There are more guns than people in the US. Another deadly school shooting and all some politicians offer is thoughts and prayers. Stop voting for these pro gun politicians who think gun rights are more important than young lives.
There are more guns than people in the US. Another deadly school shooting and all some politicians offer is thoughts and prayers. Stop voting for these pro gun politicians who think gun rights are more important than young lives.
All it takes is “one shot….one gunshot, and BAM!”
The lyric you're quoting refers to the movie based on phrases common in the early 1900's. There was 1 mass shooting in 1903. Fanny Brice didn't start her career for another 7 years, in 1910. Don't you dare imply blame against Barbra or the arts for this! #TeachHerstoryInSchools
They won’t stop. They only care about the prices of groceries.
Death by gun violence endorsed by every Republican.
🙏 for the families so tragic
Gun violence and the dangers of driving are how this country regulates the population
#ReleaseEpsteinTrumpFiles
YES STOP VOTING FOR THEM
It seems to me, I could be way wrong, but it seems children are the chosen targets for gun violence in ‘Merica. Sometimes imaginary ears get hit but mostly it’s kids.
Vote like it matters!!!! Because it does!!!! Stop gun violence!!!
I absolutely agree with you Sandy!!! Please take care and stay and healthy for your grandchildren 💕🕊️💕🕊️💕
It really matters . Republicans admitted that they will not do anything!!! One of them told a reporter that he will not let his children go to school. He made them stay at home instead. And stupid idiot voters still voted for them!!! 🤬🤬🤬
Home school is so popular with the MAGA crowd. Home school is spreading like wildfire among my own family and friends. (Sadly, they are MAGA too)
That’s why they don’t do anything . Well the gun violence is not focus on schools . But everywhere!!!
Amen.
Which is why the US will never be able to enforce gun control
There are no guns in the Netherlands. We have had zero school shootings since guns were invented.
All of those Children are in their classroom. , where they thought that it’s safe for them!!! Now everyone is going crazy , why it’s white children ? And those in Uvalde are not!!! 🤬🤬🤬
The most terrifying was the Uvalde shootings . That should make us banned assault weapons. Even the police were afraid to get inside and save the children . Worst part they can’t even recognize the children . They have to get their DNA!!!
Trump supporters value their bigotry more than children.
🤬 #FlipTheHouseAndSenate ‼️🤬 🤬 #ImpeachIndictREMOVEtRUmp 🤬 🤬 #tRUmpForPRISON 🔒⛓️👹⛓️🔒
That would be the Republicans because the NRA and the gun manufacturers give vast amounts to them to shut down any laws even common sense laws that might be imposed.
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I’m sorry, but right now we’re gonna need them to fight back.
Barbra why don’t you add your voice to condemning Trump for aiding in the starvation of thousands of children in Gaza??
Just in case anyone else said, 'That sentence deserves a fact check,' "Yes, there are more guns than people in the United States. As of recent reports, the U.S. has approximately 120 guns per 100 people, a rate that is the highest in the world and more than double any other nation.'
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Exactly. Thanks
Gin control needs to be mandated. The amount of deaths and disabilities are way about live any other country.
Since Congress won't vote for new gun laws. Just maybe pass a law for free medical cost for victims of Mass Shootings Since mass shootings is a way of life here 🇺🇲
He was relentlessly abused and bullied by the radical religionists, for being effeminate and transitioning. That drove him to the extreme right-fringe mindset of gun-rage. He was just another right wing white guy in the end, making others suffer for his misery.
Safety is important. Physical, emotional, financial safety.
It’s worse than that. Right wing influencers are using this to try to justify my extermination Even though trans people are less likely to do mass shootings than cis people (1.6% of population, .33% of shooters in years with a trans shooter) Please don’t let them hurt me bsky.app/profile/esqu...
This is reality
I feel kind if sad for the last guns that will have no one to kill.
I agree. These beautiful children were praying. If thoughts and prayers were enough this would've never happened. We need POLICY and CHANGE now!!
Now they are spouting mental health issues and taking SSRIs caused the shooting. Of course mental health services are being denied by insurance companies so people have to get pharmaceutical help (SSRIs)for depression from their PCPs.
bs is an elitist, busy lecturing working class americans on how to BE working class, like she'd know a thing about it ... beyond insane ...
