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@sebeller.bsky.social

Meta/FB flagged this vid when I shared to my story bc said it "violated their rules" against depicting self harm...So they must be saying kids going to school are "choosing* to be murdered by guns 🤦‍♂️🙄 As always,🖕meta #bangunsnotbooks

March For Our Lives @marchforourlives.bsky.social · 8d

We put an age limit on fear when it's entertainment, but nobody warned a generation of American kids about the one they'd actually grow up with.

This is the scariest haunted house in America.

October 29, 2026 at 8:58 PM

SE Beller ✍️🌊🌊🦃

@sebeller.bsky.social

Meta/FB flagged this vid when I shared to my story bc said it "violated their rules" against depicting self harm...So they must be saying kids going to school are "choosing* to be murdered by guns 🤦‍♂️🙄 As always,🖕meta #bangunsnotbooks

October 29, 2026 at 8:57 PM

Jerry Breen

@newbreen.bsky.social

#ONLYinAMERICA ! THIS SHIT ALMOST NEVER HAPPENS IN A #CIVILIZEDCountry ! ONLY IN A #WARZONE ! #STOPtheSLAUGHTER #BanGUNSnotBOOKS

l.smartnews.com/p-8KHbTKJq/o...

Mass shooting outside FAMU stadium wounds 11, including 6 children (USA Today)

Gunfire tore through a homecoming crowd outside Florida A&M University’s football stadium Oct. 24 at night, wounding 12 people, half of them children, in one...

l.smartnews.com

October 25, 2026 at 4:00 PM

SE Beller ✍️🌊🌊🦃

@sebeller.bsky.social

#bangunsnotbooks

October 14, 2026 at 11:39 PM

Jerry Breen

@newbreen.bsky.social

#ONLYinAMERICA ! Thanks to our #INSANE #GUNLaws ! #YOUVotedforThis #STOPtheSLAUGHTER #BanGUNSNotBOOKS #SAVEYourself #VoteBLUE

shooter kills 4 at Oregon elementary school before being shot by a witness

Teen shooter kills 4 at Oregon elementary school before being shot by a witness

Authorities say a 16-year-old opened fire at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, killing three children and a teacher.

apnews.com

October 16, 2026 at 7:17 AM

SE Beller ✍️🌊🌊🦃

@sebeller.bsky.social

Gladwell, once again, getting it wrong.

#bangunsnotbooks

GVPedia @gvpedia.bsky.social · Oct 5

Po Murray from Newtown Action Alliance addresses the irresponsible slant of Malcolm Gladwell's new book, The American Way of Killing.
“Seconds saved lives at Sandy Hook. Don’t call an assault weapons ban a ‘waste of time.’” @pomurray.bsky.social @newtownaction.org
open.substack.com/pub/armedwit...

An Open Letter to Malcolm Gladwell

Po Murray from Newtown Action Alliance addresses the irresponsible slant of the new book, The American Way of Killing

open.substack.com

October 8, 2026 at 3:19 PM

spintastic1.bsky.social

@spintastic1.bsky.social

I LOVE this for him.
#Karma 💙
#booksky
#books
#booklover
#audiobooks
#Library
#bangunsnotbooks
#donttellmewhaticanread

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 28d

In 2024, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed one of the country’s most extreme book-banning laws...a decision that’s now coming back to haunt him as he tries to get people to buy his own book.

@smencimer.bsky.social reports: https://bit.ly/3TEJcnd

October 7, 2026 at 12:04 AM

spintastic1.bsky.social

@spintastic1.bsky.social

#bangunsnotbooks
#booksky
#booklover
#audiobooks

PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · Oct 5

🧵 Nearly 12,000 (11,982) books were banned in public schools during the 2025-2026 school year, according to PEN America’s newly updated Index of School Book Bans. #BannedBooks #BannedBooksWeek

October 5, 2026 at 12:54 PM

SE Beller ✍️🌊🌊🦃

@sebeller.bsky.social

Support the freedom to read. Support:

@penamerica.bsky.social
@firstbook.org
@everylibrary.bsky.social
@littlefreelibrary.bsky.social
@freelibrary.bsky.social

#BannedBooksWeek #bangunsnotbooks #voteblue

Nearly 12,000 School Book Bans Nationwide in 2025-2026—Biggest Number in a Single Year

PEN America today reported nearly 12,000 book bans in public schools nationwide during the 2025-2026 school year—the largest number in a single year. New state censorship laws accounted for much of th...

pen.org

October 5, 2026 at 5:55 PM

Purple Dragonfly

@amymcadams.bsky.social

#ReadBannedBooks
#BanGunsNotBooks

Skip Bleecker @skipbleecker.bsky.social · Aug 24

August 24, 2026 at 8:38 PM

Mamma Mia

@pissedoffprochoice.bsky.social

Ban GUNS not books.
#BanGunsNotBooks
#GunControl

January 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM

Almitra L. Berry, Ed.D. | Author | Podcast Host

@almitraberry.bsky.social

#bangunsnotbooks #bookban #gunsinschools #gunban #edusky #almitraberry #3epodcast #edpolicy

April 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM

Sheena Barnes

@barnesforequity.bsky.social

Let teachers teach the truth
#BanGunsNotBooks

The Buckeye Flame @thebuckeyeflame.com · Dec 4

An #Ohio teacher was suspended due to having four #LGBTQ+ books in her classroom. Now she is fighting back.

🔗 thebuckeyeflame.com/2024/12/04/o...

#bannedbooks

Ohio teacher sues district after she was suspended for having books in her classroom with LGBTQ+ characters

The New Richmond teacher was suspended due to the four LGBTQ+ books containing “controversial issues,” which ran afoul of district policy.

thebuckeyeflame.com

December 4, 2024 at 9:49 PM

Bonnie (HensNtheHood)

@noesister2.bsky.social

One voice. We’ve been crying out to save our children since Columbine.
#BanGunsNotBooks

Amanda Gorman commentary on banning books and not guns

December 4, 2024 at 3:36 PM

kindcotton.bsky.social

@kindcotton.bsky.social

Children should be safe at school. Children should be safe at stores. Children should be safe at festivals. Children should be safe at water parks. Children should be safe at movie theaters. Children should’ve be safe everywhere. #protectkidsnotguns #bangunsnotbooks

December 17, 2024 at 12:12 AM

LibertyLab

@libertylab.bsky.social

Hey there 👋, were lookin for friends! 💙🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌻🗽I am a Artist making Activism items on the fly to support the current movement! #corybooker #LGBTQIA+ #womensrights #antibookban #bangunsnotbooks #UkraineFlag #denydefenddepose #taxtherich