Donald Trump Announces Ban on Transgender Troops Including 15,000 Actively Serving
SHAMEFUL. This harms military readiness and puts lives at risk. There are more than 15,000 active serving transgender troops. Threatening 15,000 currently serving troops who put their lives at risk is unpatriotic and dangerous.
This is an outrageous and desperate action. The thousands of transgender service members serving on the front lines for this country deserve better than a commander-in-chief who rejects their basic humanity.
Let us be clear. This has been studied extensively, and the consensus is clear: There are no cost or military readiness drawbacks associated with allowing trans people to fight for their country. The president is trying to score cheap political points on the backs of military personnel who have put their lives on the line for their country.
There is no basis for turning trans people away from our military and the ACLU is examining all of our options on how to fight this. For any trans service member affected by today’s announcement: Please get in touch with us, because we want to hear from you. [x]
if you want to support trans people serving in the military, please consider donating to the ACLU. as mentioned in their official statement, their examining all options on how to fight this ban.
also, to all the people on tumblr today that responded to this blatantly transphobic ban with some snarky edgy response about how denying trans people entry to the military is a ‘good thing’, because ‘the military is bad anyways’: fuck you
He is a disgusting, despicable person.
Boosting for the ACLU’s message, as I know peeps who are serving and deserve better.
Hi Tumblr! Sorry for the erratic updates. I have been very busy, for secret reasons.
Soon a couple of my dear friends who have little or no experience of handling real firearms are going to be playing snipers at a new LARP game, so this week we’re going to study how real life rifle marksmen* move and shoot, and find ways to quickly emulate their skills in LARP.
This post is not about making you a better shot with functioning LARP firearm simulators like NERF, paintball or Airsoft weapons. The range on those weapons is so low that you can probably learn more by applying the principles of this post about LARP archery than from what I’m about to say here. This post is all about using real life techniques to provide body language and acting skills.
Photo by Oliver Facey, from Pioneers LARP. Kneeling or crouching supported, making good use of cover to steady the rifle.
1. GET LOW. NO, LOWER
A clean shot is a stable shot. The most stable rest you’re going to find for your rifle is the ground; an ideal marksmanship position puts an absolute minimum of the wobbly squishy stuff, i.e. your body, between your rifle and the rest. The best firing position is “prone” – lying on your front, elbows on the ground, rifle resting on the ground and supported firmly in place.
I love hearing people get enthusiastic about the SA80, particularly this excellent person. ‘Sharpshooter’ suggested as more gender-neutral alternative, but might share some of the same problems as ‘Sniper’.
Hey thanks! 😀 I love the SA-80 because it is a gorgeous heavy beautifully balanced lump of antiquated 5.56 beauty and also my bae ❤ ❤
I like “sharpshooter”! It’s a good gender neutral alternative to marksman – thank you. What would the skill suffix or noun be? Sharpshootership doesn’t roll off the tongue 😀
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