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Nick Wilson

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Senior Director of Public Safety Policy at Center for American Progress. Opinions are my own.

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Kris Brown | President, @BradyUnited.org @krisbrown.bradyunited.org · 28/09/2026
For 21 years, the gun industry has enjoyed special protections that make it more difficult for families devastated by gun violence to have their day in court. In my latest post, I explain why it’s long past time to repeal a law known as PLCAA, and what Brady’s victories in court prove is possible.
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Twenty-One Years Too Long: Why isn’t Congress Making the Gun Industry Answer for the Harm it Causes?
This November, we must elect leaders who will repeal a key gun industry protection — the “Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act”
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
Sen. Susan Collins helped steer millions in federal defense contracts to Navatek, whose CEO illegally funneled thousands of dollars to her campaign. The FBI sought to launch a probe and was eyeing Collins and other lawmakers. Then Trump gutted the unit in charge. THREAD 🧵
Martin Kao, CEO of defense contractor Navatek, poses next to Sen. Susan Collins for a photo. Collins is holding a model of a boat in her hands. Behind them is a large sign with the Navatek logo.
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Jeff Asher @jeffasher.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is the funniest play in college football history and I'm trying to think of a second funniest that compares.
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Nick Wilson @nickbwilson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Huge turnout & lots of enthusiasm for Baltimore hometown heroes Turnstile at Shaky Knees in ATL, but the worst mosh pit I've ever seen.
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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Pennsylvania’s approach to lowering violent crime is a workable, bipartisan blueprint other state leaders should consider, argue @lgaustindavis.bsky.social and CAP's @nickbwilson.bsky.social: t.co/yardu44QNX
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Nick Wilson @nickbwilson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Great Nats game today. Lots of hits while enjoying Arepa Zone & Ben's Chili Bowl. Plus my future Mayor is here @janeese4dc.bsky.social
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Kris Brown | President, @BradyUnited.org @krisbrown.bradyunited.org · 11/09/2026
Thank you Senators @padilla.senate.gov @welch.senate.gov and every Senator who is standing up for the National Firearms Act as this administration abandons its responsibility to defend it. These lifesaving protections have stood for nearly a century. Thank you for fighting to keep Americans safe.
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Padilla, Welch Condemn DOJ’s Failure to Vigorously Defend Fundamental Gun Violence Prevention Law - Senator Alex Padilla
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.), members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, led eleven colleagues in condemning the Department of Justice (DOJ)’...
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Dr. Jenny Morber @jrmorber.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Wait, the official US White House website is featuring an arcade style game in which a cartoon white man in a suit chases cartoon black and brown people, eats/destroys them, and changes them into orange-clad inmates!?!
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Keith Ellison, Minnesota Attorney General @keithellison.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The Trump Administration’s $1.7 Billion National Guard Deployments Fail To Reduce Urban Crime www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
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The Trump Administration’s $1.7 Billion National Guard Deployments Fail To Reduce Urban Crime
New CAP analysis reveals the Trump administration’s costly National Guard deployments have failed to reduce violent crime despite its claims of success.
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Daniel Webster @daniel-webster.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Regulating civilian concealed gun carrying is different than most other gun laws. But our research at Johns Hopkins has shown that higher standards for who can carry a gun around are most effective and are widely supported by gun owners in our surveys.
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
This is the report the President is threatening a lawsuit over. #StreisandEffecting www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
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The Trump Administration’s $1.7 Billion National Guard Deployments Fail To Reduce Urban Crime
New CAP analysis reveals the Trump administration’s costly National Guard deployments have failed to reduce violent crime despite its claims of success.
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Nick Wilson @nickbwilson.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Proud of CAP & my team's unimpeachable research that followed the facts & data. We will not engage in self-censorship or give into fear b/c we published facts that are contrary to the adminstration's narrative. The work continues! www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u...
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Trump Threatens Defamation Suit Over National Guard Report, Aiming to Intimidate a Critic (Gift Article)
It was the latest example of President Trump’s bid to use the legal system against those who voice unflattering facts and opinions generally protected by the First Amendment.
