On March 27, 2023, six people including three 9-year-olds were killed by a mass shooter bearing weapons of war at a private Christian School.

The next day, Tennessee US Rep Tim Burchett vowed not to "fix the problem." Thousands of outraged Tennessee students marched to the state Capitol to demand common sense gun laws. When three Democratic lawmakers joined the marchers to speak out on the state Capitol floor, Republican state lawyers threatened to expel them. As of April 6, two of the three have been expelled; not since the Civil War has a lawmaker been expelled. (Two others in recent years had been expelled for sexual misconduct and committing a crime.)

Meanwhile, March for Our Lives have also staged protests around the nation earlier this week. As of this writing, hundreds of students are occupying the Tennessee state capitol, but Tennessee state House Speaker Cameron Sexton has absurdly equated their peaceful occupation with the Jan. 6 insurrection!

If you support these students and lawmakers fighting for stronger gun laws, call the Republican state legislators and make your case for why we must support the next generation in creating a more safer world and to protect our democracy! https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/LegislatorInfo/directory.aspx?chamber=H
#TENNESSEE #GunReformNow #GUNCONTROL

#GOP #Trump aligned domestic terrorists are gearing up for "Death & Destruction"

"...Pro-Trump forum encouraged those who did not want to “form organized militias” to “take on lone wolf mentalities,” “weaponize suicidal people” and “make the jurors public knowledge.”

If you thought that Republicans couldn't possibly embrace more obviously depraved and INSANE gun laws, think again! This only confirms that mental illness is an epidemic within the Republican Party!

Obviously, the wrong priorities! Where is the Republican party these days? In WACO with Trump?

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