Let those armed toddlers meet with the MS GOP caucus to say thanks.

Well... WHITE babies can open-carry.

My god…

What. The. Fuck?

At least an 11 year can have a double mastectomy.

Ur obsessed

Yes, our state is exactly as crazy as it sounds.

What in fucking tarnation?

As someone who does not live in the US, I have to say, what the actual FUCK??!!

I do live in the US and am also saying this.

I'm sorry...they what now?

What could possibly go wrong?

What in the actual fuck...

Are they insane? Don’t an answer that the answer is obvious.

I am a Missouri native. I finally had to leave. This really breaks my heart. During my life I saw it go from common sense conservative (ie. If it ain't broke don't fix it) => red => bleeding red => bleeding stupid.

I guarantee gun lobbyists actually wrote that legislation just to see how far they can take it. Not a coincidence they picked Missouri to test it out.

An army of armed toddlers as exactly defined in the 2nd Amendment. We are the stupidest people.

Omg

Another reason why many refer to Missouri as Misery. Doesn’t have to be this way! Why do so many vote for evil uncaring people?! 🤷‍♀️

Because many Americans are just to stupid to think for themselves.

Even to the point where they are told who they hate. It’s so cult like.

Our State is trying to be like Texas so much they will allow everyone to kill everyone else, so much for pro-life!

I knew you lived in Missouri. Me too

Is this a joke?

Why, as a Canadian, will never be American!

An Ohio toddler shot his pregnant mother with a loaded pistol that was lying around. Someday he’ll be told he killed his mom and baby brother. What will that do to his life? A second loaded gun was found in the house.

I don’t know about the picture, but yes, this happened

The picture you used was an incident in Indiana, not Ohio, and the toddler didn’t kill anyone. I loathe guns and accuracy is important. www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-u...

This photo isn’t the child in Ohio. This is a photo of a toddler holding a gun, representing how careless parents ruin lives.

Maybe you should have made that clear in your original post?

Is this for real? WTF?

When it's still not proven any joe blow citizen do have a right to carry a gun on the streets. With out permission. I still believe the 2nd Ammendment only pertained to a ready formed militia. So these citizens could br called to arms and they were already armed. Once our country decided we no

This is just crazy - regardless of where you live! Your comment reminds me of this by @meidastouch.com / Adrian Fontes (azsos.gov/about-secret...): www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKrF...

longer needed a militia. The 2nd Ammendment were no longer valid. It existed as an Ammendment that were written but hold no legality. Unless the there's a requirement to form a militia. Just my opinion.

Sounds like an Onion headline. I carried a rifle as a toddler while on hunting trips with my grandfather, but I don't think that's quite the same as open carry.

Toddlers be like: “ITs ShüTng Ta Skool 2zdAy!!!”

Apple sauce and Cheerios NOW!

The only solution to a bad toddler with a gun is a good toddler with a gun. 🙄

What-...? This is just getting worst and worst!WTH!!!

Unless you are a black toddler. Then the police will shoot you.

Absolutely. Or an immigrant toddler. But especially the black toddlers, no questions, just bang.

Correct

Yep.

All TikTok has to do is sell it to an American company. For National Security reasons, the Chinese Government cannot have access to 170 million Americans phone data. That is a requirement in China if you have a company there. They get access to everything. SCOTUS will uphold this ban & they should.

Good morning sunshine ☀️ Happy Sunday my lovely friend 🙏♥️

And the absolute security threat to your country gets sworn in as POTUS. Crazy times.

Make that make sense.

I'm in MO & have been to several first birthday parties where the child has been gifted a rifle. Can't even walk yet, but yeah - let's arm the kid. My jaw hit the floor the first time I witnessed that.

So sad 💙

Unreal the level of idiocy in missouri is off the charts.

Toddlers may need to take down grizzly bears with two hundred bullets a minute. Right?? The world is mad.

