Future Move(s) Evaluation

Ok everyone. Right now I work at a firearms distributor and with all of the recent shootings I get sick to my stomach working there. Sorry if your an NRA or Second Amend. utilizer. Fact is we had one of our best weeks of the whole last year after the Vegas shootings and that’s tearing me up. People called in wanting the exact gun the guy had. Anyways, I’m trying to get out. I’m a Graphic Designer who has done a bit of everything, including UI/UX. I’m looking to change careers into Development (Front End). I have bought several courses on Udemy and am partnering that with Codecademy. Are these viable paths to the type of knowledge that can lead to getting hired? I’m also simultaneously going back to school to finish up my Web Design degree. Is this worth it? Do people care in the development world if you have an AS in Computer Science? In conclusion I need direction on learning to code from people that are in the field right now. I also need to know if a degree is worth it? I have experience but it’s in the firearms industry where the the political spectrum is the opposite of many creative companies...anybody here ever come out of an industry like that? Any advice on how to present yourself after being in a divisive industry would be appreciated (hard to include any of that work in my portfolio)?