👉🏽689 shot & killed in Missouri during 2020
👉🏽3rd-highest per-capita gun death rate in the US
(up from 7th in 2019)
👉🏽10+ yrs rolling back gun laws & lack of trust between police & Covid-19 have aggravated MO Gun Violence.
@MomsDemand @Everytown #MOleg🧵 http://bit.ly/3nB2tQf 
Missouri saw deadliest year ever for gun violence in 2020, made worse by pandemic

The state last year had the third highest per-capita rate of gun deaths in the country, behind Louisiana and Mississippi.

http://bit.ly/3nB2tQf
STUNNING Disconnect:
👉🏽 @GovParsonMO, "We must support our law enforcement officers"
👉🏽 @KCPD Capt. David Jackson, “The department has been very vocal about how the availability of guns leads to gun problems”
@MomsDemand @Everytown #MOleg 🧵
STUNNING Disconnect Cont:
👉🏽Criminologists "The underlying causes of violence are out of law enforcement’s control"
👉🏽 @KRJONZ, dir. of communications for @GovParsonMO said, "she didn’t understand the focus on gun violence"
@MomsDemand @Everytown #MOleg 🧵 http://bit.ly/3ssRLz4 
Groups face strong headwinds in push to stem violence in St. Louis

Experts say curtailing gun violence starts with sustained public funding and initiatives whose effectiveness can be measured, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. The story comes as part of the...

http://bit.ly/3ssRLz4
👉🏽 @MichaelSSpence, “Missouri has among the weakest gun laws, no background checks, permitless concealed carry, domestic abusers can have and keep guns, and there’s no prevention to keep children from accessing guns.”
https://maps.everytownresearch.org/everystat#Missouri
@MomsDemand @Everytown #MOleg 🧵
EveryStat - EverytownResearch.org/EveryStat

Although the impact of gun violence is felt throughout the United States, its contours vary widely by state, county, race and ethnicity, gender, and intent. EveryStat for Gun Safety was designed for...

https://maps.everytownresearch.org/everystat#Missouri
👉🏽 @jeanpetersbaker prosecutor 9ine Ultra Lounge Shooting 2020 "The shooter could have gone to prison years earlier on a charge of unlawful use of a weapon, but changes in Missouri’s gun law in 2016 helped him remain free"
@MomsDemand @Everytown #MOleg🧵 http://bit.ly/3smnuSf 
Kansas City mass shooting suspect went free on gun charge because of new Missouri law

The Jackson County prosecutor said her office has dismissed as many as 150 unlawful weapon charges since the law changed.

http://bit.ly/3smnuSf
👉🏽GUN LAWS WEAKENED:
"Missouri removed its permit-to-purchase requirement in 2007. Since then...a 16% increase in firearm suicide & a 25% increase in firearm homicide, according to a study by @JHCGPR."
@MomsDemand @Everytown #MOleg🧵
https://bit.ly/3oFWlaC 
"Researchers @ @ucdavis identified a link between increasing gun sales & increased rates of gun injuries & deaths."
"Gun purchases in Missouri increased dramatically during the pandemic. 👉🏽In June, over77,000 guns were sold"
@MomsDemand @Everytown #MOleg🧵 http://bit.ly/3oI7YxW 
Firearm Purchasing and Firearm Violence in the First Months of the Coronavirus Pandemic in the...

Importance Firearm violence is a significant public health and safety problem in the United States. A surge in firearm purchases following the onset of the coronavirus pandemic may increase rates of...

http://bit.ly/3oI7YxW
👉🏽 @Everytown "Gun violence...is a leading cause of death for kids & teens in Missouri"
Jean Knapp, Springfield MO @momsdemand volunteer made a traveling memorial to honor those children.
👉🏽A 23-mo-old shot & killed on Christmas has been added.
🧵 #MOleg http://bit.ly/2N0k1J1 
Traveling memorial represents children killed by gun violence in Missouri

You might of noticed several t-shirt cutouts in front of the National Avenue Christian Church in Springfield, but what does it stand for? It's a traveling memorial representing 35 children who have...

http://bit.ly/2N0k1J1
👉🏽HUGE THANKS to all for this stellar reporting:
@stltoday @kwashy12 @HumeraLodhi @PDPJ @Report4America @MoFoundHealth @KCStar.

👉🏽Missouri @MomsDemand Volunteers are grateful for your continued efforts during this two year "Missouri Gun Violence Project" #MOleg @Everytown🧵
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