And women die in parking lots of preventable causes

The thoughts and prayers people are seriously challenged when it comes to understanding cause and effect.

Vanity Fair 🤣🤣🤣🤣🏆. If there is a way for VF to gaslight or misrepresent the facts, they will. MO doesn’t have an age restriction (like it or not) so stating toddlers will carry guns is just plain ‘Democrat-stupid’.

Oligarchs don’t like competition

Are toddlers in your state physically capable of carrying a rifle? 👀

Delusional idiots.

Think Americans have been so dumb down they participated in their own destruction.

This is why Greenland will not welcome the prospect of becoming a US state

Make it make sense.

And they can't read books. Yikes Missouri! Same thing in Oklahoma. I have family in both states who sure love their guns.

The USA is the only country on the planet where a separate statistic is being kept on toddler induced death by firearm. Happens more than once a week.

Ban X if you want to #StopFascism

More proof that Republicans don't really care about children..

Toddlers with this newfound responsibility don’t seem to be killing anyone in your state. It appears Missouri does nothing to address it’s history of oppression and systemic racism. So what do you expect? www.kcur.org/news/2023-04...

Kinda get the feeling they just simply wanted to put TikTok in the hands of an American billionaire.

Kind of a silly conflation.

I, for one, oppose both TikTok and rifle-wielding toddlers.

I don't know legality or morality of a TikTok ban. But I know people who literally scroll through that all day when they are not working. They're zombies. They're not the same people they were before TT. So, I'm kind of ok with banning it. Frightening how much this has altered some of my friends.

Just stop.

I think Mnuchin or Musk will purchase TikTok.

Truth be told!

I don’t do TikTok, but I’ll admit I don’t understand how banning them and allowing FB and X to continue radicalizing individuals, will keep us safe.

Thankfully, American kids can't get their hands on Kinder Eggs. Here in Canada, we have a big problem with Kinder Eggs. Zero kids have been killed by them.

Both. You need both banned:)

Our government banned Tiktok out of fear of the people. They don't want us talking about Gaza, China or anything that they think might hamper their efforts to do what they want and ignore the will of the people.

Can they please ban Temu and Shein and all those other online dollar stores that operate out of China. Surely they can't be any better than TikTok.

Would like an NRA member hit by a baby with a nail gun!

And Meta and X are pandering misinformation.

biggovernment.substack.com/p/the-tik-to...

👍🏽

It’s not about safety. MaGa doesn’t give a fuck about Americans. It was always about control. Nothing else.

Governments aren’t the problem. It’s the shit-for-brains idiots We The People hire to run them that’s the major obstacle. We’ve hired a spiteful brain-dead 80yo toddler who will put his cult in place to destroy our democracy. LA needs massive help they won’t get unless we all demand it.

Are you formulating a plan to send armed toddlers to attack the TikTok offices?

They are cancelling TikTok because AIPAC told them to.

Messed up world we live in..

Tik Tok lawyers had an excellent point about why Temu has not been targeting

I'm sorry, those have absolutely nothing to do with each other. True, Gun Laws in this country suck. That has nothing to do with Cina's ability to track us, or our kids.

If it was about our safety, they’d ban Temu too

👍🤪🤬

republican kids carry rifles so when the republicans want to intimidate the non gun carrying citizens those kids will have no concern when shooting anyone or anything on command they have been training to take over everything for decades we are still lamenting biden losing #gunsareacancer

The people in your state went backwards to a terrorist time

Tik Tok,Twitter, and Facebook brought us Trump. Social media is far more dangerous than guns are (which just goes to show how fucked it is).

Number of children dead from guns vs number of children dead from social media? Guns are the #1 cause of death.

Donald Trump got elected because of social media and then Covid killed 1 million Americans because he didn't want to wear a mask since it might smudge his face bronzer and a bunch of morons watched a viral video about how vaccines are dangerous... Social media is an absolute menace to the world.

i'm outa tears. i wore a uniform for 9yrs 5mos 23days--for this????

