Ethan Murray
@ethan-james4.bsky.social
Policy wonk at GIFFORDS.
Californian | Lawyer | Advocate
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Californian | Lawyer | Advocate
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Views are my own.
Reposted by Ethan Murray
August 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Homicide rates are down across the country (including DC) because of historic investments in Community Violence Intervention.
And yet… Trump slashed over 800 million in grants to CVI and law enforcement.
If he actually cared about safety, he would restore funding not send in the national guard.
And yet… Trump slashed over 800 million in grants to CVI and law enforcement.
If he actually cared about safety, he would restore funding not send in the national guard.
August 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Homicide rates are down across the country (including DC) because of historic investments in Community Violence Intervention.
And yet… Trump slashed over 800 million in grants to CVI and law enforcement.
If he actually cared about safety, he would restore funding not send in the national guard.
And yet… Trump slashed over 800 million in grants to CVI and law enforcement.
If he actually cared about safety, he would restore funding not send in the national guard.
There’s still a lot we don’t know, but our country’s mental health and firearm laws definitely need work.
In CA, we’re more protected than most, passing laws that prohibit folks with mental health concerns sooner.
Our neighboring states to our east undercut our safety by having weak firearm laws.
In CA, we’re more protected than most, passing laws that prohibit folks with mental health concerns sooner.
Our neighboring states to our east undercut our safety by having weak firearm laws.
The perpetrator of the July 28 mass shooting that killed four people, including a police officer, in a Midtown Manhattan office building had twice been hospitalized for mental health reasons. He was still able to get a gun.
The NYC Shooter Had a Documented Mental Health History. How Did He Get a Gun?
The July 28 mass shooting highlights a gap in the law that has allowed shooters to keep their gun rights after hospitalization for a mental health crisis.
www.thetrace.org
July 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
There’s still a lot we don’t know, but our country’s mental health and firearm laws definitely need work.
In CA, we’re more protected than most, passing laws that prohibit folks with mental health concerns sooner.
Our neighboring states to our east undercut our safety by having weak firearm laws.
In CA, we’re more protected than most, passing laws that prohibit folks with mental health concerns sooner.
Our neighboring states to our east undercut our safety by having weak firearm laws.
I feel this. I’m not an all caps kind of dude, but man do I feel every capital letter in my STOP texts.
For my non-political junkies friends, it does actual damage.
The funny thing? Running a well-msged campaign of ideas is more effective at driving $$ to a candidate.
@danpfeiffer.bsky.social
For my non-political junkies friends, it does actual damage.
The funny thing? Running a well-msged campaign of ideas is more effective at driving $$ to a candidate.
@danpfeiffer.bsky.social
The High Cost of Spam: How the Flood of Dem Fundraising Texts Hurt the Party
Dems are abusing our most loyal supporters with long term consequences
open.substack.com
July 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I feel this. I’m not an all caps kind of dude, but man do I feel every capital letter in my STOP texts.
For my non-political junkies friends, it does actual damage.
The funny thing? Running a well-msged campaign of ideas is more effective at driving $$ to a candidate.
@danpfeiffer.bsky.social
For my non-political junkies friends, it does actual damage.
The funny thing? Running a well-msged campaign of ideas is more effective at driving $$ to a candidate.
@danpfeiffer.bsky.social
Reposted by Ethan Murray
"We're going to end up shooting some of them" is a verbatim quote, spoken very casually by an immigration agent
Another officer says, “They’re starting to resist more now,” to which an officer replies: “We’re going to end up shooting some of them.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Immigration agents told a teenage US citizen: ‘You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrest
Video from Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, 18, puts fresh scrutiny on the harsh tactics used to reach the Trump administration’s ambitious enforcement targets
www.theguardian.com
July 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
"We're going to end up shooting some of them" is a verbatim quote, spoken very casually by an immigration agent
Dangerous decision yesterday. Getting a fast background check when buying ammo is not controversial.
