#everytown for gun safety

[fuckyeahlegionm]

My Dead Friend Zoe wins Narrative Spotlight Audience Award at SXSW 2024!!!

[eugenesisland]

A stage full of morons, cheats and liars

Not a single useful human being in the bunch.

[scrumptious-finicky-illusion]

I'm finding it incredibly awesome that the only advertiser on the Onion's InfoWars site will be an anti-gun organization, Everytown for Gun Safety, for their debut.

While the Onion buying InfoWars is indeed extremely funny, very few of the posts I've seen commenting on the sale have mentioned that the families of the Sandy Hook victims apparently agreed to voluntarily reduce their lawsuit payout as part of a deal to ensure that the Onion would acquire InfoWars wholesale, rather than having the company broken up and auctioned off piecemeal, as the latter course could potentially have allowed some of those pieces to end up back in the hands of Alex Jones' cronies.

Like, yes, it is in fact very funny that InfoWars is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Clickhole, but the real props go out to the Sandy Hook families who saw the opportunity and willingly gave up the additional millions of dollars that could have been realised by stripping InfoWars for parts in order to make that happen.

[destielmemenews]

"The Onion’s bid was backed by the families of eight victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and one first responder. It also will have an exclusive advertising deal with the gun control group Everytown for Gun Safety."

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[knottahooker]

The satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction, backed by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims whom Jones owes more than $1 billion in defamation judgments for calling the massacre a hoax. “The dissolution of Alex Jones’ assets and the death of Infowars is the justice we have long awaited and fought for,” Robbie Parker, whose daughter Emilie was killed in the 2012 shooting in Connecticut, said in a statement provided by his lawyers. The Onion acquired the conspiracy theory platform’s website; social media accounts; studio in Austin, Texas; trademarks; and video archive. The sale price was not immediately disclosed. The Onion said its “exclusive launch advertiser” will be the gun violence prevention organization Everytown for Gun Safety. “Everytown will continue to raise awareness on InfoWars’ channels about gun violence prevention and present actual solutions to our nation’s gun violence crisis, including bipartisan, common-sense measures and public safety initiatives backed by Everytown,” The Onion said in a statement Thursday. Jones confirmed The Onion’s acquisition of Infowars in a social media video Thursday and said he planned to file legal challenges to stop it.

There's more information in the article, but just posting this to say AHAHAHA GET FUCKED ALEX

[elfwreck]

Hello!

I'm not sure if this is a bit odd to ask, but I saw your post about living in rural arkansas as a teen- and the note at the end about gun rights, and how rifles are different than handguns in that legislation and all-

do you have any sources you could link so I can look into that more? I live in rural Kentucky so hunting is very ingrained into just how me and my family and our neighbors live. (also a poor county- I didn't actually know other cities had kids pay for their lunch because I was so used to everyone in my county getting a free lunch- it seems like such a basic thing).

I've never heard anyone mention not banning hunting rifles when they talk about banning guns-

The gun bans being asked for are assault rifles and semi-automatic pistols. Rapid-fire guns intended for military use against multiple human targets - not hunting rifles at all, and not the kinds of pistols that are good for self-defense. (...Not that pistols are good for self-defense in general. Shotguns are good for self-defense. Nobody's trying to ban shotguns.)

The NRA is invested in convincing hunting-rifle owners and pistol owners that the various proposed weapons bans are aimed at them, and not at the tiny number of people who want the ability to shoot up a whole bar or classroom in under a minute.

The NRA has also fought hard against any kind of gun safety requirements.

Bill from last year to ban/restrict assault rifles:

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/25/text

The gun safety bill Biden recently signed:

Doesn't ban any weapons. Puts restrictions on who can get weapons - people convicted of most types of domestic partner violence will not be allowed to buy guns. It makes it harder for people under 21 to buy guns. It closes some loopholes about selling guns, so sellers will need to be registered and licensed. Sets up new funding for gun crisis intervention.

Doesn't do anything to restrict hunting, other than possibly adding to the bureaucracy for people under 21 getting new guns.

Most people in urban areas are oblivious to hunting as a Real Thing that People Actually Do For Good Reasons, rather than a kind of cruel sporting event. They are vaguely aware that hunting rifles are not assault rifles, are not semi-automatics, but only as an abstract concept. Might or might not be able to tell a hunting rifle apart from a semi-automatic if they saw them. (I am not sure I could; I am very much not a gun person.) (I have shot one gun, once in my life. It was loud and hurt my hand and I had no interest in doing it again.)

I don't know how much I think we need to ban or restrict certain weapons. I am absolutely certain we need to keep certain weapons out of the hands of certain people, because the current system of "I guess 10-year-olds should all get training on what to do if some teacher's ex-boyfriend decides to shoot up the school" is ridiculous.

