Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH @EJAllstonEsq Twitter profile

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

4 years

Just so we're clear, I'm not a comedian, just a smartass lawyer. I work in cannabis compliance by day & public health law by night. I specialize in gun law/gun violence. If you want to peruse my non-RATM related work, here you go:

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

4 years

The people angrily denouncing Rage Against the Machine for Tom Morello's leftist politics is one of the more hilarious things I have ever seen on the internet. WHAT MACHINE DID YOU THINK THEY HAVE BEEN RAGING AGAINST FOR DECADES? THE ICE CREAM MACHINE? THE ATM? LAWNMOWERS?

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

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I mean, the lyrics to their (probably?) best-known song are literally SOME OF THOSE WHO WORK FORCES ARE THE SAME THAT BURNED CROSSES. That's not even symbolism. That's just straight up talking in plain language.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

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The rest of the song is literally screaming FUCK YOU, I WON'T DO WHAT YOU TELL ME. It was not directed at bus drivers and librarians.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

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Is it rude to say "please no gifts" on a party invitation?? We eloped and are having a party. We do not want or need gifts. My mother insists that saying "please no gifts!" on the invite is rude. I think saying nothing will make people feel like a gift is expected. Help.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

5 years

I'm an expert in gun law, gun violence, and the Second Amendment. I literally created and teach a college class called "Firearms Law and the Second Amendment." I've read the studies, articles, and books. I've written and published my own articles. If you have questions... AMA.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

4 years

Wow, watching your own tweet go viral is not ideal for work productivity.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

2 years

@ditikohli_ I'm still grateful for the couple on the D line years ago who physically put themselves between me and my harasser and offered to get off with me at the next stop.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

4 years

Welp, this tweet has now been seen by over 1 million people, which is more people than have ever even glanced at anything else I've ever written, times, like, 25,000.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

4 years

Twitter, where is the setting for "mute all notifications except when @MrChuckD retweets you"??!

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

1 month

Well this somehow became my second most popular tweet of all time.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

5 years

I have a HARVARD DEGREE in Health Policy AND I am a lawyer. Yet I have struggled mightily to navigate the sys & advocate for myself. I am SO PRIVILEGED & I still ended up sobbing in a hospital lobby last month because of insurance issues and a cash demand for access to my docs.

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@SmithInAmerica

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Buttigieg: “I trust you to figure out your own health care.”

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

3 years

@Joe_Roberts01 When I was a public defender, I would RAGE whenever I got a case involving stolen formula. The prosecutor would always say, "They're not feeding a baby, they're reselling it on the street." Not once did they seem to get that a black market for baby formula is still FEEDING A BABY

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

5 years

@ConnConnection One of the most significant ones is access to a gun. Domestic violence fatalities skyrocket when there is a gun in the home, as do deaths by suicide. Suicide is not usually what people think of in terms of gun violence, but it account for about 2/3 of gun deaths in US every year

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

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@NJerseyResident @Christi06562109 @dietz_meredith I remember this too. I was 21. People in NYC were having a lot of sex because it was a) escapism from the horrific trauma we had all endured, and b) an immediate way to express "we're all gonna die, let's have some fun."

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

5 years

@ConnConnection Another factor is the strength of gun laws in a particular state. States with stronger/stricter gun laws have lower rates of gun deaths than states with more permissive laws.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

1 year

My dad died unexpectedly last night. I don't know how to deal with it. I just know that I was extraordinarily lucky to have him for a dad.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

5 years

@ConnConnection I should clarify that I'm a public health person, not a psychologist, etc., so I look more at broader risk factors v. Individual risk factors. But on an individual level, the single most significant predictor of future violence is a history of violence.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

2 years

Please, America, I beg you. Stop watching Law & Order.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

5 years

@FreeWheelinMe Excellent question. The reality is that people with mental illness are much more likely to be victims of violence than perpetrators of it. I think this is a particularly good resource -

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

4 years

Oh, hey. Thanks for liking my Rage Against the Machine Tweet. I write about gun law/gun violence and public health law. Welcome. Black Lives Matter Black Lives Matter Black Lives Matter Black Lives Matter Black Lives Matter Black Lives Matter Black Lives Matter Black Lives Matter

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

4 years

This tweet is for my bro @Widdla .

