(🧵1/29) On this date (Nov. 15) in 2015, a man fatally shot 6 members of a family, including a young child. He was apparently enraged because the family had recently purchased land from his late father (Tennessee Colony, Texas): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer archive.ph/YJASd

(🧵1/27) On this date (Nov. 14) in 2017, a 44-yr-old man fatally shot 16 people, 5 fatally (including his wife); the rampage that ended at a school, where he shot and wounded 3 children and injured 7 by broken glass (Corning, Calif.): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rancho_...

(🧵1/37) On this date (Nov. 13) in 1974, a 23-yr-old man shot and killed his parents and 4 siblings. The case inspired the book and film versions of “The Amityville Horror” (Amityville, N.Y.): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_...

(🧵1/34) On this date (Nov. 12) in 1966, an 18-yr-old male, inspired by a recent mass shooting at the University of Texas, shot 7 females at a cosmetology college, killing 5; the victims included 2 baby girls (Mesa, Ariz.): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose-Ma...

(🧵1/25) On this date (Nov. 11) in 2018, an intoxicated 22-yr-old man armed with an AR-15 shot 4 people outside a bar, killing 3 and wounding another woman (Globe, Ariz.): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer archive.ph/Qmmgv

(🧵1/30) On this date (Nov. 10) in 1898, white supremacists carried out America’s only “successful” coup d'état of a democratically elected government, massacring 60 to 300 Black people and displacing an estimated 2,000 more (Wilmington, N.C.): 💔😡💔 #DisarmHate en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilming...

(🧵1/24) On this date (Nov. 9) in 1971, a man shot and killed his wife, mother, and 3 teenage children in a belief that he needed to save their souls through death; he was arrested in 1989 (Westfield, N.J.): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Li...

(🧵1/35) On this date (Nov. 8) in 2004, a man and a woman shot and killed a man, his wife, his 3-yr-old child, his mother-in-law, and his housekeeper in a drug-related mass murder (Moultrie, Ga.): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer archive.is/0WroN

(🧵1/34) On this date (Nov. 7) in 2018, a former U.S. Marine Corps veteran with PTSD shot 12 people at a bar, 11 fatally, before killing himself. A sheriff’s deputy was also killed by stray police gunfire (Thousand Oaks, Calif.): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thousan...

(🧵1/40) On this date (Nov. 6) in 1948, a man – enraged that an acquaintance didn’t pay up on a bet – shot 11 people in his neighborhood, killing 8, then fatally shot himself (Chester, Pa.): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer archive.ph/coWc

(🧵1/37) On this date (Nov. 5) in 2017, a man with an AR-15 shot 48 people at his wife’s church, killing 26 (including 8 children & an unborn baby). He fatally shot himself after crashing a car (Sutherland Springs, Texas): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutherl...

On this date (Nov. 5) in 2017, a man with an AR-15 shot 48 people at his wife’s church, killing 26 (including 8 children & an unborn baby). He fatally shot himself after crashing a car (Sutherland Springs, Texas): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutherl...

(🧵1/33) On this date (Nov. 4) in 2022, a 28-yr-old man shot and killed his 21-yr-old ex-girlfriend, her younger brother, her mother, and a family friend, and wounded a 26-yr-old woman, then fatally shot himself (La Plata, Md.): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer archive.ph/3rHwD

(🧵1/32) On this date (Nov. 3) in 1979, Ku Klux Klan and the American Nazi Party terrorists shot 17 people, 5 fatally, during of a march against racism; 8 suspects were later acquitted by all-white juries (Greensboro, N.C.): 💔😡💔 #DisarmHate en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greensb...

(🧵1/31) On this date (Nov. 2) in 1920, a mob organized by the KKK killed 30-80 Black people on election day because two men wanted to vote. The mob seized all Black-owned property and drove the Black population out (Ocoee, Fla.): 💔😡💔 #DisarmHate en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocoee_m...

(🧵1/42) On this date (Nov. 1) in 1991, a former grad student at the University of Iowa attended a research group before fatally shooting 5 faculty members and wounding a 23-yr-old woman, then killing himself (Iowa City, Iowa): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Univers...

