Michelle Chappell @michellechap76 Twitter profile

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Michelle Chappell

4 months

I’m a Gun Sense Voter, are you? Find the 2024 candidates who support stronger gun safety laws here:

Find Your 2024 Gun Sense Candidates - Gun Sense Voter

Gun Sense Voter is a non-partisan grassroots movement dedicated to creating a future free from gun violence—and that starts with electing candidates who will implement better gun laws.

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 years

I am so excited to be attending my first Gun Sense University #GSU2022 (AKA mommy camp) and to be officially joining the leadership team of @MomsDemand DC! It takes all of us to #EndGunViolence and #KeepDCAlive @Everytown

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 years

This Thanksgiving, AAA expects nearly 55 million Americans will travel. If you’re bringing a child or teen to a home that may have a gun, ask how guns are stored. It could save a life. @MomsDemand

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

1 year

For cars, the 20th century saw “safety features like seat belts and airbags … universal state licensing of drivers and registration of cars,” while for guns, the 21st century has seen half the country adopt permitless carry. @MomsDemand

What would it mean to treat guns the way we treat cars?

Guns kill more young Americans than cars now, but it doesn’t have to be that way.

www.vox.com

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

1 year

DC @MomsDemand and so many other gun violence prevention advocates at the Capitol with @lucymcbath , @speakerpelosi , @repjeffries and a huge contingent of House Dems to announce discharge petitions to move gun safety legislation forward 🧵

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 years

It’s great to see a roomful of @MomsDemand volunteers and other canvassers fired up and ready to go for @RepSpanberger this beautiful Saturday morning! #MomsAreEverywhere @Everytown

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

1 year

This morning I am attending my first Senate Judiciary Committee meeting as a @MomsDemand volunteer, about the public safety landscape after the #SCOTUS Bruen decision #MomsAreEverywhere @Everytown

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

1 year

Ready to give (zoom) testimony in support of life saving violence intervention work in DC! #KeepDCAlive @MomsDemand @Everytown

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

1 year

A properly secured firearm does not end up unlocked and loaded in the hands of a six year old. I feel terrible for everyone involved in this situation, but the one factor that changed this story from a bad day to a tragic one was the child’s access to a gun @MomsDemand

Michelle Wolf

@MichelleWolfTV

1 year

#BREAKING The family of the 6 year old boy who shot his first grade teacher at Richneck Elementary has released a statement. @WAVY_News

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 years

@jacobus_amy @steve_vladeck I was there too! We were in a Senate office building, not the Capitol. Your story matches my experience.

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

1 year

I spent all afternoon delivering #WearOrange swag to Senate offices and forgot to take a picture 🤦‍♀️ Rest up, @MomsDemand superstars, and stay hydrated out there tomorrow

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 years

DC Advocacy Week kicks off right now! #KeepDCAlive #ExpectUs @MomsDemand

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

1 year

“Harllee Harper was known for her belief that the people closest to gun violence should be empowered to work to prevent it.” This is the legacy that DC @MomsDemand hopes to carry forward as we seek to #KeepDCAlive

Linda Harllee Harper, D.C. Violence Prevention Leader, Dies At 57

“(Harllee Harper) dedicated her career and life to our young people and our community," D.C. Mayor Bowser wrote in a statement on Friday.

dcist.com

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 years

Today’s incident at Roosevelt HS, where 98% of students are Black or Latinx, may not get the same Washington Post treatment as last week’s false alarm at Bethesda-Chevy Chase HS, but the trauma is the same. @MomsDemand

Perspective | Gun culture is terrorizing our nation, even when there are no guns

Every time there's a school lockdown drill, we ask Americans to imagine a shooter chasing after them, to be ready to die in the next hour. This is terrorism.

www.washingtonpost.com

DC Police Department

@DCPoliceDept

2 years

MPD is investigating a call for the report of an active shooter at Roosevelt High School. This report is false. MPD is on-scene and conducting a walkthrough of the building. Out of abundance of caution, please expect a heavy police presence in the area.