Given how hard it is to identify the "certain people" who should damn well NOT have access to automatic weapons, I'm okay with "it gets harder for anyone to get them," because I don't see how heavy assault rifles are a "but I neeeeed it this weekend!" kind of thing. (Not sure I see that hunting rifles are a "need it now" kind of thing, either; seems like those are a hefty enough purchase that the buyer should be doing some planning in advance. So filing for it like you would for car registration - another expensive piece of tech that kills people if you use it wrong - shouldn't be too big a burden.)

The idiots who include hunting rifles in their talk about banning guns - I won't say there aren't any; all sorts of politics gets plenty of idiots - have no idea how those guns actually get used. And the people writing actual policies and trying to get the laws changed are not those idiots.

The "ban guns" movement has two main parts:

Remove general access to guns that can kill a dozen people in under a minute, and

Remove gun access from specific people who have a history of getting angry and violent, especially those who have a history of shooting other people when they're angry and violent.

Side note: Some of us want that second point to include cops. That faction is getting nowhere.

None of it is trying to remove access to hunting rifles or reduce the amount of hunting in places that need it. (Basically, all of the South; I am near San Francisco and nobody anywhere near me "needs" to hunt; I don't care what they do with hunting rights in the greater SF Bay Area).

The focus is on preventing gun violence, not preventing gun use. And that means restricting access to guns that have no purpose other than anti-human violence, and restricting access to all guns from people who are likely to use them as weapons instead of tools.

[the1312daysofchristmas]

something people arent really mentioning about the we didnt start the fire cover is that as part of it fall out boy are giving away a trip and vip backstage tickets to their boston show, and to enter you have to sign a petition asking for support of the lgbt community or donate to one of three organisations, including the bands charity fund, the human rights campaign and everytown for gun safety. so i dont think its that bad.

enter here

[socialjusticeinamerica]

“Ben Collins, chief executive at The Onion’s parent company, Global Tetrahedron, said on social media that Infowars was bought with the blessing of the Sandy Hook families affected by Jones’ misinformation campaign. The new Infowars, he said, will be relaunched by employees of The Onion and eventually look like a parody of itself — to include ads by Everytown for Gun Safety, an anti-gun violence nonprofit launched after the Sandy Hook shooting.”

😂🤣😂

[alex51324]

Finally, some good fucking news!

If you need a reminder of the players here, The Onion is the long-running satire site, known for such articles as "God Angrily Clarifies Don't Kill Rule," "No Way To Prevent This, Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens," and, recently, "America Defeats America."

Alex Jones is the far-right crackpot known for such conspiracy theories as "they're turning the frogs gay," and telling Sandy Hook parents that they're crisis actors and their dead children never existed.

Jones lost a lawsuit to Sandy Hook parents and first-responders about two years ago, and has been dragging his feet about paying the $1.5 billion he owes them ever since, eventually filing for bankruptcy to get out of paying. As part of the bankruptcy, all of Infowars' assets were seized--the studio, equipment, domain name, everything--and put up for auction.

Jones's supporters attempted to buy everything so that they could re-hire him to keep running it. In order to prevent that outcome, several of the Sandy Hook families, and the gun control group Everytown For Gun Safety, teamed up with The Onion to outbid them and take Infowars off the air.

One bereaved parent described the outcome as "The justice we have long awaited and fought for."

The Onion joked,

The Onion is proud to acquire Infowars, and we look forward to continuing its storied tradition of scaring the site’s users with lies until they fork over their cold, hard cash,” said The Onion CEO Ben Collins. “Or Bitcoin. We will also accept Bitcoin.

They haven't said exactly what they plan to actually do with the purchase, except that Everytown For Gun Safety will be the "exclusive launch advertiser" when they put the site back up in January.

[frances-baby-houseman]

i do NOT like getting giving tuesday emails from like, Visa and American Airlines. Y'all got money, give it away yourself.

I rarely give on giving tuesday anyway bc I have a lot of recurring donations set up to organizations I believe in (public radio, abortion funds, world central kitchen, everytown for gun safety) but i'm definitely not giving bc of multi billion dollar corporations.

[tocitynews]

Wave Of Red State Laws May Be Driving Road Rage Shootings

Angry drivers shot someone in traffic at least once every 18 hours in 2023.

The number of shooting incidents stemming from road rage doubled in five years, from 218 in 2018 to 483 in 2023, according to new research from Everytown for Gun Safety, a prominent gun law reform group. The figure amounts to a driver opening fire at someone in traffic every 18 hours. 

The sharp jump in road rage incidents contrasts with an overall decline in violence nationwide, the report notes. The group highlighted a significant connection that may help explain it: Road rage incidents increased most in states that have enacted laws that allow people to carry concealed handguns without a permit, meaning they don’t have to go through the application for a license to carry a weapon.

