Trump’s Second Amendment flip-flop: Guns for Insurrection, Bans for Democracy.
The Trump administration does not believe in the 2nd Amendment. Good to know. - Gavin Newsom
The Second Amendment to the US Constitution stipulates that “the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed... Carrying a firearm is not a death sentence, it’s a Constitutionally protected God-given right. If you don’t understand this you have no business in law enforcement or government.” - Rep Thomas Massie
Alex Pretti was a nurse, and a legal gun owner with no criminal record. He was killed by masked Border Patrol agents.
The Trump administration claims Pretti’s firearm possession was a critical factor leading to shots fired by Border Patrol agents deployed in Minneapolis
“We can’t have individuals that are impeding law enforcement operations and then showing up with guns ...” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem
“No one who wants to be peaceful shows up at a protest with a firearm that is loaded with two full magazines!” - FBI chief Kash Patel - AFP
Guns for mass shootings, fine. Guns for insurrections, fine. Guns to protect democracy and your safety, banned. Follow Trump and Republicans double standard with this map.
Republican flip flop on the right to bear arms
Pay for play gun rights Republican hypocrites
Is the Second Amendment under threat from its own “defenders”? Explore the Trump administration’s selective support for gun rights—approving arms for insurrection while dismantling democratic protections.
See how much Republicans get from the Gun Lobby who are now silent about Alex Pretti being killed for legally having a gun.
What’s you life worth?
“House Republicans are working on behalf of the gun lobby/industry to defund the ATF.” - Po Murray, Newtown Action Alliance
We used data from the Gun Violence Archive from May 2021-2024 to find the number of gun violence victims per state. Data from Open Secrets provided details on the amount gun lobby gave to Republicans in that state. We mapped the amount of gun lobby donations to the number of gun violence victims in that state. That’s how much MAGA Republicans in that state value your life. The map also includes details of you Congressperson, Senators, Governor and State Attorney General.
Gun makers: Major donors to Republicans
“Shootings revive push for assault weapons ban. The 1994 ban blocked the sale of 19 specific weapons that have the features of guns used by the military. It expired in 2004 and any new proposals are unlikely to pass a divided Senate. The 1994 ban, which passed as part of a broader crime bill championed by Mr. Biden, then a senator, blocked the sale of 19 specific weapons that have the features of guns used by the military, including semiautomatic rifles and certain types of shotguns and handguns. It also outlawed magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition. People who already had such weapons were allowed to keep them.” - NY Times
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We didn’t start the fire, but we have to be the ones that put it out. - Rachel Bitecofer
The right-wing media eosphere has declared war - Rebekah Jones
TakeAway: Stop the Republican double standard on the Second Amendment. Pass common sense gun safety reforms.
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