Its a short checkpoint ensuring people breaking law — DV abusers being a prime example — don't get access to ammo.
Its a short checkpoint ensuring people breaking law — DV abusers being a prime example — don't get access to ammo.
Yesterday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down California’s law requiring background checks to purchase ammunition.
This safeguard prevents criminals from illegally buying ammo. Without it, CA communities will be at increased risk. CA must fight this dangerous decision.
This safeguard prevents criminals from illegally buying ammo. Without it, CA communities will be at increased risk. CA must fight this dangerous decision.
Appeals Court Blocks California’s Background Checks for Ammunition Buyers
www.nytimes.com
July 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Dangerous decision yesterday. Getting a fast background check when buying ammo is not controversial.
Its a short checkpoint ensuring people breaking law — DV abusers being a prime example — don't get access to ammo.
Its a short checkpoint ensuring people breaking law — DV abusers being a prime example — don't get access to ammo.
Homicide rates are down across the country because of historic investments in community violence intervention.
And yet… Trump slashed over 800 million in grants to CVI and law enforcement. These cuts will kill.
My latest for @giffords.org on how states can step up to protect CVI and save lives.
And yet… Trump slashed over 800 million in grants to CVI and law enforcement. These cuts will kill.
My latest for @giffords.org on how states can step up to protect CVI and save lives.
State Blueprints: Saving Community Violence Intervention Programs
CVI is one of the most effective solutions to preventing gun violence. Our blueprint outlines concrete steps states can take to save lives.
giffords.org
July 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Homicide rates are down across the country because of historic investments in community violence intervention.
And yet… Trump slashed over 800 million in grants to CVI and law enforcement. These cuts will kill.
My latest for @giffords.org on how states can step up to protect CVI and save lives.
And yet… Trump slashed over 800 million in grants to CVI and law enforcement. These cuts will kill.
My latest for @giffords.org on how states can step up to protect CVI and save lives.
Exhibit 2: Lisa Murkowski.
She had the power to stop this disaster. She chose not to because the leader insisted.
She had the power to stop this disaster. She chose not to because the leader insisted.
July 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Exhibit 2: Lisa Murkowski.
She had the power to stop this disaster. She chose not to because the leader insisted.
She had the power to stop this disaster. She chose not to because the leader insisted.
Trump trying to **shiny object** his supporters away from the Epstein files.
Unhinged, disgusting, and sadly unsurprising.
A selfish, pathetic man caring more about revenge and himself than the country.
Unhinged, disgusting, and sadly unsurprising.
A selfish, pathetic man caring more about revenge and himself than the country.
REPORTER: Gabbard has submitted a criminal referral. Who should the DOJ target?
TRUMP: It would be President Obama. And Biden was there with him ... the leader of the gang was Obama. Barack Hussein Obama. He's guilty. This is treason.
TRUMP: It would be President Obama. And Biden was there with him ... the leader of the gang was Obama. Barack Hussein Obama. He's guilty. This is treason.
July 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Trump trying to **shiny object** his supporters away from the Epstein files.
Unhinged, disgusting, and sadly unsurprising.
A selfish, pathetic man caring more about revenge and himself than the country.
Unhinged, disgusting, and sadly unsurprising.
A selfish, pathetic man caring more about revenge and himself than the country.
Trump’s America: Arresting veterans just trying to go work.
ICE grabbed this U.S. citizen army veteran & held him for 3 days for no reason whatsoever other than he’s Latino. We must put an end to this racist police state.
ICE OUT OF CALIFORNIA
ICE OUT OF CALIFORNIA
July 16, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Trump’s America: Arresting veterans just trying to go work.
Wonky policy and dogs … A+ reporting here.
