The Faces of Gun Violence exhibit at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) headquarters showed the portraits of 120 people killed in gun violence in the U.S.
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How would right wing media react to this?
24/7 coverage with "Angel" moms and dads showing the goverment doesn't care about their deaths.
Not a bad idea.
A tiny percentage compared to the true number of people killed by guns in the United States. Number one killer of children throughout the United States, not car accidents, not drugs, guns are the killer. You can't put a price on life.
The trump admin is doing everything in their power to erase history.They only want the history under trump to matter, and it has to be perfect. They don't care about anything or anyone. Acknowledging gun violence and all the people killed would mean agreeing that guns shouldn't be owned by everyone.
GOP: "IT'S NOT GUNS IT'S MENTAL ISSUES"
Us: "Okay, then let's get people mental healthcare."
GOP: "NO"
Us: "Then don't blame us when the mentally unwell come after you."
This is because whatever agencies survive this administration are being repurposed to serve Trump and MAGA. ATF will root out and punish opponents of unfettered gun access. The DOJ itself is already the Department of Vengeance, serving as the tool to exact retribution on perceived enemies of Trump.
"Brown views the DOJ's decision to take down the exhibit as political and an example of the Trump administration's efforts to roll back firearms regulations." Said as if it is fact.
The Faces of Gun Violence exhibit at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) headquarters showed the portraits of 120 people killed in gun violence in the U.S.
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But but but the NRA may feel insulted by the showing of the results of their actions.
Of course because money loving nasty GOP are fucking MURDERERS and dont give a flying fuck about safety in AMerica, Hey FUCK you guys yes FUCK aLL you gun owning bitches.
We're allowed to own guns per the Constitution. It's the kind of gun that's in dispute. No one but the police and our military need to own an automatic firearm.
Next four years are going to be a libertarian hellscape. That one weird guy you knew in your early 20s who was seemingly intelligent yet “off” and tried to convince you libertarianism was amazing? They finally got their way
Maybe the Trump admin is wants to change the ATF mission - 'reduce violent crime & regulate firearms'. Will the Gun Violence exhibit get replaced with NRA propaganda?
Yes, fergawdssake! Hide, deny, obscure the loss of our precious ones at all cost, because silencing the truth is more precious to some than living with transparency! Fuck those who rather live camoflaged by active denial!!!
Why do you think so? David Koresh and his followers were extremely dangerous. Hence, the amount of people dead in his compound. Many were also dead because he set fire to the compound. Because, as with all cult leaders, they don't give a fuck about their followers.
I don’t hold the folks in the compound guiltless, but the government didn’t need to assault the compound. There were options. (Cut off supply and wait them out). Take the time to read the linked article. Pay attention to the ferret rounds.
Because Trump's republicans do not value any lives but their own. They are looking forward to unleashing their militarized police against US citizens who are protesting the rise of the fascist right and there will be little legacy media coverage of the millions of Americans they will murder.
T***p and his legal counsel scored a trifecta this weekend; tariffs on foreign movies, reopening and expanding Alcatraz prison and disappearing of gun violence victims. It’s impossible to connect all the dots anymore and mind numbing to even try to make sense of any of his bonkers ideas. He’s crazy.
I’ve actually heard some case studies of Lennon shooter Mark David Chapman that give him some dark similarities to the Proud Boy and Patriot Front types stalking X and 4Chan.
His dark MAGA fan base is not that far removed from some of those shooters.
No it's not. The states with the highest homicide rates are Louisiana, NM, Alabama and Tennessee. None of the cities you indicate are in those states. Also, the US is only relatively safe if you compare it to all countries. Amongst western countries, they're the least safe.
Can we please hear from the families of those being removed from the wall, especially the ones who voted for this regime? How do they feel about the honor and memory of their loved ones being disrespected like this?
Gosh, I bet if one Republican lost a their or a family member to gun violence they’d howl until an exhibit and memorial was put up for them…their hypocrisy is beyond disgusting!!!
There is no evidence the Birdbrain of Alcatraz’s attempted assassinations were staged. He’s trying to erase the bad things in this country because they don’t align with what goes on in his head, or Project 2025.
But there is also no evidence they were not. What happened to the kid’s family? Did they sell him to death because he was troubled and this way they got a large payout and had their son murdered by cops? Where is his body? Was there a funeral? Zippo is in the news. Look at their bankbooks.
My religious sister says he can't be because the bible says the anti-christ unites people. I pointed out that rump united the diverse population of Canada against us, so...
He’s also pretty well united the whole of Europe in agreement that the US is longer a trusted ally but more of a drunk uncle careening down a parade route. He seems to be uniting a whole lot of people.
They seem to think it might put people off guns. They’re probably right.
Is anytime taking note of what to put back when you are rid of this Maga nonsense ?
Faces of those killed due to gun violence removed from government agencies while faces of those illegally deported line the WH drive. This administration is celebrating ILLEGAL ACTS with both of these actions...