“Laws that make it easier and more likely for people to bring guns into their cars means that loaded guns are readily available in a tense situation,” Burd Sharps told HuffPost. “Aggressive driving isn’t uncommon, but the presence of a gun in the car can turn that into a dangerous incident. The gun emboldens people to behave in ways that they wouldn’t otherwise.” 

Gun rights groups have helped pass a flurry of state laws in recent years allowing private citizens to carry concealed handguns without a license, contending that the Second Amendment alone justifies carrying a firearm without a permit.

[cookingwithroxy]

Right now, there is an anti-gun organization called 'Everytown for Gun Safety'.

Some people have called it a conspiracy theory to claim that it's former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg's personal attack program to destroy gun ownership.

But he founded it, is the primary funder of it, and manages it.

When a person directly backs political activism, it can be stated that they have a personal interest in that activism. It's the whole reason WHY campaign contributions are so heavily watched in politics, BECAUSE that money is literally being used to buy influence.

If a major source of money comes from one person, you will want to do what makes that person happy, in order to make sure that money continues to come in.

This goes far past Bloomberg, of course. Many people buy influence in this way. Charitable funding becomes a legal loophole where you can give money to support your personal agendas and sometimes even get to write that money off on your taxes, escaping having to pay tax on the very money you use to influence social issues and buy political influence.

This WAS A known thing. Why is this treated as so unbelievable now?

[sopranoentravesti]

Yeah I think every time I see a take about this shooter that pisses me off you will get a $5 donation in your name to either the Violence Policy Center or Everytown for Gun Safety

[asokatanos]

This is the funniest possible outcome, particularly because The Onion is in partnership here with Everytown for Gun Safety. This chucklefuck tried convincing people that Sandy Hook was a hoax and now The Onion will be pushing the other end of misinformation (satire) to those very same idiots along with gun control ads

[partisan-by-default]

The Onion Buys Alex Jones’s Infowars Out of Bankruptcy

The Onion, a satirical publication that skewers newsmakers and current events, said on Thursday that it had won a bankruptcy auction to acquire Infowars, a website founded and operated by the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

The Onion said that the bid was sanctioned by the families of the victims of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, who in 2022 won a $1.4 billion defamation lawsuit against Mr. Jones and his company, Free Speech Systems.

Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit dedicated to ending gun violence that was founded in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook shooting, will advertise on a relaunched version of the site under The Onion.

The publication plans to reintroduce Infowars in January as a parody of itself, mocking “weird internet personalities” like Mr. Jones who traffic in misinformation and health supplements, Ben Collins, the chief executive of The Onion’s parent company, Global Tetrahedron, said in an interview.

[ausetkmt]

The Onion, the Chicago-based satirical news company, won a bid Wednesday in a private bankruptcy auction to acquire conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars and related assets to his media empire, with backing from the families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims, who are owed compensation due to Jones’ years of dismissing the massacre.

Families of Sandy Hook victims support the new deal

According to The Associated Press, Jones spread false claims about the Sandy Hook shooting, calling it a hoax, which led to over $1 billion in defamation judgments against him. The families have supported this move, viewing it as a form of justice for the 20 children and six teachers killed in the 2012 Connecticut shooting.

“The dissolution of Alex Jones’ assets and the death of Infowars is the justice we have long awaited and fought for,” Robbie Parker, whose daughter Emilie was among the victims killed in the shooting, said in a statement from his lawyers, per AP.

Jones breaks silence on Infowars sale

While the sale price remains was not made public, The Onion now owns the Infowars website; video archive; social media accounts; studio in Austin, Texas; and trademarks, per AP. Jones, 50, shared a video Thursday on X, formerly known as Twitter, providing an update about the sale to his followers.

“I just got word 15 minutes ago that my lawyers and folks met with the U.S. trustee over our bankruptcy this morning, and they said they are shutting us down even without a court order this morning,” Jones said.

“I don’t know what’s going to happen, but I’m going to be here until they come and turn the lights off,” he added.

The Onion partners with Everytown for Gun Safety to raise awareness

Jones founded Infowars in 1999, which is operated under Free Speech Systems with around $6 million in cash and $1.2 million in inventory, according to June court filings obtained by NBC News.

Despite his earlier claims about Sandy Hook, Jones has since testified in court multiple times, stating that he now believes the shooting was “100% real.” However, the litigation between him and the families in Connecticut and Texas remains ongoing, per NBC News.

The Onion also reached a multiyear agreement with Everytown for Gun Safety — the anti-violence organization will be the exclusive advertiser on the new Infowars website in order to highlight gun control and related issues.