#ThisIsMyLane." -Rachael Joseph Novem-Rachael Joseph Novem-Rachael Joseph Novem-Rachael Joseph Novem-Rachael Joseph Novem-Rachael Joseph November 13, 2018 "She was slaughtered in a courthouse bathroom because the NRA thinks background checks at gun shows are too much trouble. "My aunt Shelley was the heart of our family," Joseph wrote. Rachel Joseph, the executive director of Survivors Lead, which is based out of Minneapolis, shared photos of her Aunt Shelley's crime scene. I understand not being able to, but if you're able to, the country's become far too desensitized to gun violence." "Every opportunity that we have to do that, I think that any of us that can should. And because so many of us die, we that are living need to show the honest truth of what gun violence looks like," Brusk, who has been an activist fighting gun violence since 2010, told INSIDER. "I and several survivor friends saw that doctors were speaking out, and they often can't show our pictures without our consent. Kimberly Brusk, the founder of Women Against the Violence Epidemic and who lives in Atlanta, shared photos from when she was abused and shot by her ex in 2009. On Tuesday, two of Ranta's friends and fellow activists also shared their stories using the hashtag. "So I was like, 'Well, I'm going to show my scene, because this is real, this is what happened to me.'" 'This is my lane, and I'm staying in it, because I lived it' "I felt like this was finally the hashtag, because the medical community was also sharing the gruesome photos of the things that they see when they're treating gunshot victims," she said. Seeing this conversation resonate within the medical community and beyond, Ranta said she felt compelled to join in. Everytown for Gun Safety reports that 96 Americans die from gun injuries every day. Read more: The Pittsburgh synagogue shooting has reignited a debate over whether places of worship should have armed securityįor reference, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 36,000 Americans died from injuries from guns in 2015, the most recent year the organization has data for. In the midst of this, doctors pushed back against the NRA using the hashtag #ThisIsMyLane, saying that gun violence is their business - and is very much a part of their work. Just hours after the tweet was published, a gunman entered a bar in California and killed 12 people. On November 7, the NRA told doctors to "stay in their lane" in response to a paper published by the American College of Physicians about policies that could reduce the number of firearm deaths and injuries in the US. Initially, medical professionals were using #ThisIsMyLane to send a message to the National Rifle Association, the most powerful gun lobby in the country. "This is my lane, and I'm staying in it, because I lived it." Doctors originally used the hashtag to push back at the NRA "The hashtag, while it was originally started as a place for the medical community to come into the conversation - which we've needed for a long time - I think my twist on it was, as a survivor, this is also my lane" Ranta said. Kate Ranta Novem-Kate Ranta November 13, 2018 Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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