The worst U.S. shootings on this date (Oct. 31) are listed below. The worst: 1) a shooting at a Halloween block party; 2) a domestic-related familicide shooting; 3) a shooting perpetrated by a man open-carrying while walking down a street: 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer

(🧵1/38) On this date (Oct. 31) in 2019, 9 people were shot, 5 fatally at a block party attended by over 100 people (Orinda, Calif.): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orinda_...

(🧵1/42) On this date (Oct. 30) in 2022, a 21-yr-old man with a history of domestic violence shot and killed his ex-girlfriend, her husband, her father, and a neighbor (Aurora, Colo.): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer archive.ph/IZGs4

The worst U.S. shootings on this date (Oct. 29) are listed below. The deadliest 2 shootings both directly involved domestic violence: 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer

(🧵1/33) On this date (Oct. 29) in 2013, a man involved in a child custody dispute fatally shot his ex-girlfriend, her parents, and two young children at home, then fatally shot himself (Bradley, S.C.): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer archive.ph/fWv9U

(🧵1/38) On this date (Oct. 28) in 2013, an intoxicated man went on a shooting spree, killing 5 people – including his mother and his aunt – and also fired shots into his girlfriend’s home (Terrell, Texas): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer archive.ph/jTiMi

(🧵1/34) On this date (Oct. 27) in 2018, a white nationalist – a concealed-carry permittee with an AR-15 – fatally shot 11 people at the Tree of Life synagogue and wounded 6 others, including 4 police officers (Pittsburgh, Pa.): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsbu...

(🧵1/29) On this date (Oct. 26) in 2023, 5 people were shot and killed inside a residence; two men were charged a year later (Clinton, N.C.): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer archive.ph/E75Pd

(🧵1/36) On this date (Oct. 25) in 2023, a 40-yr-old former Army grenade instructor, who suffered brain damage from repeated blast exposure, shot 31 people, 18 fatally, before killing himself (Lewiston, Maine): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Le...

(🧵1/24) On this date (Oct. 24) in 2014, a 15-yr-old boy shot 5 students (including his 2 cousins), killing 4, at school before killing himself; the gunman’s father was convicted of illegally purchasing the gun (Marysville, Wash.): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marysvi...

(🧵1/25) On this date (Oct. 23) in 2002, a man and a 17-yr-old boy were arrested for shooting 16 people, 10 fatally, in AR-15 sniper attacks in the Baltimore-DC area over a month; they were also responsible for 11 other shootings, 7 fatal: 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.C._sn...

(🧵1/32) On this date (Oct. 22) in 2024, a 27-yr-old man fatally shot his ex-girlfriend and both her parents (Maiden, N.C.): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer archive.ph/fDZvC

(🧵1/49) On this date (Oct. 21) in 2024, a 15-yr-old boy used his father’s gun to kill his parents and 3 of his siblings, and wound his 11-yr-old sister who survived by playing dead (Fall City, Wash.): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer archive.ph/yzfdS

(🧵1/25) On this date (Oct. 20) in 2021, a 54-yr-old woman shot and killed her father, sister, and 2 younger men; police found a hit list of more intended victims when she was arrested (Farwell, Mich.): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer archive.ph/mgKXR

(🧵1/22) On this date (Oct. 19) in 1974, a 25-yr-old former bar bouncer and “circus bear wrestler” shot and killed 6 people at a donut shop (New Britain, Conn.): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_L...

(🧵1/35) On this date (Oct. 18) in 1984, a 36-yr-old father with a history of violence fatally shot his 6 children as they slept, then turned the gun on himself (Evansville, Ind.): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer archive.ph/LBQYG

(🧵1/28) On this date (Oct. 17) in 2022, a 24-yr-old man fatally shot a 19-yr-old woman, her parents, and another man; the gunman lived with the family, who reportedly “treated him like a son” (Woodbridge, Va.): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer archive.ph/0vqgR

(🧵1/28) On this date (Oct. 16) in 1991, a misogynistic 35-yr-old man drove a truck into a restaurant and opened fire on a crowd, killing 23 and wounding 27 before killing himself (Killeen, Texas): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luby%27...

