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Senior staff writer at The Trace, Contributing Writer at Rolling Stone. Get in touch at mspies@thetrace.org or on Signal: @mikespies.15
Cannot be overstated the degree to which gun rights groups spent decades raising funds by fueling dark fantasies abt dem admins imposing martial law, and meanwhile, here we see fed law enforcement invading communities + pointing firearms at Americans and not a word
November 1, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Went on MSNBC to tell the truth about what it would actually take to drastically reduce gun violence + mass shootings. I’ve received tons of messages like this one, which I suppose reinforces the inadequacy of a background check system that doesn’t account for ppl who have violent fantasies
August 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
In light of today’s shooting in Minnesota, here’s a relevant bit from the gun industry’s own research, which I obtained earlier this summer
August 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM