Sen. Chris Murphy Tweets About Every Mass Shooting From 2015
Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy is shining a spotlight on gun violence and the hundreds of mass shootings that took place in 2015 in effort to push Congress to pass gun legislation.
The Connecticut senator spent New Year's Eve tweeting details about each mass shooting of 2015 in the U.S. The staunch gun control advocate titled his series of tweets his "year in review."
"372+ mass shootings, countless lives forever changes by gun violence. Day by day, month by month," he tweeted Thursday afternoon.
#ICYMI Here’s a 2015 year in review - 372+ mass shootings, countless lives forever changes by gun violence. Day by day, month by month
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) December 31, 2015
Murphy used statistics and data about the shootings from shootingtracker.com, which defines mass shootings as any where at least four people are injured.
2015 started in the early hours of January 1st when 5 people were shot on a New Year’s Eve party bus in Memphis. — Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) December 31, 2015
And that’s just January. First day of February, 5 injured in Syracuse, and 1 dead, 4 injured in Manhattan.
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) December 31, 2015
He even tweeted about a shooting that left four people dead on Christmas day.
On Christmas Day, 4 are injured in Mobile and 4 more in Jacksonville. The next day, 4 more are shot in Philadelphia. — Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) December 31, 2015
However, the deadliest massacre of the year occurred on Dec. 2, when a married couple opened fire at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California, during a Christmas party, killing 14 people and wounding 21 others. The couple was killed during a shootout with police after the attack. Meanwhile, officials later discovered that the suspects were individually self-radicalized long before they got married and moved to California.
Murphy added that all members of Congress should vow to fight against gun violence and advance gun control legislation as a New Year's resolution.
My point? The New Year's resolution of every Congressman and Senator should be to make sure 2016 is different.
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) December 31, 2015
Murphy's call for gun action spilled into Friday when he applauded President Barack Obama for promising to announce a new executive action to expand background checks on gun sales. The congressman said he was "proud" that Obama plans to expand background checks since the Republican-controlled Congress refugees to take action.
I'm proud @POTUS will act where Congress has failed - listening to the American people & taking concrete steps to end this carnage — Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) January 1, 2016
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