#shootinghoax
Someone who REALLY cares about children ... specifically the kids brought in during the Biden regime, and lost to sex slavery and worse ...
Stop denigrating prayer. You are not a Catholic. It is none of your business! Also, guns do not harbor intentionality. Humans do. The killer was a boy who was persuaded (by the Dims) to think he was a girl. Mental illness much?
Thank you for using your voice to address this horrible problem our country has with guns. We don’t have to live this way!
The parents are the problem. They'd rather suit their kids up in Kevlar than give up their guns.
Miss Canada... We have a political CULT in this Country known as THE MAGAS led by Trump. It is the parents that belong to his cult, as well as the rabid Conservative Republicans that are so PRO-GUN. Not all parents
Not all of them seem to realize that they're on team Trump.
What's so difficult... If you voted for Trump... then you can't deny it and realize they are
That's not what I meant. I mean, the Maple magas don't seem to understand they're maga.
Absolutely madness what does it end the children…..❤️🙏✨
And their the same ones cutting funds, dismantling resources. But no gun control laws
Thank you for using your platform to state the obvious. Too many Democratic leaders failed in that respect after the MN shooting. Dems! Demand #GunControlNOW!
RFK Jr is saying the anti anxiety drugs trans people take lead them to mass shooting. This is how they plan to deflect. It’s just sickening.
Newsflash: it IS the guns
Exactly. ‘Thoughts and prayers’ won’t stop bullets. We need leaders who value children’s lives over gun lobby money, or this cycle will never end.
We must pick those guns up and turn them on those doing us harm. This Administration and the Republican Party! THEN we will see gun reform when they start being killed!
I agree
Barbra you are correct. Washington refuses to fix the problem. Follow the money. cbwrong.blogspot.com/2025/08/law-...
worse, some will blame trans women like me for it. it is not our fault.
He was relentlessly abused and bullied by the radical religionists, for being effeminate and transitioning. That drove him to the extreme right-fringe mindset of gun-rage. He was just another right wing white guy in the end, making others suffer for his misery.
oh yeah. plenty of republicans to shame like this. the effort to associate 1 shooter with all of us is the epitomy of hate speech. it will encourage people to murder us. i can feel the target on our backs.
Oh Babs! There's so much ignorance and hate! Guns and dumb are a terrible mix.
They’re owned by the NRA and AIPAC and in both cases the result is children being slaughtered.
Enough is Enough
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF PRAYERS! AND IT ISN’T THE GUN THAT IS THE PROBLEM, IS IT? IT’S THE INDIVIDUALS WITH THE MENTAL ISSUES. THESE INDIVIDUALS WILL ALWAYS FIND A WAY TO PROCURE AND UTILIZE A WEAPON.
while this is terrible and true, do you really think that disarming people on THIS timeline is the best course of action? Trump and his goons may very well disarm people- registered Democrats. Inflection point is coming. He needs to be stopped. There are other answers to address the issue.
The gutless Republicans are so disingenuous. They enabled this. Trump made it easier for the mentally ill to get guns when he rolled back Obama regulation www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncn...
Guns have always been the problem. We don’t have that problem in Canada 🇨🇦 you need gun laws. Vote them out.
. What America is doing to its children is horrific and unbearable... . . . AGAIN, AGAIN and AGAIN ! 💠 😔 💠
Shameful!
How long has this been a problem? And what's been done about it? Nothing. It will continue. Shameful.
All my grandchildren are still in school and I’m terrified for them every single day. They have only known active shooter drills (which in itself is sickening) from preschool to college. #GunReformNowFFS 😡
My teenage granddaughter (13) Was balling this morning terrified to go to school. She is mostly quiet, and is on medication for epilepsy..and We live in maga country, and she knows this.
I absolutely hate that our grands have to be fearful of going to school. Heartbreaking, truly 😭
Yes. It is heartbreaking. Don’t remember thinking about possibility of school shootings w/ my kids in the 80’s. I’ll see grand daughter Monday and will talk w/her. Told my daughter to send her to school counselor.
We live in a small rural town full of guns… and our share of maga and mad humans.
Guns or relations. Mental illness or guns. People knew of this person's disposition. Nada. Mental illness should preclude gun possession. Apparently nada. It's not the guns. It's the indifferent attitudes that kill.
Please join indivisible.org and pray with your feet for the changes so desperately needed.