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

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@lisabari See, that I could not have supported.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

1 year

Rachel Rollins getting taken down by the Hatch Act after the Trump administration violated it like 7000 times is SOMETHING. I wonder what the difference is...

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

4 years

Wow, a lot of you REALLY hate McDonald's ice cream machines.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

4 years

I'm sorry, it did WHAT to a WHAT.

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@kylegriffin1

4 years

The USPS has turned down a federal judge's order to sweep mail processing facilities serving 15 states, saying it would stick to its own inspection schedule. The order came after the agency disclosed that more than 300,000 ballots could not be traced.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

4 months

We got married today!!

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

5 years

@MikeStucka @MaryRobinette This is a really good question. First and foremost, the access to guns is one of the most significant risk factors that gun deaths have in common. The mere existence of guns in the home increases suicides, homicides, and accidental deaths. The next level would be storage...

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

4 years

Don't eat indoors! Even though we're keeping indoor dining open! Don't do it! But you are allowed to! But don't! But we're still gonna make service workers show up in high risk situations in case you feel like going! But don't go! Cool, cool, cool, Massachusetts.

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@FeliciaGans

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This isn't even a question of whether or not indoor dining SHOULD be open. It's just that Baker is telling people to not spend time in indoor spaces, but he's keeping indoor dining open. HIS contradiction is what's causing the disagreement between friends that he shared.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

2 years

I haven't even started the actual book yet and @rabiasquared is already making me cry.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

4 years

I took the bar. I passed the bar. I don't think I'm a better lawyer than I would have been if I hadn't taken the bar. If anything, it taught me how to function at constant levels of near-panic anxiety for 2.5 months & I don't think that's good for anyone. #DiplomaPrivilegeNow

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

4 years

@cmclymer The first Presidential election I could vote in was Bush/Gore. Florida results trigger the trauma of that ordeal EVERY TIME.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

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@StephenKing If you're taking them home, aren't you with your own books?

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

5 years

@windblownsong ...more guns lead to more homicides, not fewer.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

2 years

Wordle does not recognize this as a valid word and I think that is wrong.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

4 years

. @clintw , I'm at 1/212th of your tweet likes. I'm coming for you.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

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@TheSpoonieWitch In the mid-90s, the CDC provided funding for gun violence research. One prominent article that came out showed (unsurprisingly) that more guns=more gun violence. The NRA led a campaign saying the government was promoting gun control. So in 1996, Sen Dickey from AR added a line...

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

5 years

I am taking a break for a while! I will get to every question that I haven't addressed already, but I need to step away from Twitter for a bit. Bear with me.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

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@MikeStucka @MaryRobinette ... private sales have to go through the same background check (NICS) that dealers do in order to conduct a sale. The House passed a bill that would do this a few months ago, but the Senate will not even bring it to a vote. None of these would be a panacea, clearly, but when...

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

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This is an astonishing statistic. Traffic down by half but motor vehicle fatalities DOUBLED. Anecdotally, I went on 90/93 yesterday for the first time in March and found people driving absurdly fast, far beyond normal terrible Massachusetts driving.

Amid Pandemic, Traffic Fell 50% But Roadway Death Rate Doubled

Traffic has dropped by 50% on average in Massachusetts amid the coronavirus pandemic, but the rate of fatalities on the state's roads doubled in April, according to MassDOT. Officials say there are...

