ff

i hate the nra so much i can't see straight. (i mean, maybe too that's the stomach flu i've had all week messing with my brain. but mostly nra hate.) i hate guns. we know this. they make me so deeply sick and angry. i don't necessarily hate people who hunt or whatever. but. guns as personal defence? guns in the home? hate i can't control hate.

so, of course i'm oh so very vomitey mad about:

*the ex-girlfriend target

holy shit, you've got to be joking, but of COURSE YOU'RE NOT! ugh beyond all ughs.

"Gun violence is a gendered issue since it impacts women and men in very different ways. Because women are more vulnerable to violence within the home than men (and men are most often the perpetrators of violence against women), the presence of a gun makes females less safe, not more. How do we know? A woman's likelyhood of a violent death within the home actually increases by 270% when a gun is kept inside the house. Homicide figures don't lie. Having a gun within their possession didn't protect women from murder. In fact, it accurately predicted their higher likelyhood of death."

{elizabeth plank at policymic}

i know we talked about that sort of statistic in a haha way with louis ck. but this isn't funny, guys. it isn't. it is exhaustively sad that this exists. intolerably exhaustively sad. usa you scare me so hard. you are an insane place.