uow</span><span class="invisible">-teen-charged-3d-printed-firearms-keiraville-campus/105636102</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/3dprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3dprinting</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/guncontrol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guncontrol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auslaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>auslaw</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FortStewart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FortStewart</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Georgia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Update" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Update</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActuveDuty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ActuveDuty</span></a> Sergeant Quornelius Radford [sp? Cornelius?], a 28-year-old <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USArmy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USArmy</span></a> sergeant with ties to Florida.</p><p>The suspect &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/army" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>army</span></a> sergeant as well as the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/shooting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shooting</span></a> victims are alive.</p><p>Radford was taken into custody at about 11:35AM.</p><p>The handgun used was a personal weapon which is NOT allowed on base under <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MilitaryLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryLaw</span></a> (<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UCMJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UCMJ</span></a>).</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USArmy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USArmy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ArmyBase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArmyBase</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassShooting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassShooting</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunViolence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunControl</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunLaws</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MentalHealthAwareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealthAwareness</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/fort-stewart-active-shooter-08-06-25#cme0dbome00213b6nr45cj2p3" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/us/live-news/fort-stew</span><span class="invisible">art-active-shooter-08-06-25#cme0dbome00213b6nr45cj2p3</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Update" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Update</span></a></p><p>Suspect in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FortStewart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FortStewart</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/shooting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shooting</span></a> a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/soldier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>soldier</span></a>, US official says</p><p>A <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> soldier is suspected of carrying out a shooting at the Fort Stewart base which injured 5 soldiers, a US official said on Wednesday.</p><p>The official, who was speaking on the condition of anonymity, was citing initial information and said it could change.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USArmy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USArmy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ArmyBase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArmyBase</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassShooting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassShooting</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunViolence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunControl</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunLaws</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DomesticTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DomesticTerrorism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MentalHealthAwareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealthAwareness</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/suspect-fort-stewart-shooting-soldier-us-official-says-2025-08-06/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/suspect-fort</span><span class="invisible">-stewart-shooting-soldier-us-official-says-2025-08-06/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Located about 40 miles southwest of Savannah, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Georgia</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FortStewart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FortStewart</span></a> is the largest <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Army" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Army</span></a> post east of the Mississippi River. It’s home to thousands of soldiers assigned to the Army’s 3rd Infantry Division &amp; family members. </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USArmy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USArmy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ArmyBase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArmyBase</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassShooting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassShooting</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunViolence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunControl</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunLaws</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DomesticTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DomesticTerrorism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MentalHealthAwareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealthAwareness</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Update:</p><p>Five soldiers were shot on Wednesday at the Army’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FortStewart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FortStewart</span></a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Georgia</span></a>, the base said in a social media post.</p><p>A post on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ArmyBase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArmyBase</span></a>’s FB page told all personnel in the locked down area to “stay inside, close &amp; lock all windows &amp; doors.”Adding, “Due to the lockdown status all gates on Fort Stewart are currently closed.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USArmy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USArmy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MassShooting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassShooting</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunViolence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunControl</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunLaws</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DomesticTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DomesticTerrorism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MentalHealthAwareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealthAwareness</span></a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/georgia-army-post-lockdown-shooter-0b3b2cda384d1f33d107d988e6088d92?utm_source=onesignal&amp;utm_medium=push&amp;utm_campaign=2025-08-06-Breaking+News" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/georgia-arm</span><span class="invisible">y-post-lockdown-shooter-0b3b2cda384d1f33d107d988e6088d92?utm_source=onesignal&amp;utm_medium=push&amp;utm_campaign=2025-08-06-Breaking+News</span></a></p>
Shine My Crown<p>‘She Shouldn’t Have Been Near Her’: Woman Fatally Shoots Her Wife in the Head Despite Prior Bond Restrictions <a href="https://shinemycrown.com/she-shouldnt-have-been-near-her-woman-fatally-shoots-her-wife-in-the-head-despite-prior-bond-restrictions/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">shinemycrown.com/she-shouldnt-</span><span class="invisible">have-been-near-her-woman-fatally-shoots-her-wife-in-the-head-despite-prior-bond-restrictions/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DomesticViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DomesticViolence</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/JusticeForVictims" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JusticeForVictims</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/EndViolenceAgainstWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndViolenceAgainstWomen</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GunControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunControl</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/MentalHealthAwareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealthAwareness</span></a></p>
ABlueView<p>🧵2/3 Stop the Collective Insanity</p><p>It's insane to keep doing the same thing--nothing--and pray things change.</p><p>Instead, help implement @Everytown's 38 data-driven solutions that reduce gun violence.</p><p>Please go to <a href="https://secure.actblue.com/donate/38ways" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">secure.actblue.com/donate/38wa</span><span class="invisible">ys</span></a> and donate: 100% goes to them</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GunControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunControl</span></a></p>
