Nick Wilson
@nickbwilson.bsky.social
Senior Director of Gun Violence Prevention at Center for American Progress. Opinions are my own.
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Really horrible case. In no just society should this be anything but murder.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
House cleaner, mother of 4, fatally shot in Indiana after showing up at the wrong address
Maria Florinda Rios Perez, a 32-year-old immigrant from Guatemala, died in her husband's arms, her brother said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Really horrible case. In no just society should this be anything but murder.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Having grown up in So Cal, I knew Prop 50 would be a blowout when even my center-right childhood friends said they voted for it.
Sunset clause was frequently cited as securing their reluctant support.
Sunset clause was frequently cited as securing their reluctant support.
November 5, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Having grown up in So Cal, I knew Prop 50 would be a blowout when even my center-right childhood friends said they voted for it.
Sunset clause was frequently cited as securing their reluctant support.
Sunset clause was frequently cited as securing their reluctant support.
How upset is Newsom right now that his victory speech follows a banger of a speech by Mamdani?
Newsom's strength has been taking the fight to Trump and he directly addressed the President, but Mamdani really brought it & benefit of a huge crowd
Newsom's strength has been taking the fight to Trump and he directly addressed the President, but Mamdani really brought it & benefit of a huge crowd
November 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
How upset is Newsom right now that his victory speech follows a banger of a speech by Mamdani?
Newsom's strength has been taking the fight to Trump and he directly addressed the President, but Mamdani really brought it & benefit of a huge crowd
Newsom's strength has been taking the fight to Trump and he directly addressed the President, but Mamdani really brought it & benefit of a huge crowd
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I have actually not seen Mamdani give a formal speech and what I’ll say is that unlike so many of his peers he is not trying to mimic anyone in his delivery. He is simply being himself and it is very effective.
I’ve been interested in political speeches for as long as I can remember. I’ve listened to nearly every inaugural and major address, and I’ve given tons of public speeches myself.
Zohran’s talent in this arena ranks among the best. He’s damn good. Hella good. Remarkably good.
Crazy to watch.
Zohran’s talent in this arena ranks among the best. He’s damn good. Hella good. Remarkably good.
Crazy to watch.
November 5, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I have actually not seen Mamdani give a formal speech and what I’ll say is that unlike so many of his peers he is not trying to mimic anyone in his delivery. He is simply being himself and it is very effective.
Honored to have contributed to the JAMA Summit Report with leading experts like Dr. Sakran.
Excited to celebrate it's release with my 40 co-authors tonight
Excited to celebrate it's release with my 40 co-authors tonight
Proud to share our new @jama.com Summit Report on #FirearmViolence.
60 leaders from medicine, public health, tech & community came together to design a roadmap for a safer world by 2040.
5 key actions.
One vision: save lives.
🔗 bit.ly/SaferWorldby2040
60 leaders from medicine, public health, tech & community came together to design a roadmap for a safer world by 2040.
5 key actions.
One vision: save lives.
🔗 bit.ly/SaferWorldby2040
November 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Honored to have contributed to the JAMA Summit Report with leading experts like Dr. Sakran.
Excited to celebrate it's release with my 40 co-authors tonight
Excited to celebrate it's release with my 40 co-authors tonight
Imagine getting an alert on your phone that says "RUN HIDE FIGHT."
That just happened at UVA following reports of someone armed with a gun at Shannon Library.
www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
That just happened at UVA following reports of someone armed with a gun at Shannon Library.
www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
Active shooter near Shannon Library
The University shared a “run, hide, fight” alert with community members at 3:05 p.m. today, saying that there was an active attacker with a gun in the area of Shannon Library.
www.cavalierdaily.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Imagine getting an alert on your phone that says "RUN HIDE FIGHT."
That just happened at UVA following reports of someone armed with a gun at Shannon Library.
www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
That just happened at UVA following reports of someone armed with a gun at Shannon Library.
www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
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"My service is not your cosplay."
Gun companies are using taxpayer-funded military contracts to sell military-style assault weapons to civilians—and veterans are not here for it. See more ads just like these: https://smokinggun.org/report/turning-our-streets-into-war-zones/
Gun companies are using taxpayer-funded military contracts to sell military-style assault weapons to civilians—and veterans are not here for it. See more ads just like these: https://smokinggun.org/report/turning-our-streets-into-war-zones/
October 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
"My service is not your cosplay."