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

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@MikeStucka @MaryRobinette ...ACCESS is so crucial, looking at how to regulate access better would go a long way (I think) to reduce gun deaths in all forms.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

2 years

I GUESS IT'S A GOOD THING SHE WASN'T ELECTED GOVERNOR OF BOSTON THEN. She's gonna be governor. Of the whole state. WHO CARES IF SHE LIVES IN CAMBRIDGE INSTEAD OF BOSTON. There are just... so many things going on and this was the last straw of annoyance for me.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

3 years

This is very kind, absolutely. But it also highlights that: working people live in shelters; $300 is a potentially life-changing amount of money; tipping as a business model is bullshit. These are all systemic issues. NO ONE should have to rely on the kindness of strangers.

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She will never forget this 😭

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

5 years

. @cvspharmacy just sent a text for my asthmatic cat recommending that she get one inhaler for home and another inhaler for school.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

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@windblownsong If people who claim this cite sources, they will invariably cite John Lott and his book "More Guns, Less Crime." But the methodology used in that book (and in his other work) is very shoddy - . Plus, we have TONS of data showing that...

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@_landhandler ... that it only lasted for 10 years. There were issues with definitions, grandfathering in existing weapons, determining what was and wasn't covered, etc. Two states (Mass and California) continued the ban on the state level. And it has thus far been held up in the lower courts

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

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@KRDemCT So the NRA doesn't set certification standards, but it does dominate the way that people get those certifications. For example, in Massachusetts, statute dictates that in order to get a gun license, you have to take a gun safety course. It also lists what must be in that course..

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

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@MikeStucka @MaryRobinette ... of guns to reduce access to those who shouldn't have it (children being the most important). The next level would be the ability to purchase guns. Federal law sets the basement (age requirements, restrictions on criminal convictions, etc). One thing would be to ensure...

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@EJAllstonEsq

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@KRDemCT Political aspects aren't prohibited from these classes, so it is up to individual instructors/organizations to include that aspect. And many do encourage membership in the NRA and engage in rhetoric. Theres a study I helped with a few years ago that sent people to...

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@EJAllstonEsq

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@KRDemCT ... but the state itself doesn't give the classes. Instead, it approves courses that meet its standards. And many (if not most) of those classes are via NRA or NRA affiliates.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

2 years

@maureenjohnson I was dying at that. "Oh, peanut butter and berries? That is really unusual. Anyway, make a vertical tart (??!!) which essentially requires a fine art degree and make it fucking perfect using only the directions 'make it.'"

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

4 years

I'm about to get a little personal here. One year ago, I started experiencing relentless upper belly pain and vomiting. Dr. Google thought it might be gall stones, so I went to urgent care. Urgent care turned around and told me to go straight to the ER. So I did. 1/

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

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Lest this sudden attention go to my head, my cat very helpfully puked on my bedroom carpet to remind me that she is still the boss of this house.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

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@_landhandler ...semi-automatic weapons (one pull of the trigger releases one round), those are much more common and the weapons most used to perpetrate these mass shootings. In that case, Congress actually DID enact an "assault weapons" ban in 1994, but it was rife with issues, including...

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

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@paulmagel I made a Batson challenge at jury selection once, the prosecutor didn't know what it was, the judge had to explain it, and then the ADA cried and accused me of accusing them of being racist. 🙃

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

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Is ANY OTHER CITY as self-obsessed as Boston? Our rights have been DECIMATED and the @BostonGlobe is like, "This is good for us!!"

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

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@AllEarsNet We can either walk from Canada to France or take the boat.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

5 years

. @StopandShop just sent me a "Dear Customer" email about how great their offered contract is for workers and how they are "committed to keeping our doors open." Well, corporate office, I'm not setting foot inside your store again for as long as the workers strike. No. Way.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

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@RyanHendry94 Exactly. But if you want to see it happen, focus on your state! That's where most gun laws/lack thereof come from.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

3 years

He was even NOMINATED FOR AN OSCAR for "That Thing You Do." And he won several Emmys. This oversight (and/or choice) made me sad.

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they left adam schlesinger of fountains of wayne who died last year from covid, and wrote That Thing You Do, one of the best, most beloved songs in modern cinema out of the oscars in memoriam. im forging a pitchfork out of molten steel rn

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

2 years

My dad is going in for some surgery tomorrow and I am very worried about him, so please put good thoughts into the universe.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

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@imjasondiamond Ha, I once made a cross-stitch out of one of these bad boys!