Scott Wilson<p>North Carolina sucks! </p><p>A veto override this week now enshrines some super-great (sarcasm) new laws, including:</p><p>- stricter immigration crackdowns<br>- looser gun rules<br>- a formal definition of gender to exclude transgender people</p><p>Edit: spelling, tags </p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hate</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/nc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nc</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/veto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>veto</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/guncontrol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guncontrol</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.wral.com/story/new-nc-laws-on-guns-immigration-donor-privacy-now-in-place-despite-stein-s-vetoes/22100744/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wral.com/story/new-nc-laws-on-</span><span class="invisible">guns-immigration-donor-privacy-now-in-place-despite-stein-s-vetoes/22100744/</span></a></p>
Preston MacDougall<p>After the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewYork</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/MassShooting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MassShooting</span></a> that targeted <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/NFL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NFL</span></a> headquarters, <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Louisiana</span></a> Senator John Kennedy wants ‘idiot control’, not more <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/GunControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunControl</span></a>. <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sen-john-kennedy-idiot-control-nyc-mass-shooting_n_68884f69e4b0b5f7e9088110" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">huffpost.com/entry/sen-john-ke</span><span class="invisible">nnedy-idiot-control-nyc-mass-shooting_n_68884f69e4b0b5f7e9088110</span></a></p><p>Paradoxically, he opposes controlling access to guns by idiots! 🤷🏻‍♂️ </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kakistocracy</span></a> in <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a>.</p>
Nonilex<p>Recently, Cowan secured <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a> from an out-of-state nonprofit as well as a $125,000 emergency grant from the city. Still, he may be forced to conduct layoffs if <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>federal</span></a> government dollars don't start flowing again.</p><p>“We shouldn't be pulling from our own personal finances &amp; life insurance policies to cover the cost of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSafety</span></a>,” he said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunViolence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guns</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunControl</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…Organizations are trying to figure out how to keep the doors open now that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>federal</span></a> money has run dry.</p><p>Durell Cowan, exec dir of HEAL 901, a community violence prevention nonprofit in Memphis, received a $1.7 million <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CVI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CVI</span></a> grant in Oct 2024.</p><p>Cowan's org received $150k in federal funds since the beginning of the year before his grant was canceled. He's had to dip into his personal savings to keep his 14-person staff on payroll, he said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunViolence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guns</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunControl</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…In June, a letter signed by 18 law enforcement groups &amp; police chiefs in Louisville, Minneapolis, Tucson &amp; Omaha called on Attorney General <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PamBondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PamBondi</span></a> to reinstate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a> that has resulted in "measurable &amp; significant reductions in violence &amp; homicides."</p><p>"These aren't feel-good programs; they’re lifesaving, law-enforcement-enhancing strategies that work," they wrote.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunViolence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guns</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunControl</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Pha'Tal Perkins founded Think Outside Da Block in 2016, a nonprofit based in Chicago's violence-plagued Englewood neighborhood. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Federal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a> allowed him to hire full-time staff, but when <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/grants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grants</span></a> were stripped, he was forced to lay off 5 team members.</p><p>"Being able to have outreach teams at specific places at the right time to have conversations before things get out of hand is what people don't see," Perkins said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunViolence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guns</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunControl</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>"Very few state legislatures are passing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a> right now, that's why the federal cuts were such a tragic hit," said Amber Goodwin, co-founder of Community Violence Legal Network, who's part of a coalition of lawyers working to get <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/grants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grants</span></a> reinstated.</p><p>…Interviews w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> experts, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunViolence</span></a> interventionists, &amp; fmr <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> ofcls said funding cuts threaten long-term sustainability of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CVI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CVI</span></a> initiatives that have taken years to establish….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guns</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunControl</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>While cities like New York City, Chicago &amp; Los Angeles received the bulk of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunViolence</span></a> prevention funding, southern cities like Memphis, Selma, Alabama &amp; Baton Rouge, Louisiana also received millions &amp; were more reliant on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/grants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grants</span></a> due to limited state support for the programs, experts told Reuters.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guns</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunControl</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunViolence</span></a> deaths in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> grew more than 50% from 2015 to the pandemic-era peak of 21,383 in 2021, according to the Gun Violence Archive. Since then, deadly <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/shootings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shootings</span></a> have been in decline, falling to 16,725 in 2024, which is more in line with the pre-pandemic trend. As of May 2025, deaths are down 866 from the same period last year.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guns</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunControl</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Prior to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a>, most <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunViolence</span></a> prevention programs were funded on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>state</span></a> level.</p><p>"These programs 5 years ago, if they did exist, had very small budgets &amp; didn't have large, multimillion-dollar federal investments," said Michael-Sean Spence, director of community safety initiatives at Everytown for Gun Safety, which has worked with 136 community-based violence intervention organizations since 2019. 25 of the groups were impacted by funding cuts.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guns</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunControl</span></a></p>
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…The majority of #CVI grants were originally funded through the 2022 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act & part of a push by President Joe Biden to stem the rise of #GunViolence in the #US, including establishing the first White House Office for Gun Violence Prevention.

That office was "dismantled on day one" of #Trump taking office, said fmr deputy director of the office, Greg Jackson.

#law#guns#GunControl
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The elimination of #CVI programs is part of a broader rollback at the department's grant-issuing Office of Justice Programs, which terminated 365 #grants valued at $811 million in April, impacting a range of #PublicSafety & victim services programs.

A #DOJ official told Reuters the #GunViolence grants were eliminated because they "no longer effectuate the program's goals or agency's priorities."

#Trump#law#guns
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