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[chronicallycouchbound]

For those that don’t know, tonight (October 25th) there has been a series of mass shootings with multiple suspects involved in Lewiston, Maine, USA.

There are 18 confirmed deaths so far and 60+ injured with 2 locations involved. The shooter(s) have not been caught, multiple counties are on active lockdown with shelter-in-place orders.

The primary suspect is a white man from a military background in firearms, Lewiston has one of the largest concentration of refugees in the state, and anytime the Lewiston/Auburn area gets any news coverage, there is an increase in hate violence against all of the people of color in the area.

People and news outlets are absolutely going to try to spin this to place blame on the immigrant and refugee communities in the area. It is so vital that people combat this racist misinformation.

Maine is a small, rural state without the resources or infrastructure for anything like this. Hospitals are overwhelmed, even with backups being called in from New Hampshire and Massachusetts. I'll post updates and fundraisers for the community as they come up. I'm so worried for my community.

#chronically couchbound #tw mass murder #tw mass shooting #tw gun violence #tw racism #tw xenophobia #lewiston maine #lewiston #lewiston me #mass shooting #gun violence #Lewiston shooting

[kirasometimess]

“YOU ARE DOING NOTHING”

Beto O’Rourke snapped at Abbott’s press conference today, was called a “sick son of a bitch”, and was then escorted out while audience begged “let him speak”.

“This one is on us,” Beto says, speaking about the Uvalde shooting. “Now is the time to stop the next shooting. Right after Santa Fe High School was the time to stop the next shooting. Right after El Paso was the time to stop the next shooting. Right after Midland-Odessa was the time to stop the next shooting. In each case we say this isn’t the time. Now is the time!”

He’s right.

#texas #tw mass shooting #gun control #greg abbott #beto orourke #gun control is a public health issue #( politics )

[destielmemenews]

"Jennifer Crumbley took the stand in her own defense. She testified that her son was generally worried about his future after high school and was "depressed," but that his mental health never alarmed her enough that she felt he needed to see a professional.

She acknowledged that she could have taken him home on the day of the shooting, but also didn't believe he was capable of committing such violence. More than two years after the shooting, she told the jury she "wouldn't have" done anything differently.

"I don't think I’m a failure as a parent," she said."

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#destiel meme news #destiel meme #news #united states #us news #tw death #tw guns #tw school shooting #tw shootings #tw shooting #tw mass shooting #tw mass murder #michigan #tw murder #ethan crumbley #jennifer crumbley

[isa-ghost]

REBLOG THIS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE AMERICAN!

On March 2nd, 2023, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee passed an anti-drag (read: anti-trans) bill for the state. To grossly oversimplify, this bill basically requires everyone to pass as their birth gender, and any individual suspected of not being cisgender/being dressed in drag will be charged with a felony.

On March 8th, 2023, local legend Maia Crimew leaked 2600+ emails between hate groups and Republicans, scripting a narrative targeting trans people.

Now today, March 27th, 2023, in Nashville Tennessee there's been a mass shooting at a Christian school of ages Kindergarten to 6th grade. The shooter was reportedly a former student at the school, a 28 year old woman named Audrey Hale.

However, misinformation is flying through the internet, apparently starting from 4chan, that the shooter was a trans teenager and former student named "Samantha Hyde." There have also been archived threads about it.

Other sources, like one my mother read to me from Twitter which I can't find atm, claimed someone (Nashville police?) found the shooter's LinkedIn, which had he/him pronouns on it.

A few people have also told me they've seen tweets of people claiming the shooter was trans because "they can't imagine a real woman doing this" and other vile bullshit along those lines.

What am I suggesting here? I find it very fucking funny that we have 2600+ emails of proof that politicians are coordinating shit with hate groups against trans people, which arguably has started publicly in Tennessee after the anti-drag bill passed, and suddenly there's a "trans shooter" at a CHRISTIAN school full of young children IN TENNESSEE.

4chan rumor aside, this misinformation is already being used by sources like Fox News, the New York Post and, according Newsweek, "high profile" Conservatives in general to push their "Trans people are threatening our good Christian nation and are out to kill our children" narrative.

Even worse, the same Newsweek article claimed that the Nashville Police "confirmed" that Audrey was transgender:

SPREAD AWARENESS that this misinformation is being weaponized against trans people. REBLOG.

#tennessee #mass shooting #tw mass shooting #tw transphobia

[animentality]

#twitter #joe biden #the onion #tw mass shooting #tw gun violence #2a #gun rights #gun violence

[modmad]

Uncle Mod, there was a mass shooting in my home state, where a lot of people I know live. They still haven't caught the guy. I haven't slept in a couple of days. Q_Q Can I come sit by you? Or like. Take a nap in the house of paint if I promise not to gum RGB up with dreams?

the House of Paint is a safe place for anyone who needs it to be, I hope you can rest and feel safer soon

#tw shooting #tw mass shooting #I'm so sorry anon take care of yourself

[destiel-news-channel]

40 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in an attack in a concert hall in Moscow. Camouflaged men broke into Crocus City Hall and opened fire. The motive for the attack are still unclear. Firefighters are doing their best to evacuate people from the building which seems to be on fire and has a maximum capacity of more than 9,000 people.