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 years

This morning I was at DCA with @shannonrwatts , @j9dunne , and @MomsDemand volunteers from DC, MD and VA to deliver one message to Senators arriving in town: #DontLookAway from the need for gun safety laws. @Everytown

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 years

Made new front porch art with the kids tonight. My 10-year-old suggested the patriotic colors and theme and I ❤️ it; what’s more patriotic than saving American lives by removing military-grade weapons from our communities? #BanAssaultWeaponsNow @MomsDemand

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 years

Strong turnout of VA and DC @MomsDemand volunteers for gun sense candidate @RepSpanberger this morning! #MomsAreEverywhere @Everytown

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

1 year

Today the GOP House Oversight Committee is holding hearings aiming to roll back DC’s police reforms passed in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, rather than doing a single thing to address the nation’s gun violence epidemic. I’m here to say #HandsOffDC #KeepDCAlive @MomsDemand

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 years

@costareports The fact that I still don’t live in a state. DC statehood would increase both democratic and Democratic representation in Congress, and should be on the short list of reasons to secure a solid Democratic majority in both houses.

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 years

@AcresofHistory @JohnHenryWUSA @museofhistory They are asylum seekers here legally, waiting for their cases to be resolved. Abbott can’t send them back so he’s decided to pass the buck, so to speak.

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

1 year

Thank you to @RepLucyMcBath @RepDebDingell and @RepRobinKelly for your advocacy on behalf of women with protective orders against abusive partners. The recent 5th Circuit ruling allowing abusers to keep their firearms is dangerous and unacceptable @MomsDemand @Everytown

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

20 days

DC @MomsDemand in the house for President Biden’s speech at #GSU2024 !! @potus @Everytown

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 months

Y’all, the 2A people are trying their hardest to make this place intolerable, but I’m not leaving. My posts that used to get a handful of negative comments now get dozens, even hundreds. Smells like desperation. Who’s ready to elect a gun sense majority this fall?? #NoDemUnder1k

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

1 year

10 years ago, @MomsDemand began their advocacy work in the gun violence prevention movement. In 2019, I joined in DC because I was done feeling helpless about neighborhood violence and mass shootings. Join me for the next 10 by texting READY to 644-33 today! #10YearsOfMoms

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 years

Thank you @CM_Silverman for a productive DC Advocacy Week meeting with @MomsDemand ! We appreciate your commitments to career development for violence interrupters and expansion of summer youth programs into year-round internships #KeepDCAlive

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 years

The first meeting of 2022 DC Advocacy Week is in the books! Thank you @CMCHenderson for supporting gun violence prevention, and for understanding that it is a complex, long-term problem that requires community-based solutions. #KeepDCAlive #ExpectUs @MomsDemand

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

1 year

Thank you @shannonrwatts for #10YearsOfMoms ! This DC mom knows that #MomsAreEverywhere , even by the side of the road near DCA if necessary, so that lawmakers #DontLookAway from gun violence.

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 months

The gun bros will try to tell you this case is about the right to build your own firearm, but really it’s about Polymer80, the largest seller of ghost gun kits, profiting off their untraceability @MomsDemand

The Associated Press

@AP

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BREAKING: The Supreme Court will take up the legal fight over ghost guns, firearms without serial numbers.

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

5 months

What an amazing group of DC @MomsDemand and @StudentsDemand volunteers tonight at the Women’s National Democratic Club! Volunteers wrote letters to GOTV for the California primary.

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

1 year

Watch and listen ⬇️ Text ACT to 644-33 to join @MomsDemand and the fight to #EndGunViolence

Rep. Gloria Johnson

@VoteGloriaJ

1 year

And gun violence.

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 years

As a DC @MomsDemand volunteer I’m a voter because gun safety is a local and a federal (and someday a state? 🤞) issue. Is your registration up-to-date? Text the word REGISTER to 644-33 to make sure your voice is heard in November. #MomsAreEverywhere #KeepDCAlive

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 months

Revising the tax code so that DC’s wealthiest residents pay their fair share, and directing those funds to programs in our most under-resourced neighborhoods, would result in a more equitable wealth distribution and a city that is safer for everyone

wendy's wondering

@WendyACronin

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81 TIMES!!! "The median Black household in the DC area has under $4,000 in net assets, and the median white household has 81 times the wealth of the median Black household." #TAXES

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 years

Day 3 of #GSU2022 and I’m heading to Capitol Hill to an IN PERSON event‼️ @MomsDemand @Everytown

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

1 year

Where to find hope when too many children are being shot in your city? At an @Everytown Community Safety Fund meeting learning how to submit gun violence prevention orgs for grants that will save lives @MomsDemand #KeepDCAlive

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 years

Three people shot this morning inside Benning Road metro station, including two teenagers #KeepDCAlive @MomsDemand

Megan Rivers

@MegMRivers

2 years

3 people shot at Benning Road Metro Station Police say there is no ongoing threat to the community.

