Gun Crazy

 The Washington Post has two good stories about AR-15s. 

This one explains one of the reasons why police officers want and probably need high powered weaponry. The reason is that any freaking yahoo they encounter could have military grade weaponry. An underrated reason why police use lethal force is that they probably do feel outgunned at any particular moment.

The second is more harrowing and not for those who aren't willing to stare at hard truths. The WaPo has created an interactive model of how an AR-15 bullet destroys the human body. It isn't visually graphic, but it describes the destructive impact of these bullets by using two real school shooting victims as examples, including 6 year old Noah Pozner from Sandy Hook. 

It's a tough read, but I feel like it should be required reading, especially for Brett Kavanaugh who argued that there is no difference between a hand gun or hunting rifle and these weapons of war.

As if on cue, we had another school shooting, because we always do. 

We always do.