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

3 years

@prof_goldberg Fuuuck this: "In recent years, litigation against businesses accused of violating the A.D.A. has risen sharply, as disabled people demand compliance with a law that has been in effect for 31 years." THOSE DISABLED PEOPLE AND THEIR PESKY INSISTENCE ON PLACES COMPLYING W/ THE LAW.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

3 years

@ofsevit @universalhub I once waited patiently at the Back Bay Dunkin for my online order only to find out I had sent it to the Other Back Bay Dunkin Across The Room. I was like... I sent it to the one that said Back Bay Dunkin 0.0 miles away? Yup, there's two of those.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

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My dad, Allan A. Ryan, was an extraordinary person. He was a US Supreme Court clerk to Justice White. He was the first director of the DOJ Office of Special Investigations, which found Nazi war criminals living in the US. He wrote three books - Quiet Neighbors... 1/

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

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@_landhandler Automatic weapons are actually really highly regulated at the federal level! In practice, it is very, very difficult for a civilian to own a fully automatic weapon. But automatic weapons are machine guns: one pull of the trigger shoots continually. If you are talking about...

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

1 year

My dad got the half-page treatment in the Sunday @nytimes . I miss him so much.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

4 years

Hey, #allston , can we start a money pool or something to buy up the billboard space on Cambridge St at Harvard Ave that anti-abortionists keep using to put up their nonsense? I LOATHE seeing that in my neighborhood and I'd like to counter it somehow. @allstonratcity

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

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I haven't officially signed the offer letter yet, but I am accepting a job as policy counsel at a major anti-gun violence organization, hours after another mass shooting. It is my dream to do this work. And I am going to keep doing it.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

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Just peeking in to say I'm getting married! Between my new job doing anti-gun-violence policy full time and this, 2023 has proven to have some rays of goodness.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

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@FreeWheelinMe Essentially, in the overall scheme of things, mass shootings represent a small percentage of gun homicides and, while there is some data that suggests mass shooters are more likely to have a serious mental illness compared to the general population, the violence they perpetrate..

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

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A dude once insisted that I couldn't be an expert in gun violence because he didn't believe that two-thirds of gun deaths are suicides. He just DIDN'T BELIEVE IT WAS TRUE. He didn't care that it was a statistic that took 10 seconds to look up, so I didn't care that I just left.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

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One of my friends has been admitted to the ICU with covid and isn't responding to treatment. This shit isn't over yet. Please let's not get ahead of ourselves. My heart is breaking.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

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@dmoyeweirdnews @ImmigrantPatri2 One of my favorite topics! I'm going to point you to a brief article I wrote, because it is more comprehensive that I can be in a tweet. But I am also in the process of updating it because NJ did just pass a new law that I reference being vetoed here -

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

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@david_t_savage @KHayhoe ..."“The founding generation believed in freedom to punctuate. Spelling an capitalization seemed an afterthought. Standardized rules did not take hold until the next century.”

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

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Twitter: I am very much in the market for a FT job. I'm an experienced lawyer, college instructor, & writer. I have an MPH from Harvard. I am an expert in gun law & gun violence, plus public health law & policy & more. I can send you my resume. Just ask.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

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. @CityOfBoston parking enforcement is BRUTAL. Comm Ave in #Allston . (It's a real ticket envelope - I did not check whether there was a real ticket inside). #bostonparking #bostontwitter @universalhub

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

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I don't disagree with this tweet. But I want to emphasize that the injustice here isn't that rich people don't get ENOUGH time in jail, it's that non-rich people get WAY TOO MUCH time. The goal is to get fewer people incarcerated at all, not more people incarcerated for longer.

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Lori Laughlin was just sentenced to 2 months in jail. Earlier this year, the Manhattan DA recommended one year jail for a man who stole cough syrup and toothpaste from a Duane Reade. There are two systems of justice in this county and this is yet another example.

