COVID-19 Puts a Spotlight on America's Gun Problem

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Only in the United States can guns make their way to the center of a public health crisis.

was unintentionally shot and killed by his 19-year-old cousin, who brought the gun home to protect himself in the pandemic), the last thing people need is heavily armed protestors at state capitols demanding legislators somehow end the pandemic—as if any of us can control the virus. If you didn't think America had a gun problem before, allow the armed men in masks to prove otherwise.

Men carrying guns gather with hundreds of others at a"Hazardous Liberty! Defend the Constitution!" rally to protest the stay-at-home order in Washington on April 19, 2020."We know that the gun lobby works to sell guns in times of tragedy and natural disasters, and [the COVID-19 pandemic] is no different," Moms Demand Action Founder Shannon Watts tells.

 

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Thank you for amplifying the dire need for changes in gun sense and gun safety. 100 Americans are shot to death every day in normal times. Now the POS is spreading untruths and inciting violence and fear. Join MomsDemand today and help us EndGunViolence? Text READY to 644-33.🧡

shannonrwatts Guns are a public health crisis.

right where they should be

2 million guns were sold in the U.S. in the month of March, when shelter-in-place orders and school closures rolled out across the nation.

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