One of the state’s best investigators was on the hunt for golden mussels — a dangerous new invader in CA's waters. Wearing a collar and a tongue-lolling grin, Allee, a Belgian Malinois, sniffed along the glittering hull of a bass boat buff.ly/tvURReY
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📸 Miguel Gutierrez Jr
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📸 Miguel Gutierrez Jr
July 15, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Wonky policy and dogs … A+ reporting here.
This. The cruelty of the Big Ugly Betrayal. The Trump Admin is undoing our progress.
Trump’s cuts to Medicaid and SNAP won’t just strip millions of Americans of their healthcare and access to critical resources — it will increase gun violence and make our communities less safe.
Trump’s Cuts to Medicaid Will Increase Gun Violence
Trump's Big Beautiful Bill will cut Medicaid and SNAP, in turn increasing gun violence rates in communities across the country.
giffords.org
July 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
This. The cruelty of the Big Ugly Betrayal. The Trump Admin is undoing our progress.
CVI works.
Masked goons kidnapping folks not so much.
Masked goons kidnapping folks not so much.
Homicides are at a 60 year low in LA, but masked kidnappings of hard working community members are at an all time high.
The only gang committing real crimes in our streets is ICE.
The only gang committing real crimes in our streets is ICE.
July 11, 2025 at 2:21 AM
CVI works.
Masked goons kidnapping folks not so much.
Masked goons kidnapping folks not so much.
More states can do this. This is how.
July 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
More states can do this. This is how.
Breaking the Gun Industry’s impunity!
BREAKING — The court just upheld New York’s landmark law allowing gun companies to be held accountable when they break laws that fuel deadly shootings. We’re proud to have supported this case, and will always work to protect public safety.
Gun makers lose appeal of New York law that could make them liable for shootings
A federal appeals court has upheld a New York law holding gun manufacturers potentially liable when their weapons are used in deadly shootings.
apnews.com
July 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Breaking the Gun Industry’s impunity!
Reposted by Ethan Murray
Trump just signed his radical “Big, Ugly Bill” into law, cutting healthcare, endangering our communities, and putting law enforcement at increased risk.
Americans will suffer. Families will go without care. Lives will be lost.
Americans will suffer. Families will go without care. Lives will be lost.
thehill.com
July 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Trump just signed his radical “Big, Ugly Bill” into law, cutting healthcare, endangering our communities, and putting law enforcement at increased risk.
Americans will suffer. Families will go without care. Lives will be lost.
Americans will suffer. Families will go without care. Lives will be lost.
My latest for GIFFORDS is the first of a multi-part series that provides states with a blueprint for how they can respond as the Trump Administration dismantles and retreats from the progress made on gun violence prevention.
This analysis focuses on holding the gun industry accountable.
This analysis focuses on holding the gun industry accountable.
State Blueprints: Restoring Gun Industry Accountability
Effective oversight of the gun industry is a cornerstone of preventing gun violence. Our blueprint outlines concrete steps states can take.
giffords.org
July 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
My latest for GIFFORDS is the first of a multi-part series that provides states with a blueprint for how they can respond as the Trump Administration dismantles and retreats from the progress made on gun violence prevention.
This analysis focuses on holding the gun industry accountable.
This analysis focuses on holding the gun industry accountable.
Reposted by Ethan Murray
Hakeem Jeffries is right — Trump’s tax bill is a crime scene that goes after the safety of the American people. This is a full on assault on everyday Americans, and we will remember next November. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social #MagicMinute
July 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Hakeem Jeffries is right — Trump’s tax bill is a crime scene that goes after the safety of the American people. This is a full on assault on everyday Americans, and we will remember next November. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social #MagicMinute
Tucked away in the big ugly bill is a provision that makes it easier to get silencers.
When combined with the firing of gov’t researchers tracking gun violence, the cutting of public safety $$$ and ATF gun dealer inspectors, it is clear: the GOP’s solution to gun violence is to silence attention.
When combined with the firing of gov’t researchers tracking gun violence, the cutting of public safety $$$ and ATF gun dealer inspectors, it is clear: the GOP’s solution to gun violence is to silence attention.
