The three victims of the horrific shooting at an In-N-Out in Twin Falls, Idaho deserved to come home alive. Honor them by reading and sharing their stories. Give the shooter #NoNotoriety.

The horrific shooting at an In-N-Out in Idaho comes during the same week we mark seven years since the El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, mass shootings — both carried out with assault weapons.

It’s been 14 years since a white supremacist entered a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, and opened fire. He shot and killed six Sikh worshippers and wounded three other people. A seventh victim died from complications with his gunshot wounds years later.

Too many communities across America know this fear and trauma all too well. We demand that lawmakers put our safety first and stop cowering to the gun lobby. If they don’t work to protect us from gun violence, we can and will vote them out on November 3.

Seven years ago today, just hours after the El Paso mass shooting, a man with an assault weapon and a high-capacity magazine opened fire outside of a bar in the Oregon Historic District of Dayton, Ohio. In less than 40 seconds, nine people were shot and killed and 17 others were wounded.

A 15-year-old and three 17-year-olds were shot, along with five other people, at a banquet hall in North Carolina late last night. All are expected to survive, but their lives will forever be changed by this senseless act of gun violence. We should be able to celebrate without the threat of gunfire.

9 people injured, 2 in custody in North Carolina banquet hall shooting

Nine people, including four juveniles, were injured in a shooting at the Royal Banquet Hall early Sunday morning, according to the Greensboro Police Department.

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We know all too well what can happen when people who want to do harm get their hands on an assault weapon. The same assault-style rifles that have been used in the deadliest school shootings continue to be used to terrorize communities across the US — including this weekend in Twin Falls, Idaho.

Seven years ago, a white supremacist with an AK-47 and a high-capacity magazine opened fire inside a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. He drove over 600 miles to the border town to target Latinos. Twenty-three people were shot and killed, and 22 others were wounded, most of them Latino.

At least three people were killed and two were wounded after a gunman opened fire at an In-N-Out yesterday in Twin Falls, Idaho — sending scores of people from the nearby shopping center into chaos. The CEO of In-N-Out confirmed that an employee was among the victims.

Shooting at In-and-Out Burger in Idaho Leaves at Least 3 Dead and 2 Injured, Official Says

A spokesman for Twin Falls cautioned that the number of victims was “expected to be higher.” The police said the shooter was dead.

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The father of the Apalachee High School shooter was sentenced to 15 years in prison for gifting his son, who had a history of making violent threats, the assault rifle used in the shooting.

Apalachee High School shooter’s father sentenced to 15 years

Colin Gray gave his son an assault rifle for Christmas. The teenager used it to carry out the mass shooting in Georgia in 2024, in which two students and two teachers were killed.

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The Seattle Center shooting is a stark reminder that the gun industry continues to fuel America’s gun violence crisis with deadly innovations. The shooting involved both a ghost gun assembled from a kit and a Glock pistol equipped with a machine gun conversion device, making it fully automatic.

One of the guns used in the mass shooting at a Seattle food festival this week was a DIY machine gun — a Glock pistol modified with a switch and equipped with a 40-round magazine.

Da'Jon and Kai should still be here 💔

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Da’Jon Hayes-Burr, 15, and Jacob Freytes, 12, were both horrifically shot and killed over the weekend in Kentucky and New York. They both had their whole lives ahead of them; now their parents are planning their funerals.

Another young person has been stolen from us, leaving a community shaken and searching for answers about how this teen's friend accessed a gun. Secure storage saves lives. We depend on adults to protect us — not put us in harm’s way.

The victims of the horrific shooting at the Bite of Seattle food festival at Seattle Center deserved to come home alive. Honor them by reading and sharing their stories. Give the shooters #NoNotoriety.

Two years ago, the family of Victoria Lee, a 25-year-old woman with bipolar disorder, called 911 as she experienced a mental health crisis. They begged for only an ambulance to transport Victoria to a hospital. Instead, police officers responded, broke down the door, and shot and killed her.

It’s been one year since a man with an AR-15 opened fire inside the lobby and 33rd floor of an office building in New York City. In minutes, four people were shot and killed: Aland Etienne, Julia Hyman, Didarul Islam, and Wesley LePatner. One other was shot and wounded.

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson pointed out that the mass shooting at Seattle Center was just one of several horrific acts of gun violence that rocked the city over the past few days.

Fifteen-year-old Giovanna Myrie and her 9-year-old brother, Steve Allen, were shot and killed by a 16-year-old boy Giovanna had been talking to. The boy sent Giovanna threatening messages prior to the shooting saying he would kill her if she dated other boys.

'Horrific': Teen accused of killing 15-year-old girl, her 9-year-old brother in Baltimore, officials say

A teenager was arrested and charged as an adult in connection with the killings of child siblings inside their home in a suburban Baltimore County house.

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HORRIFIC: Six children, ages 5 to 15, were among eight people found dead in a Michigan home that had been set on fire on Friday. Some of the victims were found with gunshot wounds. Police are investigating the attack as a homicide-suicide.

6 children among 8 found dead in Michigan home after fire, some with gunshot wounds

The children were 5 to 15 years old. Investigators aren’t looking for outside suspects, and one theory is a murder-suicide.

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UPDATE: A third person has died from injuries they sustained in the Seattle Center mass shooting. One suspect is in custody and another is at large. Police recovered two guns from the scene. We don't have to live or die like this. Text READY to 644-33 to join the movement to #EndGunViolence.

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At least two people were killed and five were wounded — including a 2-year-old boy — when a gunman opened fire at the Bite of Seattle food festival at Seattle Center. Thousands of people were in attendance; a witness reported others being trampled in the chaos.

At least two people were killed and five were wounded — including a 2-year-old boy — when a gunman opened fire at the Bite of Seattle food festival at Seattle Center. Thousands of people were in attendance; a witness reported others being trampled in the chaos.

Mass shooting at Seattle Center leaves 2 dead, toddler wounded

Police and aid crews responded to a shooting with "multiple" victims at Seattle Center, according to the Seattle Police Department.

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The Seattle Police Department is investigating a shooting at the Seattle Center with "multiple victims," police said. https://cnn.it/3TCBucI

Some good news to help you #KeepGoing. 🧡

Back-to-school planning should be about helping us learn, grow, and thrive — not turning our schools into fortresses.

Next month, millions of students across the country are gonna head back to school where they're forced to undergo traumatic active shooter drills and fear being shot in their classrooms… And the Department of Education is posting this AI slop. How is this “Making Education Great?”

Eleven years ago today, two people were shot and killed and nine others were wounded when a gunman opened fire in a movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana. The shooting happened almost exactly three years after the deadly shooting at Century 16 Theater in Aurora, Colorado.

For Louisiana @studentsdemandaction.org leader Andrew Courville, participating in @everytown.org’s Demand a Seat program helps to prepare young people like him to have a seat at the table on the issue of gun safety.

Over the past decade, the progress the gun safety movement has made is nothing short of extraordinary — I’ve seen it myself. I’ve had so many conversations with people who may not share my political views or even agree with the work of our organization.