Seeing stuff on Twitter like “could seeing photos of the actual impact of AR fire on victim’s bodies produce some sort of pro-gun control public sentiment?”, but the one time I actually saw a real case of use – the Christchurch video – I was struck how mild it was compared to media depictions. Victims didn’t explode into showers of gore, no visible blood, there wasn’t even noticeable impact or stagger, it was like the gunman pointed an Elderly Ray at them, they just slumped and shriveled up