Jason Armstrong

Happy 75th Birthday USAF! At the time of my retirement, my career coincided with ~30% of the USAF's existence as an independent service. I'm proud of my decades in service to our great country.

@davidyamane I use to get a daily The Far Side desk calendar and that one was from Monday, October 29, 2007. BTW, I did not mean to imply your bow tie was obnoxious at all. What I wrote was poorly worded. Sorry about that. I actually like that you wear bow ties.

@Jasonarm92 Was a big Far Side fan myself back in the day. Don't recall this one.

Speaking without my script and slide safety blankets was one of the hardest things I've had to do in my career -- as evidenced by my waking up at 4 am with crazy cortisol spikes, popping antacids like candy, and being a bear at home (sorry Sandy!) for the past 3 weeks. Waiting in the wings to speak I could not remember what I was going to say and my time on stage was a blur. When I got to the concluding call-to-action it seemed like I hadn't been on stage long enough, so I worried I had skipped whole parts of my talk. So, I honestly have no idea how it went, though I did receive some kind comments afterwards. In a month or so, a recording will be available on the TEDx YouTube channel so we will see.

@davidyamane Better safe than sorry. Good thing your bow tie isn't as obnoxious as this salesman's tie. 😁 I love the Farside.

@Jasonarm92 It was also announced from the stage during my introduction as requested by University Police. Didn't want Winston Salem PD SWAT team to be called in. Seriously.

@khalil_spencer @TedAlcorn @davidyamane ..Arms shall not be infringed". In contrast, the opening clause of the #2A I've seen referred to as the prefatory clause, because it does not contain the substantive right like the operative clause does.

@khalil_spencer @TedAlcorn @davidyamane Also speculation, by "operative provisions" I believe they are referring to the language in the law that states what the action of the law is (e.g. what it does, or what is prohibited). Think in #2A terms. The operative clause in it is, "The right of the people to keep and bear..

And unfortunate that because it is privately funded the data is not public.

@TedAlcorn @khalil_spencer @davidyamane Thanks for the response. Much appreciated!

@Jasonarm92 @khalil_spencer @davidyamane I believe that is the referenced database. Keep in mind I left Everytown 9 years ago, and by my recollection this was released after I left. If you want to use the data for research purposes, I recommend contacting their policy or media teams.

@TedAlcorn @khalil_spencer @davidyamane @TedAlcorn Is this you, Author a? thelancet.com/journals/lance… I assume so. Picture is of 2nd to last paragraph. My questions: Is the referenced database this? maps.everytownresearch.org/navigator/ If so I can find the data sets, but where do I find the "protocols and codebooks"? Thanks!

@khalil_spencer @davidyamane There’s never been that strong a basis between gun possession by the general population and interpersonal violence. The relationship is much stronger to suicide, which has been at all-time highs.

@TedAlcorn @khalil_spencer @davidyamane What also appears to be at all-time highs is physician-assisted suicide. Again maybe we should be looking at why people are ending their lives rather than just blaming guns. Examples are from California, Colorado, Oregon, and New Jersey.

@khalil_spencer @TedAlcorn @davidyamane Sadness, hopelessness. One example that stands out to me as I review data is below. All this research by PH folks and I've never seen one study that evaluates the circumstances of these suicides. Its all body count and mechanism (e.g. gun, knife, poison, rope, etc).

@TedAlcorn @davidyamane Agree. That's about the only high value correlation (and some of those high suicide states are pretty far north, so I wonder if SAD figures in a little). I wish everyone was honest about that rather than OMG, THERE IS A GUN IN THE HOME! THE HORROR...THE HORROR.

@WilliamTaborDDS @AmySwearer The MSD HS murderer had 30 and 40 round mags. See the Commission report pg 262/263. Mag size whether 10, 20, 30, 40 didn't matter. Getting trapped in the halls was the biggest factor wrt to this tragic event. fdle.state.fl.us/getContentAsse…

@AmySwearer The Parkland shooter used 10 round magazines. The VA Tech shooter used standard capacity handguns. When your victims are disarmed, it really doesn't make difference

Also, the official after-action report concluded that a magazine capacity limit would not have affected the outcome, given that the number of extra loaded magazines the gunman already brought was far more than he could actually utilize.

