LACVNA @ossifrage@cybre.space

The teacher was adorable. He was this very hipster-looking ex-military dude who was super nice. He apparently runs a suicide prevention program as his day job.

The ranger officer described it as “simple, yet unintuitive” which is a good way to put it.

Shooting is hard. Really hard. Only a small part of the firearms class yesterday actually involved shooting, but it’s definitely one of those “hop on one foot, rub your stomach and pat your head” kind of things. Sight picture, grip, stance, aim, squeeze the trigger...

Next class up will be more shooting. Gonna do that soon.

Going to a range tomorrow for basic handgun training. I’m hyyype

Also @heytanuki your new icon is super cute!!!

There’s something darkly racist about the focus on assault weapons. Active Shooter incidents involving rifles represent a small fraction of gun deaths, and are usually “white” crimes, particularly the ones the media likes to harp on. Inner-city violence on PoC is overwhelming committed with pistol-caliber weapons. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2688536

In case you can’t tell I’m a tad grumpy today

The only definitive positive thing that happened during the original ‘94 AWB was a slight decrease in mass shootings. Remember, Columbine happened during the AWB. But if you look at mass shootings before and after the AWB, the numbers are way out of line. It’s hard to argue that another ban would somehow fix what is clearly a deeper social problem.

How the FBI defines “mass shootings” is a bit more in-line with how the media portrays it: random person in a public place open firing on random people. By that measure, there were around 85 deaths last year. By more open measures (more than two people killed or injured or something like that) it usually comes out to 300 and change last year.

People killed by cops: 553

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/08/16/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/

FBI: rifles accounted for 4% of shooting deaths. The majority of gun deaths in the US are with handguns. “Active Shooter Incidents” were on the rise long before the AWB ended in 2004.

When the dem candidates talk about “taking your ARs” they’re taking the easy route. They’re letting Facebook and YT off the hook for spreading extremism. They’re letting capitalism and racism off the hook. It’s a non-solution to a deeper problem.

Boosting that last toot again because I’m super salty today

I just discovered the Internet Movie Firearms Database

...that is all I have done today

The first Resident Evil movie had one of the best horror soundtracks of the 21st century change my mind

Alright. 99% percent unpacked. I’m exhausted. The amount of stuff I need/want to do in the next month is overwhelming. And I won’t have internet until the 20th.

Can’t articulate your emotions right now? Easy, just point to the cat. Which cat are you today?

Me talking to my friends as an emotionally constipated child who had yet to understand their gender dysphoria: Yes my life is a conundrum, math class is Sisyphean, the future—dire.

Me talking to my friends as a trans adult: ALRIGHT QUARTER POUNDER MCFUCKS WHOS READY TO GET DINNER