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@KSVesq .... may I suggest GETTING high??

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

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So! I got laid off this morning. It was a shock and I'm very sad about it. But if anyone would like to employ a cannabis law, policy, and compliance expert with 17 years experience as a lawyer, let me know!

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@SeedyStoryist @howardtayler You're welcome! I'm glad I can do it, though it got a MUCH bigger response than I was expecting!

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@EJAllstonEsq

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I sometimes feel obligated to respond to, say, a high school acquaintance on Facebook who posts covid "hoax" propaganda. I think if she sees the real facts and data, she will know better! But of course she won't. Smashing that Unfriend button is much more cathartic.

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But I'm not. I won't be. I don't know if I will ever get over the shame or if I will just learn to live with it. Talking this openly is a start. So here I am. 14/The End

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@maureenjohnson @legalseafoods I worked there for a couple of years (legal aid lawyer by day, seafood server by night) and they really will do ANYTHING for a guest if it is within their power.

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@RyanHendry94 This is really up to states in reality. While it's conceivable that the federal government has the ability to do it, the political reality is different. But some states DO have requirements- mostly in the form of required classes. But some states (like Mass) also have...

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

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There are lots of horrible stories about online neighborhood groups. But my Facebook neighborhood groups are fucking amazing. Someone posted today that they can't afford cat food right now and w/in minutes, 5 of us are arranging to give them plenty. I love you, Allston-Brighton.

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@_landhandler Most recently in the First Circuit in Worman v. Healey (). Right now, SCOTUS has held that people have a right to have a handgun in their home for self-defense, subject to restrictions. Now, that may change soon because there is a case coming up...

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So the cop who was supposed to be fired in 2007 by @bostonpolice FOR PAYROLL ABUSE is not only STILL A COP but has THE HIGHEST SALARY IN THE ENTIRE CITY IF BOSTON. Definitely nothing suspicious about that! Everything's definitely cool!

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@EJAllstonEsq

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@FreeWheelinMe ... is only about 3% of violent crime overall.

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@EJAllstonEsq

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@_landhandler ... in the coming term () that will likely result in an expansion of the Second Amendment to carrying firearms outside the home. But does the Second Amendment CURRENTLY prohibit an "assault weapons ban" under existing jurisprudence? I don't think so.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

4 years

Without further ado, I present: Remedial Job Training for Cats. Thank you for your cooperation. - The Management

Remedial Job Training For Cats

REMEDIAL JOB TRAINING FOR CATS Emergency Pandemic Edition March 17, 2020 Elisabeth Ryan, with no help from cat assistant Penelope And many thanks to the Meowderinos

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@EJAllstonEsq

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OMG.

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@EJAllstonEsq

3 years

It has been a tough week for the Allston-Brighton neighborhoods. A car killed a pedestrian outside St. E's. A devastating fire destroyed a building housing music studios and other businesses. A driver who ran a red light killed another driver at Western Ave. Very tough week.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

2 years

Please stop saying "we will get through this" or "we will survive." I know the intent is good, but it's simply not true. More people will die, more people will have their lives torn apart, more people will struggle in the face a system that actively hates them. Please stop.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

5 years

@RyanHendry94 ... discretionary licensing, meaning that even if you arent statutorily disqualified from having a gun, licensing authorities can still deny based on articulable concerns. Most states, however, are "shall issue" if they even require licenses. That means that unless you are...

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

3 years

I just need you to find 11,780 more dollars for my bank account.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

3 years

So I see people are back on the "It only kills people with pre-existing conditions!" nonsense. Love to hear it as someone with a pre-existing condition. Love to be reminded that my life is worth less than yours. Super, SUPER fun.

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Elisabeth Ryan JD MPH

@EJAllstonEsq

3 years

Thank you to @brianlfrye for coming to speak to my Firearms Law class and being delightfully Brian L. Frye. It was a blast.