July 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Tucked away in the big ugly bill is a provision that makes it easier to get silencers.
When combined with the firing of gov’t researchers tracking gun violence, the cutting of public safety $$$ and ATF gun dealer inspectors, it is clear: the GOP’s solution to gun violence is to silence attention.
When combined with the firing of gov’t researchers tracking gun violence, the cutting of public safety $$$ and ATF gun dealer inspectors, it is clear: the GOP’s solution to gun violence is to silence attention.
This is huge! California Dems delivering on affordability.
I just enacted the most game-changing housing reforms in recent California history.
We're urgently embracing an abundance agenda by tearing down the barriers that have delayed new affordable housing and infrastructure for decades.
Let’s get building, California.
We're urgently embracing an abundance agenda by tearing down the barriers that have delayed new affordable housing and infrastructure for decades.
Let’s get building, California.
July 1, 2025 at 5:09 AM
This is huge! California Dems delivering on affordability.
Today California leaders delivered a massive victory on housing supply.
Meanwhile Republican Senators are voting to cut Medicaid & SNAP & give to tax cuts billionaires.
I’m struck by the split screen. California leaders listening & delivering to everyday Americans. R’s forging on in spite of them.
Meanwhile Republican Senators are voting to cut Medicaid & SNAP & give to tax cuts billionaires.
I’m struck by the split screen. California leaders listening & delivering to everyday Americans. R’s forging on in spite of them.
The days of affordable housing and infrastructure in California being blocked by endless delays are finally over.
I just signed a historic package of laws that simplifies building, cuts timelines, and will help make it more affordable to live in the greatest state in America.
I just signed a historic package of laws that simplifies building, cuts timelines, and will help make it more affordable to live in the greatest state in America.
July 1, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Today California leaders delivered a massive victory on housing supply.
Meanwhile Republican Senators are voting to cut Medicaid & SNAP & give to tax cuts billionaires.
I’m struck by the split screen. California leaders listening & delivering to everyday Americans. R’s forging on in spite of them.
Meanwhile Republican Senators are voting to cut Medicaid & SNAP & give to tax cuts billionaires.
I’m struck by the split screen. California leaders listening & delivering to everyday Americans. R’s forging on in spite of them.
Democrats haven’t learned anything. Rallying around Cuomo is a bad sign of things to come.
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The Incredibly Stupid, Self-Defeating Democratic Panic about Zohran Mamdani
Whether you like him or not, the campaign to defeat Mamdani reeks of everything people hate about politics
open.substack.com
June 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Democrats haven’t learned anything. Rallying around Cuomo is a bad sign of things to come.
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Political assassinations cannot be tolerated.
We cannot become so partisan as to neglect our leader’s humanity.
Proud to work for GIFFORDS, who fights every day against the gun industry to prevent these terrible tragedies.
Melissa and Mark Hortman should be here today.
We cannot become so partisan as to neglect our leader’s humanity.
Proud to work for GIFFORDS, who fights every day against the gun industry to prevent these terrible tragedies.
Melissa and Mark Hortman should be here today.
One week ago, Melissa Hortman and her husband were taken from us in a horrific act of political violence.
Political violence is never justified. Armed extremism is a threat to democracy.
Honor Melissa by rejecting division—and choosing courage.
Political violence is never justified. Armed extremism is a threat to democracy.
Honor Melissa by rejecting division—and choosing courage.
June 22, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Political assassinations cannot be tolerated.
We cannot become so partisan as to neglect our leader’s humanity.
Proud to work for GIFFORDS, who fights every day against the gun industry to prevent these terrible tragedies.
Melissa and Mark Hortman should be here today.
We cannot become so partisan as to neglect our leader’s humanity.
Proud to work for GIFFORDS, who fights every day against the gun industry to prevent these terrible tragedies.
Melissa and Mark Hortman should be here today.