...just the folks protecting the outrageous gun laws.
They are now at the point where they depend on school Shootings to keep the NRA money flowing.
US culture is why there's another deadly school shooting, first and foremost. It's sick, violent and morally defunct. Until you fix that, the violence won't stop.
Don’t blame guns. Blame the sick individual who did this. He chose to use a gun as a tool. When someone is killed with a hammer we don’t blame the hammer.
That requires US politicans and elites to admit they fund far right propaganda platforms that radicalize young men into school shooters.
They're making conspiracy theories about THIS HAPPENED CUZ TRANSGENDER even though the shooter was detransitioned and said this was his revenge for "the lgbt grooming cult brainwashing him"(his words) in his manifesto They're desperate to transfer the blood on their hands to the marginalized.
Exactly. Guns are means; hate is the motive. But for 30+ years we've focused on the guns, while ignoring a massive hatemongering, fearmongering for-profit industry that turns people into killers and even insurrectionists.
I think we’re living in a world where churches, mosques and synagogues are no longer safe spaces and that’s scary as hell.😢
Ummm. Maybe more like they think gun lobby DONATIONS to their war chests are more important than people's lives.
Banning assault weapons would be a great restart!
I so agree
And the solution, apparently, is to allow the KIDS to start taking guns to school. THAT, and “thoughts and prayers” is all they have to offer. But a BROWN person does something bad, and we will Nile the whole damn country to ensure it NEVER happens again… 🙄🙄
Great quote that is true! It’s not at all supposed to be like this!
Meaningless. Jump into reality.
Hunters shouldn't need more than a single-shot rifle. That was good enough for Davy Crockett & Dan'l Boone, guys. And we are protected by 2 million law enforcement officers, the world's greatest military, a legal system, & a CDC (scratch that). Each state has a well regulated militia (Nat'l Guard).
1. The 2nd Amendment is not about hunting. 2. You mean the law enforcement officers who have been shooting people without just cause, and who are helping enforce Trump's policies? 3. You mean the National Guard who is helping enforce Trump's policies?
Also, while the National Guard is PART of the militia, so is every able-bodied male age 17-45, and they are legally bound to show up for militia duty if called upon. Also, while the National Guard is considered part of the militia, they are also military, which is why they can be sent overseas.
The Guard CANNOT be sent overseas unless they are federalized. Trump federalized them under false pretenses. In a civilized country like South Korea, Herr Trump would have been immediately arrested for violating their constitution.
And the state militia cannot be federalized at all. Get the difference?
Right. State Police, Highway Patrol, State Militia... by any name, they are free from federal control.
Unfortunately, most states have let their state militias fall into dust, so they're relying on the National Guard, who can be manipulated by corrupt a federal government. And in the growing Left/Right divide, the loyalty of the police is suspect to me.
Police are definitely part of the Nazi loving right wing. The National Fraternal Order of Police, the largest police union in the U.S. representing over 377,000 members, officially endorsed Donald Trump in 2024. the endorsement was based on an "overwhelming" vote by its members
Back in 2007, there was an FBI report about how white supremacist organizations were actively infiltrating police forces. And nothing was done about it because the Right doesn’t think white supremacists are a threat, and the Left thought the police were all already white supremacists.
Right, and the FBI's surveillance of white supremacists is now minimized by Trump.
Newsom recently assigned his Highway Patrol to help with crime suppression. He probably got the idea from Trump, but it's a good one.
I don't love Newsom, but he is definitely making some good, interesting moves.
They have sworn an oath to the constitution, not the president.
Yes, and we'll see how much that matters in the next year or so. But because the National Guard is part of the Armed Forces, they specifically fall under the command of the President. State militias, on the other hand, fall under the command of state governors.
Governors conrol the National Guard units, except under special circumstances where they can be federalized by the president. Trump claimed that immigrants are "invading" US, and that states are unable to "protect" citizens -- lying his way into unconstitutional, dictatorial power. Impeachable...
Agreed.
The 2nd Amendment is about well regulated militias. Gun ownership is NOT guaranteed for hunters, although current laws allow it. But those gun users only NEED single-shot rifles or shotguns -- no pistols, no magazine-fed rifles. Check laws in other countries to see SANE regulations.