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

1 year

I attended a Ward 8 community meeting last week with a couple other DC @MomsDemand volunteers. @trayonwhite and @DCAttorneyGen were there. We broke out into small groups to brainstorm ideas to calm the violence. Nothing in this bill came up 🧵

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 years

Fork over the facts about gun violence this Thanksgiving. The truth is that more guns in schools don’t keep kids safe, they lead to more shootings in schools. @MomsDemand @Everytown

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

1 year

700,000 Americans treated as if their local elected government is incapable of governing. This is not what support of #DCStatehood or home rule looks like. Hugely disappointing.

President Biden

@POTUS

1 year

I support D.C. Statehood and home-rule – but I don’t support some of the changes D.C. Council put forward over the Mayor’s objections – such as lowering penalties for carjackings. If the Senate votes to overturn what D.C. Council did – I’ll sign it.

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

1 year

Gun violence doesn’t only victimize the people who get shot. Karon’s classmates will never be the same #KeepDCAlive @MomsDemand

Edgardo Guerrero

@MrGtheLibrarian

1 year

#JusticeforKaron

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Michelle Chappell

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1 year

I’m a @MomsDemand volunteer in DC and I stand with the #TennesseeThree . Here in DC we know a little bit about being denied representation. #KeepGoing #EndGunViolence #BanAssaultWeapons #KeepDCAlive #TNLeg @brotherjones_ @Justinjpearson @VoteGloriaJ

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

1 year

@maustermuhle @VinceGrayWard7 @trayonwhite @CMBrookePinto Would they consider doing the same for violence interrupters? VIs get paid less and have the same need to be close to the communities they serve.

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

21 days

Had a great first night at #GSU2024 connecting with election leads from around the country. Thanks to DC election lead Janine for organizing! @MomsDemand

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

14 days

The "shall not be infringed" crowd won't tell you that fully automatic machine guns have been uncontroversially banned for 90 years. Banning bump stocks should also be uncontroversial, as they allow semi-automatic weapons to mimic the rapid fire of a machine gun. @MomsDemand

Acyn

@Acyn

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Schumer: As soon as tomorrow, Democrats will seek passage of a federal ban on bump stocks… The question is will Republicans join us? Republicans were supportive of banning bump stocks when The Trump Administration took this step so they should support it tomorrow.

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 years

Thank you @CMRobertWhiteDC for taking the time to meet with @MomsDemand during DC Advocacy Week to discuss the prevention model of public safety and the need for more resources to be directed toward gun violence prevention programs #KeepDCAlive

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

6 months

All I want for Christmas is donations to @TheTraRonCenter ! Tonight’s fundraiser celebrated the lifesaving work of Ryane Nickens, who provides a safe space for DC youth healing from gun violence in their community @MomsDemand #KeepDCAlive

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 months

DC @MomsDemand is in the Wilson Building! I’m here supporting chapter lead Connie Freeman as she testifies in support of @ONSEDC_ and violence intervention #KeepDCAlive

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 years

@AshaRangappa_ I feel like we are witnessing the birth of the Big Lie 2.0. Trump can’t have committed a crime by taking these documents because they actually belonged to him. Insane and contrary to all historical and legal precedent but his followers won’t care.

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 years

Thank you @MomsDemand DC, led by our fabulous hostess @LisaDemands , and @cure_dc for a fantastic event at St. Mark’s to wrap up #GSU2022 ! We stuffed backpacks for back-to-school and stuffed ourselves with delicious food! @Everytown

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

1 year

Thank you @CMBrookePinto for holding a roundtable on the issue of gun violence in DC and @BrianneKNadeau for attending. I was honored to testify on behalf of @MomsDemand about the need for a coordinated, long term public health approach.