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Nick Wilson @nickbwilson.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Trump attacked CAP over a report finding no evidence that National Guard troops reduced crime. My colleague Chandler and I responded in a USA Today op-ed. We should invest in what actually works to make communities safer
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Jeff Asher @jeffasher.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Friday afternoon is the ideal time to release data on how much reported crime is improving in the US. For example, murder fell at the fastest pace ever recorded in 2025 to the lowest rate since before 1960. I wrote some thoughts on the FBI's annual crime report. jasher.substack.com/p/the-fbi-re...
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The FBI Reports That Murder Officially Fell At The Fastest Pace Ever Recorded in 2025
That and more takeaways from the FBI's 2025 Crime in the United States report.
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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
With 1Ls starting to show up places for orientation, I thought I'd write up some thoughts on things I hope they keep in mind, even if they aren't covered at orientation, like: 1. Casebooks are strange and misleading. 2. Torts can't teach you torts. 3. Laws don't magically work. And more...
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1L (Re)Orientation
Some thoughts for 1Ls on how to approach their 1L year, which they may not hear at orientation.
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Lucero Marquez @lucerowx.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
🚨Job Alert!🚨 @americanprogress.bsky.social is hiring a policy analyst to join our Climate and Energy team. Full job description here: www.americanprogress.org/job/policy-a...
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Policy Analyst, Domestic Climate Policy
American Progress is seeking a Policy Analyst to join its Energy and Environment department and conduct research and analysis related to energy and climate. The ideal analyst is a team player with str...
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Nick Wilson @nickbwilson.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
NYT article on ICE acquiring electric gloves includes anecdote from a Missouri police chief about how he was skeptical until he realized how painful it was & then ordered some
Screenshot of NYT article about electric gloves and testimony from a police chief about how he was convinced to purchase after being used on him.and being painful
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GVPedia @gvpedia.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
With this monthly feature, we list the most up-to-date information as an easy go-to to help fight the disinformation that floods our digital age. Check out the latest Research Rewind: armedwithreason.substack.com/p/research-r...
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Politico @politico.com · 11/08/2026
Center for American Progress defends National Guard research against Trump’s lawsuit threat
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Center for American Progress defends National Guard research against Trump’s lawsuit threat
“Trump is lashing out and threatening bogus lawsuits because he wants to silence independent research,” said Neena Tanden, CEO and president of CAP.
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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
A statement from CAP President and CEO Neera Tanden about Trump's attack on CAP.
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Nick Wilson @nickbwilson.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Hegseth should focus on his calvary scouts in the multiple wars we're involved in, not Boy Scouts events. Ridiculous apnews.com/article/scou...
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Scouting America drops diversity initiatives from event after pressure from the Pentagon
One of Scouting America’s biggest gatherings has eliminated dedicated spaces for gay youth, women and scouts of color as the organization faces pressure from the Pentagon to pull back diversity effort...
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jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 28/07/2026
New job market paper 🚨 Local newsrooms are cutting crime coverage—but not homicide, which nearly every journalist I interviewed considers too important to skip. So why did so many journalists recount open newsroom disagreements over homicide coverage? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Which deaths count? Debating homicide coverage amidst newsroom scarcity

Past research documents disparities in which homicides receive news coverage and how victims are portrayed, yet the organizational processes producing these patterns remain understudied. This paper asks how crime journalists navigate homicide coverage under resource scarcity—and why widely voiced concerns about the racialized consequences of coverage fail to resolve disagreements about equitable practice. Drawing on interviews with 58 crime journalists across 40 local newsrooms, I find that homicide coverage generated the most sustained professional disagreements in the data. Journalists agreed homicides were newsworthy and shared a vision for ideal coverage, but resource constraints often made it unrealizable. Participants invoked competing moral frameworks organized around two concerns: that selective coverage risks symbolic annihilation of primarily Black victims whose deaths go publicly unacknowledged, and that universal episodic coverage risks territorial stigmatization of communities where violence is concentrated. Because scarcity forecloses the coverage that would avoid both harms, it transforms professional discretion into a choice among ethically unsatisfactory alternatives. Some journalists responded by abdicating discretion entirely, endorsing universal coverage because they distrusted selective judgment. These findings illuminate why the coverage patterns that criminologists have identified as harmful persist even among practitioners who recognize and contest them.