Gun companies are using taxpayer-funded military contracts to sell military-style assault weapons to civilians—and veterans are not here for it. See more ads just like these: https://smokinggun.org/report/turning-our-streets-into-war-zones/
Gun companies are using taxpayer-funded military contracts to sell military-style assault weapons to civilians—and veterans are not here for it. See more ads just like these: https://smokinggun.org/report/turning-our-streets-into-war-zones/
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Today the Supreme Court released the orders list from its long conference. After granting Wolford, a challenge to Hawai'i's opt-in public carry law, the Court denied many Second Amendment cases today including several challenges to the felon possession ban.
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
www.supremecourt.gov
October 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Today the Supreme Court released the orders list from its long conference. After granting Wolford, a challenge to Hawai'i's opt-in public carry law, the Court denied many Second Amendment cases today including several challenges to the felon possession ban.
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
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still in disbelief that professionalized national news outlet(s) ran stories about this in the “safety” frame at all.
National Guard troops won't make cities safer in the long-run. Local cities & counties must be in control, with support from federal law enforcement such as providing crime gun intelligence
NEW: Second, expanded TRO issued in Oregon case challenging Trump's National Guard deployment to the state bars any state or D.C. National Guard being deployed to Oregon.
Update at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/judge-bloc...
Update at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/judge-bloc...
October 6, 2025 at 4:14 AM
still in disbelief that professionalized national news outlet(s) ran stories about this in the “safety” frame at all.
National Guard troops won't make cities safer in the long-run. Local cities & counties must be in control, with support from federal law enforcement such as providing crime gun intelligence
NEW: Second, expanded TRO issued in Oregon case challenging Trump's National Guard deployment to the state bars any state or D.C. National Guard being deployed to Oregon.
Update at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/judge-bloc...
Update at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/judge-bloc...
October 6, 2025 at 4:02 AM
National Guard troops won't make cities safer in the long-run. Local cities & counties must be in control, with support from federal law enforcement such as providing crime gun intelligence
"someone with a vaguely libertarian bent who despised both major parties and politicians generally (including Trump) but who didn’t engage with politics beyond that. He preferred edgy humor, video games and the message board 4chan, all of which he became increasingly steeped in..."
ICE shooter Joshua Jahn's politics aren't what's being reported, three longtime former friends tell me.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-ice-sh...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-ice-sh...
The ICE Shooter’s Motive
Joshua Jahn's friends speak
www.kenklippenstein.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:14 AM
"someone with a vaguely libertarian bent who despised both major parties and politicians generally (including Trump) but who didn’t engage with politics beyond that. He preferred edgy humor, video games and the message board 4chan, all of which he became increasingly steeped in..."
Takeaways from Dallas ICE shooting press conference:
FBI investigating as targeted violence.
Rounds found near suspected shooter, who died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds, have messages that appear "anti-ICE in nature."
No law enforcement were injured.
FBI investigating as targeted violence.
Rounds found near suspected shooter, who died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds, have messages that appear "anti-ICE in nature."
No law enforcement were injured.
September 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Takeaways from Dallas ICE shooting press conference:
FBI investigating as targeted violence.
Rounds found near suspected shooter, who died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds, have messages that appear "anti-ICE in nature."
No law enforcement were injured.
FBI investigating as targeted violence.
Rounds found near suspected shooter, who died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds, have messages that appear "anti-ICE in nature."
No law enforcement were injured.
The 24yo used an AR-style rifle with a suppressor to kill 3 cops, wound 2 more, & kill his ex's dog.
These weapons of war make all of us less safe - including law enforcement, domestic violence & stalking survivors, & beloved pets.
These weapons of war make all of us less safe - including law enforcement, domestic violence & stalking survivors, & beloved pets.
The gunman who killed three officers and wounded two more in southern Pennsylvania before he was killed by police was a 24-year-old being sought on stalking charges, according to court documents and law enforcement. https://to.pbs.org/41YLP48
Suspect in killing of 3 Pennsylvania officers was a 24-year-old being sought on stalking charges
The charges against Matthew James Ruth had been filed Wednesday, the same day police returned to a farm property in rural York County to find him.
to.pbs.org
September 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The 24yo used an AR-style rifle with a suppressor to kill 3 cops, wound 2 more, & kill his ex's dog.
