Top Obama Advisor Unleashes Awesome #StopGunViolence Twitterstorm
Valerie Jarrett today took to Twitter to share some important facts about gun violence.
Valerie Jarrett is the Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama, and one of his longest-serving aides. Today, she joined with former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, the Co-Founder of Americans for Responsible Solutions, and other bipartisan women leaders “to announce a new national bipartisan coalition of women business, military, law enforcement, and civic leaders who share a commitment to combatting gun violence and domestic abuse,” according to the organization.
Jarrett shared some facts on gun violence, which is also one of the issues most important to the President, in a series of tweets that deserve to be seen by all Americans.
Take a look:
Some facts that should push us to adopt common sense gun reforms and #StopGunViolence:
— Valerie Jarrett (@vj44) October 14, 2015
1/5: In America, one in four women are affected by domestic violence. #StopGunViolence
— Valerie Jarrett (@vj44) October 14, 2015
2/5: In America, a woman is five times more likely to be killed if her abusive husband, boyfriend, or ex owns a gun. #StopGunViolence
— Valerie Jarrett (@vj44) October 14, 2015
3/5: In America, studies indicate that more than 1/2 of women who are murdered by guns are murdered by a family member or intimate partner
— Valerie Jarrett (@vj44) October 14, 2015
4/5: American women are 11 times more likely to be shot to death than women in other advanced nations #StopGunViolence
— Valerie Jarrett (@vj44) October 14, 2015
5/5: States with universal background checks have nearly 40% fewer women who are murdered with a gun by an intimate partner #StopGunViolence
— Valerie Jarrett (@vj44) October 14, 2015
We know that better laws can save lives
— Valerie Jarrett (@vj44) October 14, 2015
Gabby Giffords also offered this:Â
This is one reason why gun violence is a women’s issue. Our leaders need to do more to make our communities safer. pic.twitter.com/uzgNKBhhE2
— Gabrielle Giffords (@GabbyGiffords) October 13, 2015
And she retweeted these:
FACT: Guns and domestic violence are a deadly mix #StopGunViolence pic.twitter.com/yrgG5FnDeK
— ARS (@resp_solutions) October 14, 2015
Guns & domestic violence are a deadly mix. I’m standing w/ @GabbyGiffords to #StopGunViolence against women. pic.twitter.com/P3lQS9Wj97
— D. Wasserman Schultz (@RepDWStweets) October 14, 2015
Violence against an intimate partner & access to firearms have an often deadly result. #StopGunViolence pic.twitter.com/LXM16yUzXR
— ARS (@resp_solutions) October 14, 2015
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Image by The White House via Flickr
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