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Nick Wilson @nickbwilson.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Found Baltimore's biggest Shakira fan during Spain vs. Argentina halftime
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Nick Wilson @nickbwilson.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
In light of Maine news, reflecting on what I wrote in April: "Trump administration has made clear through its actions and rhetoric that it has little regard for public safety or the rule of law. This apathy has normalized dangerous practices among ICE and CBP cadets and agents."
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4 Strategies To Improve ICE and CBP Recruiting, Hiring, and Training Using State and Local Best Practices
Congress must require the Department of Homeland Security to strengthen its recruitment, hiring, and training practices to prevent the deployment of unqualified or inadequately trained agents.
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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The Trump administration is trying to take credit for the historic drop in violent crime across America, even though this trend began before it took office and long before Trump deployed the National Guard to cities across the country. Get the real facts: ampr.gs/4wIPPmn
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Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
NEW: Analysis from @americanprogress.bsky.social backs up with data what DC communities have been saying for nearly a year: The National Guard's deployment in DC is not making us any safer.
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The Trump Administration’s $1.7 Billion National Guard Deployments Fail To Reduce Urban Crime
New CAP analysis reveals the Trump administration’s costly National Guard deployments have failed to reduce violent crime despite its claims of success.
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Jeff Asher @jeffasher.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
New pod out with @crimede-coder.bsky.social! We talk about how technology can improve crime analysis, the future with AI, and the barriers to adoption. Terrific conversation with one of the smartest people I know. Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2hiB... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
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Using Technology to Improve Crime Analysis with Andy Wheeler
The Jeff-alytics Podcast · Episode
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adrian @crawf34.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I was going to make the joke “guns are the greatest tool we have right now to stop the rise of school shootings” except they actually believe that too
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Nick Wilson @nickbwilson.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
"The White House’s aggressive immigration agenda has caused further staffing challenges, forcing office leaders to assign criminal prosecutors to the surging volume of civil habeas petitions from immigrant detainees..." news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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DOJ Sets Case Quotas for Line Prosecutors in Push to Boost Stats
Justice Department leaders have started requiring all prosecutors to maintain at least 25 open cases, tightening the Trump administration’s grip on operational decisions previously left to US attorney...
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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Trump is keeping the National Guard in DC through Inauguration Day 2029, yet our recent analysis found no evidence that National Guard deployments have reduced violent crime. www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
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The Trump Administration’s $1.7 Billion National Guard Deployments Fail To Reduce Urban Crime
New CAP analysis reveals the Trump administration’s costly National Guard deployments have failed to reduce violent crime despite its claims of success.
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Nick Wilson @nickbwilson.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Turkey's president gifted NATO leaders a rare .357 Magnum revolver, 500 rounds, cleaning kit, & a note waiving Turkish export controls. "What followed was a continent-wide exercise in firearms law." www.seasonsofcrime.com/p/erdogan-ga...
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Erdoğan Gave NATO Leaders Personalised Guns. Chaos Ensued.
Turkey's President Erdoğan gave heads of state engraved revolvers as parting gifts. Their governments then had to establish, urgently, what their own firearms laws said about that.
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Nick Wilson @nickbwilson.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Happy for everyone who's been at Yankee Stadium over 6 hours that Jay-Z is finally able to perform, reportedly bc of ppl rushing gates & closing entrance for hours. Probably won't stay awake to see what surprises he's got in store
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Mark Anthony Frassetto @mark-frassetto.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I recently wrote an article for the Alabama Law Review in which I argue that in the 18th and 19th century mass violence was generally not committed by individuals, but instead by armed groups who collectively would commit horrific acts of mass violence. law.ua.edu/wp-content/u...
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Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
We’ve entered the period of the evening when I can’t tell whether the “it’s all over now” vagueposts are about Platner, the USMNT or McConnell.
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GIFFORDS @giffords.org · 06/07/2026
Instead of working to protect our communities after one of the deadliest weekends of the year, the Trump admin is planning to roll back more than three dozen gun safety rules, making it easier for guns to fall into the wrong hands. It’s beyond dangerous.