These weapons of war make all of us less safe - including law enforcement, domestic violence & stalking survivors, & beloved pets.
These weapons of war make all of us less safe - including law enforcement, domestic violence & stalking survivors, & beloved pets.
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9-0 SCOTUS ruling from last year:
“Government officials cannot attempt to coerce private parties in order to punish or suppress views that the government disfavors.”
“Government officials cannot attempt to coerce private parties in order to punish or suppress views that the government disfavors.”
September 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
9-0 SCOTUS ruling from last year:
“Government officials cannot attempt to coerce private parties in order to punish or suppress views that the government disfavors.”
“Government officials cannot attempt to coerce private parties in order to punish or suppress views that the government disfavors.”
MAHA commission report by RFK Jr. & Trump admin fails to mention any plans to address the leading cause of death in American children and adolescents: gun violence. Article by my CAP colleague @jillrose.bsky.social www.americanprogress.org/article/what...
What the Trump Administration, RFK Jr., and the MAHA Report Got Wrong About Improving Children’s Health
The Make America Healthy Again Commission’s strategy report underscores the importance of childhood nutrition but casts doubt on proven health strategies; fails to acknowledge the Trump administration...
www.americanprogress.org
September 16, 2025 at 11:20 PM
MAHA commission report by RFK Jr. & Trump admin fails to mention any plans to address the leading cause of death in American children and adolescents: gun violence. Article by my CAP colleague @jillrose.bsky.social www.americanprogress.org/article/what...
Check out this exciting & ambitious effort by my colleague @thmoore.bsky.social to help fix our political system
Fifteen years after Citizens United opened the floodgates of corporate and dark political money, the Center for American Progress has figured out how to slam them back shut.
CAP published its groundbreaking how-to report today: "The Corporate Power Reset That Makes Citizens United Irrelevant."
CAP published its groundbreaking how-to report today: "The Corporate Power Reset That Makes Citizens United Irrelevant."
The Corporate Power Reset That Makes Citizens United Irrelevant
By using their authority to define what corporations are—and what powers they hold—states can end the era of corporate and dark money in U.S. politics.
www.americanprogress.org
September 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Check out this exciting & ambitious effort by my colleague @thmoore.bsky.social to help fix our political system
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Report of shots fired at UMass Boston has prompted a large police response and evacuation of the area.
One student who evacuated responds with anger that these threats of gun violence at schools should not be ignored and action is needed!
One student who evacuated responds with anger that these threats of gun violence at schools should not be ignored and action is needed!
September 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Report of shots fired at UMass Boston has prompted a large police response and evacuation of the area.
One student who evacuated responds with anger that these threats of gun violence at schools should not be ignored and action is needed!
One student who evacuated responds with anger that these threats of gun violence at schools should not be ignored and action is needed!
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I just saw the video of Charlie Kirk being shot—shared by Rep. MTG. It left me sick. Horrified. We should never normalize turning violence and trauma into content. That is not leadership, it’s exploitation.
September 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I just saw the video of Charlie Kirk being shot—shared by Rep. MTG. It left me sick. Horrified. We should never normalize turning violence and trauma into content. That is not leadership, it’s exploitation.
Despite earlier reports, suspect in fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk is not in custody. Hoping local, state, & federal law enforcement arrest & prosecute the shooter ASAP.
Keeping the 2 Evergreen High School students & their families in my thoughts. Suspect, a fellow student, is also hospitalized
Keeping the 2 Evergreen High School students & their families in my thoughts. Suspect, a fellow student, is also hospitalized
September 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Despite earlier reports, suspect in fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk is not in custody. Hoping local, state, & federal law enforcement arrest & prosecute the shooter ASAP.