Figures

Please post something useful

And a felon can lead our nation, don’t forget that…

I gotta get the fuck out of here. Holy shit. This country.

People wonder why firearms are the leading cause of death in the pediatric population. Holy hell.

They shoot rifles in my state😱

Perfect. 🏆

Ridiculous beyond measure.

💯💯💯. The entire GQP needs to be impeached.

Both should be banned

When I was in 2nd or 3rd grade Reagan was shot. Assault weapons banned. For life of me I cannot understand why our politicians are so afraid to ban guns when gun violence is the leading cause of death for US children. It’s so frustrating and foolish. And yet for a portion of our country they

Continue to elect people who have no courage to save the lives of our children.

Because the NRA floods K Street with money and the NRA has become an evil organization that most likely receives funds from foreign governments along with facilitating a Russian spy having access to the highest offices in our government.

Gun lobbyists control politicians with campaign contributions.

It’s all about the optics

TikTok is being banned for 4 reasons. 1- people are sharing information and organizing on that platform. 2- Illegal immigrant and pro-fascist disinformation pimp elon musk. 3- Pro-fascist disinformation pimp mark zuckerfuck. 4- Dirty Diaper Draft Dodger Dumbo Donny Turd Trousered Treason Trump.

Well worded

* banning Tick Tock, because it refuses to give the security services blanket access to user data. Case by case , warrant by warrant . The initial evidence has to include a copy of the alleged video etc. The Chinese protect our data better than Twatter..

Children are safer being on TikTok than at a Catholic Church... #

Talk about not getting priorities straight

And 10 year old rape victims have to carry a pregnancy to term in too many states.

Keep using Tok. We will just contact ByteDance directly and Americans can secretly update the app on a 3rd party APK download. We don't need Apple or Google. Just some devs in communication w Byte.

...I'm all against rifles among the population - as a non American - but Tiktok is really no revelation for children either...

TikTok wasn’t mentioned by your founders. Weapons were 🤡

Thank goodness the government is protecting us from the deadly threat of *dancing videos* while preschoolers can roam the streets armed like they’re auditioning for The Walking Dead.

I'd like to see the "study" showing TikTok is a danger to America's security. If the only evidence is government workers may have TikTok on their phones, there is ways to fix that.

Insanity rules

I hate it here in missouri - surrounded by idiotic flags and people teaching their kids bull shoot

Crazy right!!!

While Musk can spread misinformation on X and Zuckerberg can allow hate speech on Meta apps.

Incredibly sad state of minds to allow such a thing, you are so right.

Sounds like a timebomb. Tick-tock…

China has been making many of our medicines for years or countries you have never heard of. Fined and move on. And you are taking 4-5 ——-B/p meds or your pain not controlled or diabetics. Check the manufacturer and look it up

And not stop FB and “X” from spreading misinformation and lies!! Makes NO sense!

You got it.

It's what Jesus would have wanted.

I’m surprised they don’t allow toddlers to open carry in my state (Alaska)

Come to London enjoy our lovely stabbing culture then return culturally enriched.

Don't forget the deadly Kinder Eggs

That snake (or should I say Shark!), Kevin O'Leary is trying to purchase Tick Tok in America. That is why he kissed Trump's ass in a recent visit, so he could support making Canada the "51st State". O'Leary wants Trump's support in his buy out of Tik Tok. O'Leary WAS Canadian. Now he is a traitor.

Our government is shutting down #musk and #zuck ‘s biggest competitors.

Lobbying money of Meta trying to kill its competition just like he killed Vine

and while Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have complete an absolute unfettered access to all of your data…

It's all about control of the younger generation! Otherwise they would be concerned about all free applications that do the same exact thing. If they don't sell your information they have no way to generate income unless they're offering services🤨. They don't know who it's being sold to.

Make it make sense.

Not “our government.” Republicans.