(🧵1/32) On this date (Oct. 15) in 2018, a divorced mother of 7 shot and killed her 4 adopted children before fatally shooting herself; the woman used multiple guns to shoot each child numerous times (Columbia, Tenn.): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer fox17.com/news/local/r...

(🧵1/24) On this date (Oct. 14) in 2006, a 22-yr-old man facing financial problems shot and killed his parents and 3 juvenile sisters at their home (Bonaparte, Iowa): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer archive.ph/ishUC

(🧵1/25) On this date (Oct. 13) in 2022, a 15-yr-old boy shot 7 people, killing 5 (including his brother), before a shootout in which he and a deputy were wounded; the gunman’s father was cited for failing to store his guns (Raleigh, N.C.): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Ra...

(🧵1/35) On this date (Oct. 12) in 2011, a man in the middle of a child custody battle shot 9 people, including his ex-wife, at a hair salon; only 1 woman survived (Seal Beach, Calif.): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Se...

(🧵1/12) On this date (Oct. 11) in 1983, a man shot and killed his brother-in-law, his brother-in-law’s wife, a state trooper, and 3 elderly strangers during a rampage that began as a domestic dispute (College Station, Texas): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer archive.ph/oTMW

(🧵1/29) On this date (Oct. 10) in 2020, a 40-yr-old man shot and killed his girlfriend and her 6-yr-old daughter, shot and wounded her two other juvenile children (Jennings, Mo.): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer archive.ph/uVu31

(🧵1/36) On this date (Oct. 9) in 2022, a 24-yr-old man shot and killed his 5 roommates after he’d been on meth for 5 days, then told authorities he was “hearing voices” after being arrested (Inman, S.C.): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer archive.ph/FzUJQ

(🧵1/27) On this date (Oct. 8) in 1983, a chemical salesman shot and killed 4 acquaintances execution style inside an airplane hangar while reportedly trying to steal a plane; the man was later sentenced to death (Sherman, Texas): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_...

(🧵1/26) On this date (Oct. 7) in 2007, a 20-yr-old off-duty sheriff's deputy armed with an AR-15 shot 7 young people, 6 fatally, at a party before killing himself; one of the victims was his 18-yr-old ex-girlfriend (Crandon, Wis.): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crandon...

(🧵1/33) On this date (Oct. 6) in 2022, a 43-yr-old man shot and killed his wife and mother at home, fatally shot his father at a gun club, then shot and killed himself (Clarence/Newstead, N.Y.): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer archive.ph/sp4ZI

(🧵1/26) On this date (Oct. 5) in 2022, a man fatally shot a couple he knew, killed a neighbor and critically wounded the neighbor’s wife, fatally shot a 3rd man, then critically wounded a 3rd woman before being killed by police (Baytown, Texas): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer archive.ph/tAa2S

(🧵1/22) On this date (Oct. 4) in 2022, a 36-yr-old man shot and killed his estranged wife and 2 friends before fatally shooting himself (Lafayette, La.): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer archive.ph/Vi8dO

(🧵1/24) On this date (Oct. 3) in 2022, a 48-yr-old man kidnapped a family of 4, including a toddler, at gunpoint and then killed them before nonfatally shooting himself; the man once drove a truck for the family’s company (Dos Palos, Calif.): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer archive.ph/cmJEN

(🧵1/21) On this date (Oct. 2) in 2006, a family man took numerous children hostage in an Amish schoolhouse and then shot 10 girls, killing 5, before killing himself; one of the wounded girls died from her injuries in 2024 (Nickel Mines, Pa.): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Ni...

(🧵1a/35) On this date (Oct. 1) in 2017, a gambler armed with numerous AR-15s fired 1,058 rounds at a country music festival, killing 60 people and wounding at least 413 others with gunfire. He then fatally shot himself (Las Vegas, Nev.): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_La...

(🧵1/25) On this date (Sept. 30) in 1919, an estimated 100-237 African Americans were killed when armed white mobs attacked after a falsely rumored “black insurrection”; 5 white men were also fatally shot in the chaos (Elaine, Ark.): 💔😡💔 #GunsDontMakeUsSafer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_...