On Monday, my wife will drive through the new ten-foot gate and fence surrounding her school where they will fire live rounds so teachers will know what real gunfire sounds like as they learn to apply tourniquets to children.

We feel so free.

@SethRudy We can only look on with horror from outside the US 😔
@Lazarou @SethRudy And those of us in red states continue to look on with horror at the heinous people that get voted into office here.
@IdahoLark I am, alas, in one of the reddest.
@SethRudy Idaho hasn’t hit rock bottom yet, but our “leaders” are furiously adding more weights to our ankles every legislative session.

@Lazarou @SethRudy

Believe me, we look with horror from the inside as well.

#NYC is an enclave—local and state firearm laws are really strict, so almost the only people with #guns here are cops.

As a result, NYC has the lowest violent #crime rate of any big city in the #US.

But in red states, armed idiots w no-joke mental issues are as common as potholes (road maintenance being another thing at which the #Rightwing is blitheringly incompetent).

#USPolitics