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Trump Administration Rolls Back Dozens of Gun Regulations
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GVPedia @gvpedia.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
From our esteemed colleagues at Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social comes this detailed inquiry into why gun violence has been declining nationally, and how many of the reasons arise from the local level. #CrimeStatistics #gunviolenceawareness #SafeCities #GunLaws #GVP #CVI
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GVPanorama - What City Leaders Say Is Helping Drive Down Gun Violence in Their Communities
These trends cannot be taken for granted
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Attorney General Jennifer Davenport @newjerseyoag.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Statement of Attorney General Davenport on Supreme Court’s Decision in Wolford v. Lopez.
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Jake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
We very quickly get more anachronism. It’s hard to explain how ridix it is to think that firearms were primarily viewed or used as personal self-defense weapons at the founding. Most weren’t efficient or reliable enough for that purpose until long after.
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Nick Wilson @nickbwilson.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Quite the declaration by Alito in today's Wolford v. Lopez decision striking down Hawaii's gun carrying law: "This regime hobbles what the Second Amendment protects: the right of Americans to carry arms for self-defense as they go about their daily lives. We hold that the law is unconstitutional."
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Mariam Rashid, Ph.D., MPH @mariamrashidphd.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Check out my latest op-ed! In 15 days, a new federal rule will de-professionalize public health, nursing and social work degrees. @mariamrashidphd.bsky.social & Rutgers’ Perry Halkitis sound the alarm in @contrariannews.org: tinyurl.com/4u5udpjv
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Public Health Is About to Get Sicker
A new federal rule seeks to defund public health degrees, even as RFK Jr.’s anti-DEI, pro-“efficiency” crusade erodes care capacity
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Nick Wilson @nickbwilson.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Virtual Event 6/23: @jamellebouie.net and UCLA Law's Adam Winkler discuss with @thetrace.org how guns have shaped American history & what a safer future could look like. Register: www.thetrace.org/event/250-ye...
250 Years of Gun in America vertical image featuring panelists.
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Fails as expected, and with this I’m gonna call it a night. The Senate is voting to provide $69 billion to ICE and Border Patrol with almost no oversight or accountability. Tough times lie ahead.
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Nick Wilson @nickbwilson.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
New record by Philly's Kurt Vile has a nice tribute to my favorite Baltimore venue Ottobar.
Lyrics from "Philly's been good to me" by Kurt Vile
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Jeff Asher @jeffasher.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Thing I love about Claude -- my 8 year old asked whether we could see a rainbow during a sun shower yesterday so last night and today we built a site to track where rainbows might be seen (and, yes, we did see a rainbow last night exactly where it said it'd be). therainbowconnector.com
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The Rainbow Connector
See when & where to catch a rainbow near you.
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GIFFORDS @giffords.org · 20/05/2026
NEW: The gun lobby lacks the juice in Texas. Fresh polling shows Texas Rs—even Paxton voters—support Cornyn's 2022 bipartisan gun bill. He's in rough shape, but not because of that. Commonsense gun laws are popular across party lines—even in Texas.
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NEW POLL: Gun lobby influence collapses among Texas Republicans
WASHINGTON — GIFFORDS, the national gun violence prevention organization founded by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, released new polling of the
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Text of Judiciary part of the reconciliation package is out. This is the filibuster-proof bill where Republicans are planning to give around $70 billion more to ICE and CBP. Will go through it here.
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Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 02/05/2026
The president of Cornell backed his car into a student and a recent grad after a campus debate on Israel-Palestine. Then he lied about what happened in an email claiming he'd been the victim of harassment. Then, magnificently, Cornell's student newspaper found a video of the incident
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 01/05/2026
Today, after 75 days, Republicans finally passed the same DHS funding bill they could have passed back in February — a bill to fund TSA, FEMA, & the Coast Guard without giving a penny to Trump’s lawless ICE & CBP.  75 days of pure political theater. Total incompetence.
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Nick Wilson @nickbwilson.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Today, the DOJ and ATF unveiled 34 proposed rules to weaken gun safety regulations that have proven effective in preventing illegal gun trafficking while respecting the Second Amendment. We are expecting more details in the coming days, but here's a thread with my initial reactions 🧵1/7
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Nick Wilson @nickbwilson.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Shooter is a 30 year old male from Los Angeles according to CNN's John Miller. Condition of gunman is still unclear. Secret Service agent reportedly shot in bulletproof vest but okay.
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