Keeping the 2 Evergreen High School students & their families in my thoughts. Suspect, a fellow student, is also hospitalized
Keeping the 2 Evergreen High School students & their families in my thoughts. Suspect, a fellow student, is also hospitalized
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Let me say the same thing today, in the wake of Charlie Kirk's death, as I said when Brian Thompson was assassinated, when the CDC campus was shot & a police officer lost his life, and when school shootings happen:
*Violence is never the answer.*
Our rhetoric & actions need to make that clear. 💔
*Violence is never the answer.*
Our rhetoric & actions need to make that clear. 💔
September 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Let me say the same thing today, in the wake of Charlie Kirk's death, as I said when Brian Thompson was assassinated, when the CDC campus was shot & a police officer lost his life, and when school shootings happen:
*Violence is never the answer.*
Our rhetoric & actions need to make that clear. 💔
*Violence is never the answer.*
Our rhetoric & actions need to make that clear. 💔
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Another school. Another shooting. Another community shattered. The Second Amendment has been twisted into a license for chaos, and we are living in the hell it created.…
At least 3 injured after shooting at a Denver-area high school, officials say | CNN
At least 3 injured after shooting at a Denver-area high school, officials say | CNN
September 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Another school. Another shooting. Another community shattered. The Second Amendment has been twisted into a license for chaos, and we are living in the hell it created.…
At least 3 injured after shooting at a Denver-area high school, officials say | CNN
At least 3 injured after shooting at a Denver-area high school, officials say | CNN
Political violence has no place in our democracy.
Gun violence is a plague on our country that destroys lives and damages communities - on the left & right, in red & blue states, in cities & rural areas. We must act.
Gun violence is a plague on our country that destroys lives and damages communities - on the left & right, in red & blue states, in cities & rural areas. We must act.
September 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Political violence has no place in our democracy.
Gun violence is a plague on our country that destroys lives and damages communities - on the left & right, in red & blue states, in cities & rural areas. We must act.
Gun violence is a plague on our country that destroys lives and damages communities - on the left & right, in red & blue states, in cities & rural areas. We must act.
New video clearly shows Uvalde police & leaders lied about a teacher propping open a door. Amy Franco is owed an apology by so many.
Many school security vendors got rich off this lie. We need full transparency & independent investigation into Uvalde.
kimatv.com/news/nation-...
Many school security vendors got rich off this lie. We need full transparency & independent investigation into Uvalde.
kimatv.com/news/nation-...
Exclusive video clears teacher wrongly accused of propping door in Uvalde school shooting
News 4 San Antonio and Fox SA obtained exclusive video from the hallway of Robb Elementary.
kimatv.com
September 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
New video clearly shows Uvalde police & leaders lied about a teacher propping open a door. Amy Franco is owed an apology by so many.
Many school security vendors got rich off this lie. We need full transparency & independent investigation into Uvalde.
kimatv.com/news/nation-...
Many school security vendors got rich off this lie. We need full transparency & independent investigation into Uvalde.
kimatv.com/news/nation-...
Also in @thetrace.org article about the calculated campaign to demonize the trans community: "trans people are more than four times more likely than their cis peers to be the victims of violent crimes." Guns are used in 70% of the killings of transgender & gender nonconforming people in the US
Trans people rarely commit mass shootings — only 5 in the last decade, out of 5,300+
Why Does the Right Falsely Blame Trans People for Mass Shootings?
Misinformation circulating after last month’s attack on Minnesota state lawmakers underscores a calculated campaign to demonize the trans community.
www.thetrace.org
September 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Also in @thetrace.org article about the calculated campaign to demonize the trans community: "trans people are more than four times more likely than their cis peers to be the victims of violent crimes." Guns are used in 70% of the killings of transgender & gender nonconforming people in the US
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For far too long, our lawmakers have let innocent children die because they care more about getting a check from the gun lobby. Our young people say no more.
Organize or join a walkout near you tomorrow by texting WALKOUT to 644-33.
Organize or join a walkout near you tomorrow by texting WALKOUT to 644-33.
NO MORE BUSINESS AS USUAL! We’re walking out of classes nationwide on September 5 to demand action on gun violence. Make your voice heard and learn how to organize a walkout at your school: Text WALKOUT to 644-33 or click here: https://etwn.us/47oBrWY
September 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
For far too long, our lawmakers have let innocent children die because they care more about getting a check from the gun lobby. Our young people say no more.
Organize or join a walkout near you tomorrow by texting WALKOUT to 644-33.
Organize or join a walkout near you tomorrow by texting WALKOUT to 644-33.