What NPR and all of mainstream media fails to mention, and this is nothing new, a firearm does not just decide to kill a person, a person kills a person.
i'd pay money to see him and kamala harris put 10 shots each from a handgun into a paper target. winner keeps the office. promise you trump would barely hit the target circle.
I bet you it don't say how many was killed because they was robbing somebody or shooting at the police or any other crime they was committing at the time or suicide
More proof that NPR is a Democrat propaganda outlet.
If you can't do balanced reporting, then good riddance.
BTW: Balance would be trivially easy to achieve by just balancing the decision makers between Democrats and MAGA Republicans. But nooo, you just can't do that one simple thing.
So you think taking down the exhibit is what should happen? Gun violence is statistically a real problem in America. What is the point of pretending it is not?
If the top 10 Democratic-run U.S. cities with the highest murder rates are excluded, the U.S. murder rate drops from approximately 5.5 per 100,000 to about 4.8 per 100,000. This would improve the U.S. ranking from roughly 73rd to approximately 80th–90th among 193 countries.
There are many more leftist "messages" and favorable portrayals of leftist viewpoints than conservative "messages" and favorable portrayals of conservative viewpoints.
Maybe there aren’t. Maybe some policies are just bad and have more and worse examples. Maybe you have the ethics of a toddler complaining that mommy is being unfair.
Charming. An OPINION piece is not proof, and bothsidism when one side is obviously and clearly lying is horseshit. There are independant studies of realiability and truthfullness in news sources, this us not one. Try again.
Another nonsensical, hurtful, and completely unnecessary act. That's all we seem to get from this fascist regime. At some point in near future we will be targeted by guns by the government.
This is just one among many reprehensible acts perpetrated by T**** and his regime. What I don't get is WHY ARE THEY LETTING HIM GET AWAY WITH IT??? Surely there are Republicans (never mind Dems) who still love our country?
No surprise here. This is an administration that likes its own fully armed civilian army so they can retake the white house if they lose in the next election. Civilian casualties as a byproduct, means nothing to them.
Absolutely disgusting! It shows what weak little people they are, afraid of criticism.. wait, why does that sound familiar?
Oh yes, how could I forget we're run by a Kakistocracy and led by a poolingual president... What could go wrong?
They haunt Petel every time he works on by these pictures... I hope these pictures will haunt them all with or without them being displayed. Every single night, they break into a cold sweat and can't go back to sleep.
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24/7 coverage with "Angel" moms and dads showing the goverment doesn't care about their deaths.
Not a bad idea.
Us: "Okay, then let's get people mental healthcare."
GOP: "NO"
Us: "Then don't blame us when the mentally unwell come after you."
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But but but the NRA may feel insulted by the showing of the results of their actions.
That's was gun violence really costs!
#nodictators
#strongertogether
They should replace it with pictures from the 1993 Waco siege where the ATF killed 76 people (including 20 children) under President Clinton.
https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/what-really-happened-at-waco/
His dark MAGA fan base is not that far removed from some of those shooters.
Aren't we collectively already sick of it?
How can 44% still approve this scumbag?
Instead we get this BS 🤬
spirit is ripped out of you by so called leaders
https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/gun-violence-by-state
America is the safest country in the world.
Always, always ask! They are trying to whitewash EVERYTHING!
So they don't feel bad, so we don't feel bad...IDK...
There is NO doubt in my mind .
🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
Is anytime taking note of what to put back when you are rid of this Maga nonsense ?
If you can't do balanced reporting, then good riddance.
BTW: Balance would be trivially easy to achieve by just balancing the decision makers between Democrats and MAGA Republicans. But nooo, you just can't do that one simple thing.
If you take out the Democrat-run cities with strict gun controls, the murder rate of the USA is actually near equal to many European countries.
Guns alone don't kill people; it's Democrats pushing victim-oppressor anger that causes many people to kill other people.
Democrats ruin everything.
https://grok.com/share/bGVnYWN5_ea8aba98-b89d-424a-9171-1af009dfdcf2
in countries with tight gun regulations, like my country Argentina, there's still a lot of criminality and gun deaths ocurring in there.
it's the one-sidedness that bothers me, not the individual message.
The balance is way off -> one-sided.
Since PBS and NPR are similar:
PBS News Hour's Extreme Makeover: 27 Times More Likely to Find 'Far Right' Over 'Far Left'
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2024/12/04/pbs-news-hours-extreme-makeover-27-times-more-likely-find-far-right
Sounds like you are dismissing sources based on whether they agree with you.
No, I dimiss opinions offered as fact.
Republicans have the opposite opinion on that issue.
That should give you cause to reconsider, beyond the ridiculous "Republicans are stupid" lie.
If you can't see it, it isn't real. Trump is there to destroy America.
#TheDeplorables
In fact, there's an entire state statute that covers this.
You should read it.
I take it you're not very bright.
*(Just checked your T/L - extreme right wing troll account, disregard).
https://web.archive.org/web/20241001000000*/https://www.atf.gov/news/press-releases/atf-launches-faces-gun-violence-online
Oh yes, how could I forget we're run by a Kakistocracy and led by a poolingual president... What could go wrong?