The 2nd Amendment IS about the militia being well regulated, and we know how the phrase is meant by reading Hamilton’s Federalist 29:
"Well regulated" refers to training with arms, and discipline, and Hamilton's argument is that training the entire citizenry to the level of being Well Regulated is unfeasible, so the most we can do for citizens not active in the militia is to make sure they're armed and equipped.
The 2nd was about ensuring that the federal government could not disarm state militias by passing gun laws that would disarm the civilian population of the states, because militia members needed their personal arms for militia duty, and they needed familiarity with arms BEFORE they were called up.
The thing that went wonky was the 14th Amendment, and the SC applying it to the 2nd. Originally the Bill of Rights only restricted the Federal government, so states could and did pass their own gun laws--which makes sense since the 2nd is about ensuring the readiness of state militias.
By applying the 14th Amendment to the 2nd, the SC made a ruling that goes against the intent of the 2nd, to ensure that states could choose which guns their citizens--and therefore their militias--were able to own. I can see a legal argument FOR that, but I can also see arguments against.
Good point. Conservative Supreme Courts have ruled that 'any law which shall abridge privileges' includes gun-control legislation. But like driving, gun ownership is a privilege that ought to be revokable to protect the public.
I think what I’d go with—and it’s all academic because nobody’s asking us—is just that the Federal government pass any gun laws at all, and states can pass whatever gun laws they deem necessary to enhance state militia readiness.
*federal government CANNOT pass any gun laws at all
So one state might want the mythical Wild West but with machine guns, and the next state might want all non militia members disarmed, and each state could reap the consequences of their actions. Although I MIGHT require states to actually HAVE a state militia before passing gun laws in its name.
Good idea.
At that time, many Founding Fathers resisted establishing a standing army to protect US, fearing that a dictator would use it against US. Trump and Hegseth surely would.
Thankfully, they finally decided to establish a standing army.
Agreed. While I see the existence of a civilian militia as a potentially useful tool in the arena of democratizing military force, the stark reality is that part-time soldiers--while better than nothing--cannot compete with full-time professionals.
So why aren’t you out there with your guns stopping it?
a) I haven't said that I have guns. b) I'm not sure which "it" you're talking about. c) I don't think it's time to start shooting people. Do you? If so, go buy a gun. If not, then your question was rather silly.
His question was exactly on point. There WAS an insurrection on Jan 6, and Trump has ILLEGALLY assumed dictatorial powers, while he ignores the courts. So where were all those Republicans (they own most of the guns) with their AR-15s and bump stocks? They are on the wrong side.
You expect Republicans to take up arms to stop a Republican insurrection? 🤔
They'd better learn their lesson, or we're goin' down that "slippery slope." I've voted a straight Democratic ticket since studying PoliSci in 1964 -- an easy decision, since I'm neither wealthy nor gullible.
I think everybody should learn some lessons from what's happened and is happening. One lesson non-Republicans should be learning is that it's a mistake to let the party that supports fascism and authoritarianism have a monopoly on gun ownership.
'Protected' by 2M law enforcement officers, etc., who can't seem to stop the trans school murders? Screen the insane. Arm the teachers.
2M LEOs against 400,000,000 guns is not an even match. and they catch people who commited crimes under the law, they can't prevent crimes. Melt down the goddam guns. I've been shot at twice (hit once) and was threatened with a gun another time. Try it, and you won't like it.
Didn't you JUST make a case that we ARE protected, and dont need more than a single shot rifle? Which is it? I don't ever wanna be shot at or have to shoot someone, but what you've done is make a case for citizens to be well-armed, and then ask that all guns be melted. Which is it?
If the U.S. would take off its blinders for 1 day and take a look at how most other countries control firearms, they would see that the biggest failure of the Americans is such a simple solution. 2nd amendment rights or not, your country's CHILDREN need protection
Stop trans violence!
But I guess you're gonna chose to be oblivious to the implications of your own views being parroted out of a school shooters mouth.
Weird because his manifesto said he detransitioned and the shooting was "His revenge for being brainwashed [into being trans]". That sort of misinformation doesn't work when theres a manifesto full of the killers own admissions.
Misinformation? Did you really read it? His manifesto makes no clear claim to detransitioning.
Just look at other countries who have gun controls where very few people die in shootings. Here in the UK gun deaths per capita are just a tiny proportion of those in the USA.