#russia #destiel news channel #no meme #moscow #crocus city hall #tw mass shooting

[dopaminevampire]

There's a gofundme set up for my family now. Of course I don't want anyone to donate if its a burden or hardship, but if you feel so inclined to help, here is a way that is honestly very needed right now.

#lewiston #Bill and aaron young #tw mass shooting #gofundme #signal boost

[mistergandalf]

I wish I didn’t know the feeling of being scared for the people I love most in the world and their families.

My best friend’s dad and stepmom were at the bowling alley in Lewiston. I just had to text her to give her dad an extra hug from me because I watched him cry on national television. She’s at the airport now because her work graciously bought her a last-minute ticket back to Maine because he texted her saying he wished she was with him. The shooter’s car was found walking distance from the home of another one of my best friends. The shooter’s house is next door to the parents of ANOTHER one of my best friends. All my closest friends are under shelter in place orders because they STILL don’t know where this guy is or if he’s dead or alive. For their sake, I’d rather he be dead so that he’s not a danger to them.

This just hits so close to home. I know Lewiston. I lived in Lisbon for years. The shooter went to my high school. These things don’t HAPPEN in Maine. It’s peaceful. People don’t even lock their doors at night.

They couldn���t pass any gun control laws in Maine because “Mainers have a long history of responsible gun ownership.” That much is true, but why was this guy allowed to keep all his weapons when they KNEW his history? My best friend’s father is deeply traumatized. Her stepmom lost her best friend. Something has to change. This is insane. I’m still worried for my closest friends and their families. I spent almost all of yesterday and today frantically refreshing live news feeds to see if they found him yet.

Maine is over 90% forest. It could be weeks before they find him (or a body). I just wish we could all have peace of mind here. I don’t even know what to think or how to think

#tw mass shooting #snurtz talks

[anti-radqueer-zone]

First of all, this is extremely insensitive and just horrible, I'm lucky enough to live in a county that bans guns but I still see mass shootings on the news all the time, I can't imagine what it would be like to live in those countries. This shit isn't ok. You're just glorifying mental illness and turning it into a "fun" transition goal. Stop. Go seek help, genuinely.

#tw mass shooting #anti radqueer #anti transid #antiradqueer #anti transx

[fixing-bad-posts]

[Image description: A long facebook post, edited blackout-poetry style to read, "Taking away guns is how this ends."]

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Taking away guns is how this ends

#texas shooting #uvalde #tw shooting #tw mass shooting #tw gun control #tw school shooting #gun control #fixing-bad-posts #fixingbadposts #shootings tw #child death tw #death tw

[douche-canoe-regatta]

didn't know Maps did this and wish I could unlearn it... shits FUCKED guys

#lewiston maine #maine #cw mass shooting #tw mass shooting #✨baby's first shelter in place order✨

[thelukesalvez]

Mass Shootings in Lewiston, ME

Hi all, I just wanted to pop on & say a few things about the recent tragedies unfolding in Maine. This post was not made with the intent of polarization. But as many of you know, I'm a writer. And as I remain locked down, helpless while businesses and schools close, helicopters fly over my apartment and cop cars surround my community, writing this felt like the only reasonable outlet for me. Normally, I would keep something like this private. But coming together right now felt important, and this blog has historically been a place where I have been able to receive some engagement. I realize that this is not my usual content, but I write this with hopes that it will reach at least a few of you grappling with the same grief and loss that I feel and elicit some sort of connection in such dark times.

*Trigger warning for mentions of gun violence, mass shootings, and death*

I've lived in Maine my entire life. This state, it's people, & everything associated with it has been my home & heart for nearly 27 years. The entire state has a population of 1.3 million people. That's 1.4 less than the city of Chicago, 2.5 million less than Los Angeles, and 7.2 million less than New York City. Lewiston is the second largest city in Maine with a population of 35,000 people. For some perspective, Gillette stadium in Foxborough, MA can hold nearly 66,000 people, and SoFi stadium in Los Angeles can hold about 70,000.

My point with all the statistics is that Maine is small. Our communities are tight knit, and I truly mean it when I say that everybody knows everybody.

And last night, a man walked into Schemengees Bar and Grille and the Just-In-Time Recreation bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine and opened fire with an automatic rifle, killing 18 people and injuring 13 others. The impact of this tragedy will extend across the state- and probably all of New England.

And as the manhunt for the mass shooting suspect unfolds around me, I have many emotions flowing through my body. I am terrified, I am angry, I am grieving. I am frustrated, confused, and sad. I am disgusted, I am stressed, I am worried. But mostly, I am heartbroken; heartbroken for the community I love. Heartbroken for the victims and lives that were lost last night. Heartbroken for humanity.

I have been absolutely appalled to watch the act of violence committed in Lewiston last night unfold in front of me for the last 24 hours. I grew up in Turner, a small town neighboring Lewiston/Auburn and have many friends and family members still living in the area. I struggle stating this because my intent is not to make this tragedy about me. Because it is certainly not. But I'm writing this from my perspective as someone who was indirectly impacted, and I feel like it's important to remind everyone that gun violence and hate does not discriminate.