@regularguyguns @LPaulson7 @GrahamKekule @RealGunLobbyist @GunOwners Is there something I'm missing here? This exemption seems well-known to ppl in the MG business and seems to have tripped a few people up with the Feds. See here for one example. I don't see how WV can use the exemption to sell to civilians. justice.gov/usao-sdin/pr/f…

@LPaulson7 @GrahamKekule @RealGunLobbyist @GunOwners Sad that the Feds would put someone in prison for that long just to appease a bunch of hormone-addled women over a piece of metal. It may not be WV, but at some point, the machine gun issue will be forced.

🚨BREAKING🚨 Legislators in West Virginia just introduced a GOA-drafted bill to sell transferrable, post-86 ban machineguns to law-abiding citizens. Transfers under SB 1071 would be legal under federal law—including the National Firearms Act of 1934 & the Hughes Amendment.

@regularguyguns @MorosKostas Its a few years old now, but I found this article recently that explains a lot about NICS. bravostoresystems.com/post/everythin….

@Jasonarm92 @MorosKostas Likely. I’d have to look to see what else FDLE connects to.

Thanks to u/Theophilus_21 on reddit, who made this helpful guide on how much taxes and background check fees add to the price of guns in California. This is what your government steals from you every time you exercise your Second Amendment right by buying guns or ammunition in California. He included the approximately $37 in DROS fees (background checks are free in most other states), the 11% excise tax, and a 9.5% rate for sales tax (which can vary slightly depending on where you live). Maybe you can argue sales tax is fair, because that applies across the board. But DROS and the special excise tax on guns are not. And by the way, this doesn't even account for the federal 11% excise tax (Pittman-Robertson), which is likewise unconstitutional and already included in the price of guns.

@regularguyguns @MorosKostas Workload shift and probably access to state Databases that house info that probably doesn't meet standards for inclusion in the three databases the NICs connects to. e.g. extra crap gun control states use to disqualify people.

Yep. To keep it simple it’s a front end for NICS. It connects to the same systems NICS does as well as state systems. It’s really just a workload shift. If I remember correctly it’s because Florida’s automated system came about before NICS and they were just told to connect it rather than scrap it.

@regularguyguns @MorosKostas I never realized Florida handled it all itself.

@Jasonarm92 @MorosKostas $20 isn’t bad. In Florida that would cover the cost the state imposes on FFLs and the time it takes for the clerk to handle it.

@regularguyguns @MorosKostas I pay my FFL $20 to complete a transfer and background check. Competition between FFLs helps reduce cost for this service. Another place I used yrs ago charged $10 for the background check and $5 for each firearm transferred.

NICS is free, but POC states often charge fees to the FFL. I think Florida is $5 per inquiry which gets passed to the customer. Also do California FFLs charge transfer fees on top of everything else? A common controversy nationwide is when an FFL charges $30-$50 just to do the transfer.

@davidyamane @mskmore @routledgebooks I'm looking forward to reading it.

Drawing for a free copy of @mskmore new book, A GUN OF HER OWN, recently published by @routledgebooks. We are reading this spring in Light Over Heat Virtual Book Club. Congrats @Jasonarm92! youtube.com/shorts/aNN20nr…

@Liberty_Xtreme @MaineDemsSuck @NRA For all the folks that wish the FOPA never passed over just the machinegun ban read this contemporary law review article of how historic that legislation really was. We'd be in a far more terrible place today without it. foac-pac.org/uploads/Hardy-…

@MaineDemsSuck @NRA True

🚨 The Virginia House has passed HB 217 — one of the most extreme gun control bills in the state’s history. The bill bans the sale and transfer of commonly owned firearms and standard-capacity magazines, using vague and overreaching definitions to target responsible citizens.

@Puck_556_2 @Liberty_Xtreme @NRA Here's a couple of the vans they've supported.

@Liberty_Xtreme @NRA They supported every van on the books for over 100 years

@mattbramanti <1.

anyone want to guess the average number of deaths per mass shooting? would you guess it was higher or lower than 1