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Qasim Rashid, Esq.
@QasimRashid@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

The deadly shooting by a Trump sycophant at a LDS Church in Michigan is yet another reminder of a truth MAGA politicians want us to forget: Since 1999, Americans have endured 2,000+ shootings in houses of worship.

Yes, two thousand plus.

It isn't the "lack of God" that's causing our gun violence epidemic, it's the presence of unregulated, unmitigated, and unregistered guns fused with unhindered, unlimited, and unhinged white supremacy.

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DMTom
@DMTomas@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@QasimRashid you don’t understand, they need the guns, what if a tyrant appears, who will silence opposing speach, openly take bribes, break the law and send army to american cities… wait..

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SpaceLifeForm
@SpaceLifeForm@infosec.exchange replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@QasimRashid

There is a trend. Most gun nuts are RWNJs.

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Rich Stein (he/him)
@RunRichRun@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@QasimRashid
Do you have a source? The Violence Project records such data. While the numbers are horribly high — higher than they should be — as far as I can tell, their data does not yield 2,000+ shootings (homicides or otherwise):
https://www.theviolenceproject.org/house-of-worship-homicides/

VOA report on shootings in houses of worship, 1965-2020 (based on Violence Project data):
https://projects.voanews.com/mass-shootings/english/locations/worship.html

Thanks.

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Robin Barton
@Robo105@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@QasimRashid It is a fear-driven hate that leads to the worship of guns over children

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Astrius
@DarthAstrius@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@QasimRashid while this is true and while we need gun regulation, now isn’t the best time to push for gun regulation during an administration that would be more than happy to take away socialist and liberal guns and let MAGA keep theirs.

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Moejj Oryzen
@moejj@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@QasimRashid is there a source available to confirm the political alighnment of the perp? Latest news I've read concerning this incident, is still being investigated, no further information, or is this simply an assumption?

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Bill Zaumen
@bzdev@fosstodon.org replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@QasimRashid I'd agree that the lack of regulation for guns is a real problem, but in this case, I'd have some doubts about "unhinged white supremacy" as a contributing factor given that the shooting occurred at a Mormon church, and the national membership (according to a wikipedia article) is 86% white and 74% Republican.

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Bebadefabo
@bebadefabo@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@QasimRashid don't forget about the doctrine of extreme individualism that's being guzzled by conservatives and detaching them from civil society

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Mahmood From Gaza🍉🇵🇸
@MahmoudGaza@mastodon.scot replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@QasimRashid

The Jewish lobby and Zionism are the ones who control Trump and others, and I believe that Netanyahu is a prominent leader in the lobby or a prominent member of global Zionism.

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Just Bob ♒🇺🇲🪖🐧
@bob@beamship.mpaq.org replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@QasimRashid

Yep and #homeless people are being targeted thanks to #Illegal2BHomess Trump. 13 in Minneapolis. The unheard of victims.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/ending-crime-and-disorder-on-americas-streets/

The White House

Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose and
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Barry Cook
@bazcook@mas.to replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@QasimRashid - well, in fairness, there’s a lot of wacko beliefs and hatred being indoctrinated into people under the guise of religion and a god that causes people to think this sort of thing is justified. The rampant and unjustified availability of firearms just adds a vehicle to dispense their training.

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Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈
@Lazarou@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@QasimRashid "America Is A Gun"

The outside World can only watch in despair, and make sure none of that madness happens to us.

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Grumble
@grumble209@kolektiva.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@Lazarou @QasimRashid https://youtu.be/LT3cERVRoQo

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RiaResists
@RiaResists@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@QasimRashid By design.

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F100
@F100@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

@QasimRashid I would wager that shootings have risen since the founding of Fox News.

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