For the entire year of 2022, Maine had 29 reported homicides. It is statistically one of the (if not the) safest states in the country (to the point where I don't even lock my door most nights). Maine has always had this aura of innocence. Despite the state of the world and the way gun violence has been steadily increasing for my entire life, I have always found some solace and comfort in the fact that I live in Maine. Because despite the sorrow and grief I felt when I learned of Sandy Hook, Route 91, Virginia Tech, Pulse night club, Uvalde, Sutherland Springs, El Paso (you get the point), I could move forward and live my life. Because as awful as those shootings were, things like that didn't happen in Maine.

Until, of course, they do.

In a single evening, in a span of 24 hours, one man has completely ripped away that layer of safety from me and everyone else I know and love. Because a mass shooting did happen here. And it can happen anywhere.

I could write about how it's easier to buy a gun than Sudafed in Maine. I could write about how I feel about politicians who support the NRA with corrupt intentions despite how many lives have been lost to gun violence in America. I could also write about how Maine has high gun ownership, but extremely low firearm death rates, which makes me wonder if maybe our focus to blame is a bit off. I could write about how no matter what the crime rates in a state are, no one should have access to an AR.

But the truth is, I'm tired. I'm tired of pretending like these are new conversations. I'm tired of having the same debates every time this happens. Liberals vs. Conservatives, Republicans vs. Democrats, the second amendment vs. gun control. I'm tired of conversations about the mental health crisis- about politicians blaming gun violence on symptoms of mental health but then proceeding to vote against policies that would increase access and funding to mental health programing. I'm tired, tired, tired.

And 18 people are dead.

18 people whose lives mattered and deserved to be lived.

18 people who were parents and siblings and children.

18 people who were friends and coworkers.

18 people who were human beings.

And in addition to those 18 lives lost, there are even more injured. Some physically- even more emotionally. A little girl grazed by a bullet was brave enough to go on national TV and ask why? Why do people do this?

Why, indeed? In times of tragedy, our brains crave answers. Why did this happen? Who let this happen? Were there warning signs? The answer is almost always yes. And in this case, based on current reports, it sounds like in addition to active mental health symptoms, direct threats had been made by the suspect in the past about intent to harm. That makes it easy to point fingers. How did his family miss this? Why didn't mental health professionals act? Why was he released from the hospital if he was thought to be dangerous?

But the tragic truth is that this is so much deeper than those questions pose. And as much as our brains and hearts crave answers, playing the blame game will do nothing for us.

Stricter gun laws and removing access to AR-15s is a good start that I fully support. So go ahead and sign the petitions, write to your representatives. I certainly have, and will continue to do so. But don't be surprised if that only places a band-aid over the gaping, hemorrhaging wound that is humanity in America right now.

The truth is, I don't know what the answers are. Is it eliminating access to AR-15s? Monitoring who can buy and own weapons based on stricter background checks? Is it increasing access to mental health services? Increasing incentives for people to become mental health providers? Is this all just the unfolding, unstoppable result of human suffering and toxic stress in America?

What I do know is that my community, my home, has experienced the nation's tenth worst mass shooting in modern history. Lewiston, Maine and the lives lost last night are more than just another tragic story of gun violence in America. It's more than the 565th mass shooting in America this year, to be followed by a 566th and 567th. It's more than just a statistic. Right now the news is buzzing. People are talking, stories are being shared. But a few weeks from now, that will inevitably die down.

Lives will go on, because it didn't happen to you. It will never happen to you.

Until, of course, it does.

So please take care of yourselves, take care of your loved ones, take care of your friends and neighbors and acquaintances. And most importantly, have empathy and compassion for all.

#i know this is not my usual but i really needed a place to share and express #thoughts are welcomed but any sort of criticism about the investigation is not #gun violence #tw mass shooting #lewiston maine #tw mass murder #tw gun violence #lewiston #lewiston me #mass shooting #Lewiston shooting

[destielmemenews]

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[hellfireeddiemunson]

currently an active mass shooting situation happening in my town for the last almost two hours and i am AFRAID

#like genuinely keep having nonstop panic attack and anxiety and i am so scared holy fucking shit #idk if anyone here is seeing any news of it but i know it’s national now i guess #but i am inside and safe and just Afraid #keep my town in your thoughts please!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #tw shooting #tw shooter #tw mass shooting #i was evacuated from target at the beginning

[rachelcommitscrimes]

kind of random but i have a feeling Tomoya may have been in some sort of mass shooting, like in a school or a grocery store or something like that. only thing that contradicts this is that Japan has really strict gun laws and mass shootings are extremely rare. or it could have something to do with his dad being a police officer. maybe he’s seen some of the shit that his dad sees at work?? idk???

#danganronpa heartless deceit #tomoyapilled #tomoya morita #tomoyacore #tomoyaposting #tw gun violence #tw school shooting #tw mass shooting