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 years

Thank you @CMLewisGeorgeW4 for meeting with @MomsDemand as part of DC Advocacy Week and for sharing your personal experiences working with violence interrupters in Ward 4. We agree there is a need for more violence prevention resources. #KeepDCAlive #ExpectUs

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 years

It’s day two of #GSU2022 , and I’m honoring my grandfather with action 🧡 Thank you to @TheTRIGGERProj for the shirt and the amazing experience at the End Gun Violence Citywide Conference in DC @MomsDemand @Everytown

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 years

Thank you CM @AnitaBondsDC for a warm conversation with @MomsDemand during DC Advocacy Week. We agree that violence interruption is about more than preventing gun violence; the goal is to change life trajectories for the better #KeepDCAlive

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

13 days

Tonight DC @MomsDemand celebrated the high school seniors receiving Jeremy Black scholarships from @TheTraRonCenter . Thank you for your inspiring words Ryane Nickens and @FerrellZabala !

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

1 year

Thank you @CMLewisGeorgeW4 for stopping by the @MomsDemand table at @TheTRIGGERProj End Gun Violence Festival and always being a strong ally in gun violence prevention! #WearOrange #EndGunViolence

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

1 year

@sllimjimmy I’m so sorry, and you’re right, there’s nothing ok or normal about it. I’m glad you’re still here.

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 years

There was definitely #BigMomEnergy at the #GSU2022 Zumba this morning! Big shoutout to our instructor Linda, who just moved to Colorado two weeks ago and was a rockstar at 5000 feet 🤩 @MomsDemand @Everytown

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

1 year

“When kids don’t feel the warmth of the village, they’ll burn down the village for warmth” @trayonwhite speaking to the gun violence crisis in Ward 8 #KeepDCAlive @MomsDemand

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

11 months

@SIfill_ @allinwithchris Thank you for sharing, I caught the racism in his remarks about DC after the arraignment and immediately thought, he is going to drag our city through the mud until this is over. This interview is brilliant.

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

4 months

This is at 7th and P St NW, there have been shootings in this area by the Kennedy Rec Center for years but I can’t remember one this bad #KeepDCAlive @MomsDemand

DC REALTIME NEWS

@RealTimeNews10

4 months

UPDATE: MASS SHOOTING W/7 SHOT & 2 DEAD: MPD has confirmed 7 people was shot with 2 dead on scene.

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

8 months

At #SCOTUS this morning with DC @MomsDemand and so many other gun safety advocates demanding that the lives of domestic violence survivors be valued above the right of abusers to carry guns #Rahimi #EndGunViolence @Everytown

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

1 year

Just got home from a packed and very emotional community meeting responding to the killing of Karon Blake in Brookland, NE DC. My condolences to his family, his school, and his neighborhood #MomsAreEverywhere #KeepDCAlive

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

5 months

Mass shooting in NE DC last night. We need Congressional action to slow down the pipeline of illegal guns into our city @MomsDemand #KeepDCAlive

Kyle Mazza

@KyleMazzaWUNF

5 months

Four people shot, one dead in shooting in Washington, D.C. on February 9, 2024. Friday evening, four adult male victims were shot in the 1200 Block of Raum St. NE., one victim was pronounced dead and the three other male victims are expected to survive. No suspect information.

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

20 days

What’s really interesting about Hunter Biden’s conviction is that the President is about to speak to an army of @MomsDemand volunteers fired up to elect gun sense candidates this fall! #GSU2024 @Everytown

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

3 months

I wrote one of over 230,000 comments supporting this new lifesaving ATF rule that closes the gun show and online loopholes. We are closer than ever to requiring a background check for every gun purchase. @MomsDemand #KeepDCAlive

President Biden

@POTUS

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For so long, unlicensed gun dealers have sold guns without running background checks, allowing them to wind up in the hands of abusers and violent felons. My Administration is clarifying that all those in the business of selling guns must get a license and run background checks.

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@michellechap76

1 year

To tell you what an outlier Vermont is, permitless carry used to be referred to as Vermont carry, because prior to 2003 it was the only state that didn’t require a permit to carry a firearm. So this bill is a big deal. @MomsDemand

The Trace

@teamtrace

1 year

Vermont — historically a guns rights paradise — may pass a gun control bill to curb the state’s rising suicide rate. The provisions regard safe storage, 72-hour waiting periods, red flag laws, and making straw purchasing a felony. via @vtdigger :

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 years

We had a wonderful afternoon of gardening, tie dying, good food, conversation and more at this year’s #WearOrange event in DC! Thank you to everyone who came out and showed up for gun violence survivors! @MomsDemand @Everytown

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

6 months

Four school shootings in four days. We don’t yet know the extent of the tragedy at Perry High School but this has to stop. Text ACT to 644-33 to join @MomsDemand

K-12 School Shooting Database

@K12ssdb

6 months

Shooting at Perry High School in Iowa is the 4th shooting at a school so far in 2024. So far this year, a man with an AR-15 fired 100 shots outside a school in Louisiana, 14-year-old shot a teenage girl during a fight, and bullet went through an occupied classroom window.

