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<p>Gun Owners Group Calls for Federal Inquiry Into Firearms Industry’s Secret Sharing of Customer Data<br>—</p><p>Citing a ProPublica investigation, Gun Owners for Safety called the secret program that spanned nearly two decades “underhanded.” “Gun owners’ privacy is not a partisan or ideological issue,” a member of the group wrote.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/gun-owners-group-secret-data-sharing?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/gun-owners-group-secret-data-sharing?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/gun</span><span class="invisible">-owners-group-secret-data-sharing?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/guns/" rel="tag">#Guns</a> <a href="/tags/lobby/" rel="tag">#Lobby</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> <a href="/tags/cambridgeanalytica/" rel="tag">#CambridgeAnalytica</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a></p>

<p>More Frightening but 100% True Facts About Guns</p><p><a href="/tags/guns/" rel="tag">#guns</a> <a href="/tags/gun/" rel="tag">#gun</a> <a href="/tags/meme/" rel="tag">#meme</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#memes</a></p>

<p>The bill’s introduction follows WPLN and ProPublica reporting that found the state’s lax gun laws and enforcement allow firearms to remain in the hands of abusers, some of whom have gone on to shoot and harm or kill their victims.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-guns-dispossession-domestic-violence?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-guns-dispossession-domestic-violence?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ten</span><span class="invisible">nessee-guns-dispossession-domestic-violence?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/tennessee/" rel="tag">#Tennessee</a> <a href="/tags/guns/" rel="tag">#Guns</a> <a href="/tags/domesticviolence/" rel="tag">#DomesticViolence</a> <a href="/tags/abuse/" rel="tag">#Abuse</a></p>

<p>Among the data used by Cambridge Analytica to profile gun owners in the database: income, debt, religious affiliation, whether they liked the paintings of Thomas Kinkade and whether the underwear women had purchased was plus size or petite.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/guns-lobbying-cambridge-analytica-nssf-privacy-elections?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/guns-lobbying-cambridge-analytica-nssf-privacy-elections?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/gun</span><span class="invisible">s-lobbying-cambridge-analytica-nssf-privacy-elections?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/guns/" rel="tag">#Guns</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>

<p>The NRA Wanted Her Silenced. Instead, She Built a Grassroots Army <a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/the-nra-wanted-her-silenced-instead" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/the-nra-wanted-her-silenced-instead"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/the-nra-wante</span><span class="invisible">d-her-silenced-instead</span></a> </p><p>&quot;[Shannon] Watts details threats—sexualized, targeted, relentless—as the right tried to make her a cautionary tale. Instead, she became a symbol of what happens when you refuse to shut up and sit down&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/terrorism/" rel="tag">#terrorism</a> <a href="/tags/cliffsedge/" rel="tag">#cliffsedge</a> <a href="/tags/cliffsnote/" rel="tag">#cliffsnote</a> <a href="/tags/shannonwatts/" rel="tag">#shannonwatts</a> <a href="/tags/blueamp/" rel="tag">#blueamp</a> <a href="/tags/cliffschecter/" rel="tag">#cliffschecter</a> <a href="/tags/davidshuster/" rel="tag">#davidshuster</a> <a href="/tags/interview/" rel="tag">#interview</a> <a href="/tags/guns/" rel="tag">#guns</a> <a href="/tags/guncontrol/" rel="tag">#guncontrol</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#women</a> <a href="/tags/firedup/" rel="tag">#firedup</a> <a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#video</a> <a href="/tags/podcast/" rel="tag">#podcast</a> <a href="/tags/streaming/" rel="tag">#streaming</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#musk</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/activism/" rel="tag">#activism</a></p>

<p>Some of the data used by Cambridge Analytica highlighted gun owners’ most personal information, like: <br>• If they owned cats<br>• Whether they were dieting<br>• If they were recently divorced<br>• Their political opinions</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/gun-owners-cambridge-analytica-data-psychological-profiles-privacy?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/gun-owners-cambridge-analytica-data-psychological-profiles-privacy?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/gun</span><span class="invisible">-owners-cambridge-analytica-data-psychological-profiles-privacy?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> <a href="/tags/guns/" rel="tag">#Guns</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/psychology/" rel="tag">#Psychology</a></p>

<p>Speaking of weak Democrats, you have no idea how much trouble I&#x27;ve had getting Democrats in <a href="/tags/maine/" rel="tag">#Maine</a> to introduce or otherwise advocate for gun reform legislation. I&#x27;ve written multiple times to the chair of the Democratic Senate Committee, the Executive Director of the Maine Democratic Party, Senate President Mattie Daughtry (my state senator), the Maine Gun Safety Coalition, and more. All of them refuse to answer me. What cowardice. <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> <a href="/tags/guns/" rel="tag">#Guns</a> <a href="/tags/gunreform/" rel="tag">#GunReform</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#Democracy</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a></p>

<p>A County’s Move to Protect Domestic Violence Victims Is Spreading Across Tennessee After Legislative Delay<br>---</p><p>Judges across Tennessee are now demanding greater accountability from people who have been ordered to give up their guns, a shift aimed at strengthening protections for domestic violence victims.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-guns-dispossession-domestic-violence-impact?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-guns-dispossession-domestic-violence-impact?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ten</span><span class="invisible">nessee-guns-dispossession-domestic-violence-impact?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/tennessee/" rel="tag">#Tennessee</a> <a href="/tags/domesticviolence/" rel="tag">#DomesticViolence</a> <a href="/tags/violence/" rel="tag">#Violence</a> <a href="/tags/guns/" rel="tag">#Guns</a> <a href="/tags/safety/" rel="tag">#Safety</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>

<p>A lawsuit filed Monday mirrors the findings of a ProPublica investigation that made public for the first time details about a program that sent gun owners’ information to political operatives without their consent.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/gun-owners-privacy-lawsuit-nssf?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/gun-owners-privacy-lawsuit-nssf?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/gun</span><span class="invisible">-owners-privacy-lawsuit-nssf?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/guns/" rel="tag">#Guns</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>

<p>2 killed, 7 in critical condition in North Carolina mass shooting - ABC News </p><p> <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/2-killed-7-critical-condition-north-carolina-mass/story?id=126860967" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="abcnews.go.com/US/2-killed-7-critical-condition-north-carolina-mass/story?id=126860967"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abcnews.go.com/US/2-killed-7-c</span><span class="invisible">ritical-condition-north-carolina-mass/story?id=126860967</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/nc/" rel="tag">#NC</a> <a href="/tags/guns/" rel="tag">#guns</a> <a href="/tags/violence/" rel="tag">#violence</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#USA</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a></p>

<p>NEW: How a Gap in Tennessee’s Probation System Leaves Domestic Violence Victims in Danger<br>--<br>Probation officers pause in-person visits and home searches for offenders facing an arrest warrant. That reduced supervision can last for months — in one case it was over a year. Six mothers died during this gap, WPLN and ProPublica found.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-domestic-violence-guns-probation" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-domestic-violence-guns-probation"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ten</span><span class="invisible">nessee-domestic-violence-guns-probation</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/guns/" rel="tag">#guns</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#criminaljustice</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#crime</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a> <a href="/tags/tennessee/" rel="tag">#tennessee</a> <a href="/tags/domesticviolence/" rel="tag">#domesticviolence</a></p>

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