Letters to Newtown Since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, more than a half million cards, letters, and drawings have been sent to the people of Newtown, Connecticut, from around the world. These messages of love, sadness, and hope have been on display in the town hall and viewed there by many residents and visitors. Now they’ll have a permanent home — on Tumblr. Brought to you by Mother Jones, in partnership with Tumblr’s Storyboard.

Letters to Newtown

Since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, more than a half million cards, letters, and drawings have been sent to the people of Newtown, Connecticut, from around the world. These messages of love, sadness, and hope have been on display in the town hall and viewed there by many residents and visitors. Now they’ll have a permanent home — on Tumblr. Brought to you by Mother Jones, in partnership with Tumblr’s Storyboard.

newsweek: think-progress: This 15-year-old girl from Chicago performed at Obama’s inauguration two weeks ago. Last night she was killed by gunfire. According to the Chicago Tribune, Hadiya Pendleton and another classmate, a 16 year old boy, were both caught in the middle of a gang war.

newsweek:

think-progress:

This 15-year-old girl from Chicago performed at Obama’s inauguration two weeks ago.

Last night she was killed by gunfire.

According to the Chicago Tribune, Hadiya Pendleton and another classmate, a 16 year old boy, were both caught in the middle of a gang war.

30 Jan 2013 / Reblogged from hollybailey with 1,536 notes / guns chicago hadiya pendleton 

The Daily Chart Of Gun Deaths That Can’t Stop Growing. Check It Out Now While It Still Fits On Your Computer.

16 Jan 2013 / Reblogged from upworthy with 29 notes / guns politics 

This is the kind of Bushmaster .223 assault rifle that was used to murder 20 children and 6 adults in Sandy Hook this week. It is also the same kind of assault rifle used in the DC sniper shootings, the recent shooting in Colorado, and by troops in Afghanistan. In Connecticut, each victim was hit more than once — and the medical examiner told the Times that the wounds were “all over, all over.” There is no reason that anybody needs a weapon of this caliber for anything but warfare. Perhaps Gail Collins put it best: “Every country has a sizable contingent of mentally ill citizens. We’re the one that gives them the technological power to play God.”

This is the kind of Bushmaster .223 assault rifle that was used to murder 20 children and 6 adults in Sandy Hook this week. It is also the same kind of assault rifle used in the DC sniper shootings, the recent shooting in Colorado, and by troops in Afghanistan. In Connecticut, each victim was hit more than once — and the medical examiner told the Times that the wounds were “all over, all over.” There is no reason that anybody needs a weapon of this caliber for anything but warfare.

Perhaps Gail Collins put it best:

“Every country has a sizable contingent of mentally ill citizens. We’re the one that gives them the technological power to play God.”

WHEN I FIND OUT MY CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT IS RECOGNIZED IN ALL THE STATES I’M TRAVELING THROUGH

iamthenra:

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Submitted by Amanda J.

OH. MY. GOD.

This is an official Tumblr of the NRA.

14 Dec 2012 / Reblogged from iamthenra with 32 notes / guns gun control NRA 

In Germany, police fired 85 bullets in all of 2011.

think-progress:

In the U.S., police fired 90 shots at one unarmed man in Los Angeles. 

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15 May 2012 / Reblogged from ashedryden with 56,103 notes / Germany guns