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 years

@kajaustin @PatrickSvitek Best question I’ve heard yet, and there are so many questions.

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 years

Thank you @Everytown for participating in this class action. A lawsuit can never repair the damage done in #Uvalde , but it will shine a light on the many failures that led to the horrific loss of life that day 💔 @MomsDemand

Fred Guttenberg

@fred_guttenberg

2 years

Accountability after gun violence matters. This $27 billion class action lawsuit stemming from the shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde matters. The suit is based on the “right to life” for the victims.

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Michelle Chappell

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1 year

This Wednesday evening, a community meeting to address violence around Mississippi Ave SE. DC @MomsDemand will be there, come join us! #KeepDCAlive

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

9 months

Well done ladies, #BoyMath is the best thing to happen to this platform all year. Roast away 🔥

mlle🌹

@sucrechambre

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Me reading #BoyMath tweets

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@steve_vladeck Also from the dissent: “the Court rejects longstanding concerns surrounding government endorsement of religion and replaces the standard for reviewing such questions with a new “history and tradition” test.” Am I the only one who sees the irony?

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Michelle Chappell

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Waiting on @POTUS #GSU2024 @MomsDemand

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Michelle Chappell

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2 years

@oneunderscore__ I think you have to call it by its name, thank you for doing that

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

1 year

@QasimRashid He’s the second teenager killed in DC already this year 💔

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 years

Senator Chris Murphy demands #MoreThanThoughtsAndPrayers @MomsDemand @Everytown

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

1 year

Ready for the @TheTRIGGERProj End Gun Violence Festival! #WearOrange #KeepDCAlive @MomsDemand

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 years

I am a proud supporter of the @WashSpirit and would gladly call my representatives on their behalf, if I had any. Please call yours if you support #EqualPay #DCStatehood

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

8 months

ONSE, who houses violence intervention and youth leadership academies, already had their budget slashed for FY24 and now faces another $1.5M cut. They still lack a permanent director. Investing in prevention will bring down the costs of policing #KeepDCAlive

DC Crime Facts

@dccrimefacts

8 months

MPD's $16 million for overtime is part of a $70.7M overall reprogramming request. These are the agencies losing over half a million dollars in this request from the Mayor:

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

1 year

Karon’s little sister and brother, as well as several friends and classmates, were among the speakers at this vigil. My heart goes out to all the young people hurting tonight #KeepDCAlive @MomsDemand

Rafael Sánchez-Cruz

@rafasanchezcruz

1 year

HAPPENING NOW: Family and friends of Karon Blake have gathered in Northeast DC to hold a candlelight vigil for the 13-year-old who was shot and killed exactly one week ago. @wusa9

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 years

🧵 Many people are wondering how the suspect in the Colorado Springs shooting was allowed to have a gun, given his history. But he could have purchased one from an unlicensed dealer or an online seller without a background check @MomsDemand

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 years

🧵“It’s better than not doing them, right? We want to be prepared.” Adults in a school should be prepared for an active shooter, and children should know to follow adult instructions in an emergency. Involving kids in active shooter drills is traumatizing @MomsDemand

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

10 months

Here is an easy action you can take to get us one step closer to universal background checks. Use the text prompt below or follow this link to tell the ATF why background checks should be required for online sales and at gun shows @MomsDemand

Everytown

@Everytown

10 months

For decades, people have exploited loopholes in our federal gun laws that let them sell guns online & at gun shows without running background checks. ATF’s proposed rule will change that and expand background checks by requiring more sellers to get licensed—with a focus on those

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

5 months

Listen, y’all, I’m just a volunteer who cares deeply about gun violence in DC. I don’t have the time to review and digest this before tomorrow’s vote. How can we expect the average citizen to weigh in on this omnibus?

DC Justice Lab

@DCJusticeLab

5 months

As predicted, there is now—in the 11th hour—a NEW version of the Secure DC bill that will be voted on tomorrow. Residents will not have an opportunity to testify on this draft, but you can read it and follow our analysis in real time here:

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 years

@DeniseOswald @IsaacFitzgerald Also walking home 50 blocks/over a bridge just because it’s a beautiful evening.