Plenty of democrat legislators voted to ban TikTok. Greg Swallwell for example was very popular on TikTok, giving everyone hope for the future, then he voted for the ban along with many others. “I saw information that the public doesn’t have access to, that I believe is a threat 2national security.”

That was the excuse given from many.

I’m not opposed to the TikTok ban. It’s toddlers and open carry that bothers me.

Exactly. I used to love it, but the way TikTok is right now is horrible. It’s unsafe, the level of actual death and rape threats are allowed to stay posted, the racism and literal Nazism they have recently begun to promote, it deserves the ban. But I think Trump will save it bc of the moderation.

It’s like allowing Hitler to speak directly to everyone individually in England in 1938 - madness

Total Nonsense!!

US gun laws are just bonkers!

In my state of Texas, the unborn are now required to open carry in the womb.

No wonder they call it TexASS! My LOML is from there too

And Elon can continue to destroy our country

Banning TikTok while allowing an orange imbecile with dementia run the company. He’s not allowed to own a firearm but he has the nuclear codes. I guess it makes sense to his cult. This country is going downhill with 100 mph winds at its back on fire. And he loves it.

That’s why your state republicans want states rights. While the rest of us want a federal government that focuses on our collective safety

It's okay. They're only going to "ban" it long enough to drive the price down to where one of the MAGA-approved Billionaire Oligarchs can snatch it up at a nice price.

I think that they want to control it...

And I still have to show my license to get Sudafed bc they want to make sure I won’t make meth… but I can get a gun. 🙄🙄

And we have a felon president who cannot buy a gun but has access to 5000 nukes and a 1 trillion a year army.

Our government will ban TikTok because Musk/Twitter & Zuckerburg/Meta want it banned. This is a business decision not a moral decision. Just more misinformation from Trump/MAGA/Republicans.

No. Tik Tok is a weapon of the CCP. It won't be banned. It will cease having a hostile foreign government controlling content.

You say this regurgitated stuff and you just sound like an idiot. FYI 2/3 of the technology people use is made in China. The real reason they are banning TikTok is because the Pro Israel Lobby asked for it since TikTok is where their lies about killing innocents in Gaza are shown to the world.

Are you also a flat earther?

That’s what they want you to believe. More misinformation. A “weapon of hostility”. Some say it is a way to bring the people, young & old, of both countries together to stop the political oligarch dominance.

The CCP sits on the board of Tic Tok. Anti CCP content is removed and anti free world content is promoted. Wakey, wakey.

There's no way for me personally to ever verify who owns what in the shell game. I will simply never know for certain. I understand the threat, but don't see why China should be singled out. Seems to be a part of politics now. Everybody's doin' it doin' it...

Does the CCP exist? Yes. Does the CCP have geopolitical ambitions? Yes. Does the CCP engage in corrupt activities? Yes. Does Russia do the same? Yes. Wakey, wakey.

Replace CPP with USA and it holds true, don't you think?

Nope, though that could well change under Sleazy Don³⁴ the fash. There are already fascist propaganda outlets in the US but they could well become official state outlets in the next few weeks. That's what happened in Russia.

As always, somebody else said it better: bsky.app/profile/padd...

Just as stupid actually.

How so?

The CCP is corrupt and an enemy of liberal democracy. So is Muck.

And Twitter is fine. ????

And while the real threats to American democracy are the Muskrat, X(treme disfunction), Fecesbook, and the oligarchy.

And don't get caught with a dildo in Texas!

They don't believe gins are harmful, but TikTok is. They say it is people behind the guns that are harmful, not guns themselves. What exactly makes TikTok harmful? Can't you trust the sqme people tomake those decisions?

Sometimes I'm jealous of Christians. I'd love to believe these people are going to burn for eternity in some dystopian hellscape of their own creation. On the up side, I don't need to forgive them, so that's something.

Priorities, priorities. Why can’t they ban both?

Tik Tok should've never been allowed here in the first place.