Basically there are enough guns in private homes to put 5 guns in the hands of every citizen from 1 day old to 110 years old. Some house holds having over 50 guns of various types in the house.
Is it the guns or the people?
The guns. Heard of math?
Why do people commit murder?
Because they have access to guns.
Murder has existed since mankind
Your profile page is fake. You are a troll member of the NRA
Nope, I don't even own a gun.
So then why don't you get yourself a REAL INDENTIFYING PROFILE PAGE... and then start by calling out the TRUTH...That 97% of gun crazed enthusiasts in our Country are either Trump controlled MAGAS or the NRA owned Conservative Republicans...and not just the "people"
Don't want my info on social media. A lot of Democrat citizens are gun enthusiasts
The sinister gun fetishism in the US has a long tradition and is incomprehensible to modern times and people outside the US. However, the NRO is powerful and keeps preventing stricter regulation. The price is paid by the many people who are deliberately murdered.
Why are people murdered?
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Absolutely 💯 agree 👍
Exactly, Barbara. Vote and vote out every Republican.
I don't like guns either, and we don't need guns available. We do need gun laws, or gun control, and background checks. I hate to hear about school shootings; no child should be scared going to school. And parents should not be afraid of sending their child to school. We need gun laws.
Any child in the US that actually makes it to adulthood deserves a medal.
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Brought by a Nazi.
Additionally, the discussion about prayers being enough after another school shooting is missing the point that the prayers of a hypocrite are basically good for nothing.
Yes, and for all those who said they needs guns in case of government tyranny... where are you now?
Yes, NRA Has been telling us this for the last 60 years. Crickets from them now. It’s really hard for their fans to realize it was all bullshit.
And for all the people who said the police and National Guard would protect us from a tyrannical government, how's THAT working out for us?
So far the National Guard has not turned on the public. And I'd like to believe they won't. They've just gone where they're sent. The real danger so far is ICE. That and our government is run by the most incompetent and mentally disturbed malicious people imaginable.
I'd also like to believe the National Guard won't turn on the public, but I also like to have backup plans, because what I'd LIKE to believe often turns out not to be true.
That's a possibility.
Still owning a gun in case of government tyranny. If Trump is going to start sending national guard to cities then I want my guns.
The tyranny has arrived and the police state has started.
And right now both the tyrant's forces and civilians are armed, but shooting hasn't broken out yet because it's not that time. So it seems like a poor moment to try to disarm everybody but the tyrant's forces.
That isn't going to happen right now as there is a Republican majority in the Senate and the House.
Agreed. People have pushed for 40 years to ban scary guns, and been defeated soundly at pretty much every turn; that's not going to change NOW, with a corrupt SC and a fascist party in power.
Thirty years ago there was a ban on assault weapons for 10 years and it was successful. Under a Republican WH it was allowed to lapse. Gun crime rose again after.
Kind of. But it's not as cut and dried as all that. The Federal Assault Weapons Ban was passed in 1994, and a multi-decade crime bubble burst in 1993, so the ban was passed at a point where violent crime was dropping across the board anyway.
And yes, mass shootings rose sharply after the ban expired, but IIRC they started to rise before the ban, because the 1999 Columbine shooting kickstarted a whole new age of mass shootings. Also, I believe there were fewer mass shootings in the 1960s and 1970s than when the ban was in place.
And the specific kind of mass shooting that is a regular thing now, where somebody goes into a public place and tries to murder everybody they can before getting gunned down...? The first time it happened in America that I can find was in the 1940s. It never happened when machine guns were legal.
So I don't want anyone touching gun laws. If the police state is starting then we should want to keep our guns
A well regulated militia doesn't murder schoolchildren.
Preachin to the choir my love🌬️
Hey Babs, your song "Don't lie to me" is one of my favorites!!! But in this song, there's a lot of distortion of sound that comes from electronic instruments that don't do your voice justice. Can you replace the current version with actual instruments in a re-release? IT WOULD BE AMAZING!!!!
MAGA fans only and solely vote for Trump on account of their irrational obsession on the pseudo immigrant-related violence. But totally remain pro gun advocates!! When you realize whites have always behind most gunshot deaths. Only in Minneapolis, 4 shootings within 24 hours that day this past week.
It's heartbreaking
Washington now has a fully automatic Thoughts and Prayers Device." It can run for a full 15 minutes on a single charge.