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 years

@MuellerSheWrote Yeah, this was a perfect shiny thing look-over-here story to distract from the bigger picture. Good job not falling for it

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 years

@joshgerstein We object to this process that we insisted upon!

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

9 months

Please 👀 at the #s of violence interrupters reported by DC agencies. Under 200, in a city approaching 200 homicides so far this year. We only break cycles of violence by investing in prevention. We have the resources to do it, do we have the will? #KeepDCAlive @MomsDemand

Scott Taylor : 7 News - WJLA TV

@ScottTaylorTV

9 months

7News rides along with a violence interrupter in one of DC's most dangerous neighborhoods.

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 months

We don’t have to live like this @MomsDemand #KeepDCAlive

WUSA9

@wusa9

2 months

4-year-old girl and her dad shot in Fort Totten

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

5 months

ICYMI, I accidentally ended up live tweeting the DC Council vote on the Secure DC Omnibus. All the amendments produced some changes in the margins, but the bill is still largely punitive rather than preventive in nature

Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

5 months

DC Council is beginning discussion of nine (!) proposed amendments to the Secure DC Omnibus. Watch here:

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 years

@JoyceWhiteVance My Olympics knitting is finally seaming a throw blanket I finished months ago, I’m determined to finish by the closing ceremonies 🤞

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

20 days

President Biden is coming to #GSU2024 today!! @MomsDemand @Everytown

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 years

There have been over 600 mass shootings in the US so far this year, with at least 4 people shot not including the shooter. Guns are the leading cause of death of Americans under 18. It’s the guns. @MomsDemand @Everytown

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

1 year

Ward 8 is a food desert. Ward 8 has too much poverty. Ward 8 needs love and resources. No one talked about the need to lock people up pre-trial to prevent crime. We were focused on the future of DC’s children and how to keep them safe, because Ward 8 children matter.

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

4 months

The guns everywhere agenda of the NRA and gun manufacturers, backed up by SCOTUS, has real world consequences #KeepDCAlive @MomsDemand

Shawn Chittle 🍻🇺🇸

@shawnchittledc

4 months

As recently as 2017, there were only 123 active concealed-carry permits in DC. Today, there are 17,647 active concealed-carry permits, a D.C. police spokesman said in an email. Per @washingtonpost Those numbers are insane!

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

3 months

Congress could make DC safer by requiring a background check on every gun purchase, funding the ATF so they have the resources to stop gun trafficking, and banning assault weapons. They could not only #KeepDCAlive but help #EndGunViolence across the USA @MomsDemand

Beatrice Peterson (@missbeae on all platforms)

@MissBeaE

3 months

@RepBryanSteil . @RepJoeMorelle : "I struggle to reconcile my colleagues concerns about violent crime with a complete disregard the key driver of those crimes. There are no commercial gun stores in the district. So the guns used here are from out of state. These guns are often acquired illegally"

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

1 year

Friday June 2, Freedom Plaza, DC @MomsDemand will be there with @TheTRIGGERProj #WearOrange #KeepDCAlive

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

2 years

@SethAbramson SCOTUS is even leakier, per the sentence just before the one you quoted: “But as of last week, the five-member majority to strike Roe remains intact, according to THREE conservatives close to the court” (emphasis added)

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

1 year

Thank you @CMFrumin for a great DC Advocacy Week meeting and for really showing up on the issue of public safety and gun violence prevention as a first term Councilmember! @MomsDemand #KeepDCAlive #DCLeg

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

1 year

@POTUS 700,000 Americans treated as if their local elected government is incapable of governing. This is not what support of #DCStatehood or home rule looks like. Hugely disappointing.

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Michelle Chappell

@michellechap76

1 year

You may have seen the video of the MN governor signing free school meals into law, surrounded by adorable kids. Advocating for the bill was Philando Castile’s mother. What an incredible way to honor her son’s life ❤️ #EndGunViolence

Valerie Castile says the state’s new school-meals law is an investment in Minnesota’s kids—and a...

After the police killing of Philando Castile, his mother, Valerie Castile, has helped raise more than $200,000 to pay off the cafeteria debt of kids who can’t afford school lunch. On Friday, Governor...

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