CNN - At least five people were killed and 18 others injured in a mass shooting at a gay nightclub on Saturday in Colorado Springs, Colorado, according to police.

Authorities received numerous 911 calls starting at 11:57 p.m. and responded to the scene at Club Q, said Colorado Springs Police Lt. Pamela Castro.

I can only guess why...

A conservative Colorado congresswoman faced blowback for her statement of concern in response to the shooting at a gay nightclub in the state when Twitter users accused her of trafficking in the same hate that has been blamed for the attack.

Lauren Boebert tweeted after a shooting overnight at Club Q in Colorado Springs that “the news out of Colorado Springs is absolutely awful. This morning the victims & their families are in my prayers.

She added, “[t]his lawless violence needs to end and end quickly”.

But her remarks fell on deaf ears; Twitter users quickly noted that Ms Boebert was deeply entrenched in the resurgence of right-wing hate against the LGBT community. The freshman congresswoman, who holds a thin lead in a reelection bid headed for a recount, has more than once tweeted approvingly about the right-wing hate account LibsOfTikTok, which shines a spotlight on private citizens and businesses that are seen as members of or allied with the gay community; teachers and drag performers who interact with children are among the owner’s favourite targets. Those targeted by the account are subjected to relentless abuse from thousands of followers; in one recent high-profile case, the Boston Children’s Hospital received bomb threats after it was maligned by the account...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) tops a new list of the most hateful tweets in the wake of Florida’s Don’t Say Gay law, according to a just-released study by the Human Rights Campaign.

Greene came in number one on a top ten list that includes two other top government officials: Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and press secretary to Republican Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida, Christina Pushaw.

LibsofTikTok scowl Chaya Raichik placed fourth on the list.

Tweets from the top ten posters were viewed an estimated 48 million times and were “responsible for driving” the “grooming” narrative, researchers found....

Some hating loser was at it again. :-(

Multiple people are dead in a shooting at a Walmart in Virginia.

Are so many people so stupid not to see the problem?

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Gun violence in America
Firearms deaths are a fixture in American life.

There were 1.5 million of them between 1968 and 2017 - higher than the number of soldiers killed in every US conflict since the American War for Independence in 1775.

This year, almost 40,000 Americans have died from gun shots, according to Gun Violence Archive, more than 1,500 of which are children, including 290 under the age of 11.

In 2020, 45,000 people were killed by guns, more than any other year on record. The figure represents a 25% increase from five years prior, and a 43% increase from 2010.