Yes, and where abortion bans literally condemn innocent women to death. But, TikTok. . .

Can and do

It's hard to define what an American is these days... I mean, without a gun. If it is under age, white and pregnant, preferably male, and Christian, then it's American. I think. You don't have to be Christian, you can just say Jesus. That covers it.

youtu.be/GBPkAFyTuD4

youtu.be/bO_3K-hJYvg

LATE BREAKING NEWS ... 'toddler armed with an AR-15 assault rifle equipped with a bumpstock opened fire at his preschool ... 15 toddlers are dead at scene along with 3 teachers and a kitchen attendant' ... details at 11:00

FFS

No fair pointing out the cult members' complete lack of critical reason! It may just hurt their little booboo feefees!

The power of bribery.

It's a problem because communist china is going out of its way on tiktok to poison the minds of youth in America. There's a follower of yours who commented here that tiktok repeatedly tried to get her to commit suicide. china kids TikTok ain't like that. china considers the #USA their enemy, at war.

Sorry but what the actual fuck.

My college students can carry a handgun to my class - they can hide it or put it on their desk. But they won't be able to post a Tik Tok about it. This is not a win.

They are also banning porn. That’s the whole cancel culture right.

Or as in Arkansas; Kids under 16 can work in meat packing plants (very dangerous) w/o the need for work permit or parental approval. Such protection of the young by the "pro life" party. D-Bags

And gun manufacturers make + promote children's versions. I'm Generation Jones. I remember as a kid candy cigarettes + bubble gum cigars. northeastnews.net/pages/rememb....

Do you think it will be banned? If it is implemented, the losses will be severe

Move to Australia. Guns are as rare as hens’ teeth. I don’t even know anyone who owns a gun or has been threatened with one.

Backwoods hicks..

Trying to catch up to MS for fun deaths I see. That’s insane but we do need to get rid of TikTok & be more careful about the information our adversaries collect from us, too. They aren’t mutually exclusive things.

They should ban X, Facebook, messenger and Instagram. They’re harming society by allowing lies and hate speech.

X gave us another four years of a felon.

Don’t forget about Rogan

Yes, the podcast bro.

Don't leave Fox out

How could I forget Fox? It’s America’s equivalent of Putin’s own propaganda machine- Russia Today. Fox indoctrinated my elderly mother- she became a maga.

Sorry to hear about your mom, I hope she comes around. It's sad to see so many believe everything on Fox

Thank you-she passed away during Felon’s first term so she didn’t get to vote for him again😉. She was in assisted living and every TV was always turned to Fox! It’s indoctrination!

Sorry for your loss. Assistant living plays Fox, That's horrible. I would say they should get the real news but corporate media

Faux News brainwashed my 75 yr old mother in law too. Last week, our water heater went out & we couldn't get the pilot re-lit, so my hubby went upstairs to tell her & her immediate response was that Biden did it because he only wants Green Energy now. 🙄

Omg sounds familiar-my mother passed in the beginning of felon’s first term,but up until then all I heard was how horrible Obama was on the regular.I don’t talk to my sister as I’m a “libtard,” & she has a regular diet of Newsmax.She’s all about Biden has dementia.It’s a nightmare what Fox has done.

It really is a nightmare, isn't it? It's truly disturbing how deeply ingrained they are in the MAGA cult. My husband is COMPLETELY confounded too, because she raised him the EXACT OPPOSITE of how she is now. I'm sorry to hear about your mom passing, though.

Oh thank you. She lived a nice long life, she was ready to go.

Sad

I agree. They should propably also ban Bluesky. I have seen a lot of hatespeech recently - just towards the right wing...

Can they shoot straight?

To magats, information and critical thinking are far more dangerous than any bullet. #AuditElmo #DefundElmo #DeportElmo #JailCheetolini #SubprimeCourtReformsNOW

Musk and Zuckerberg are the ones to blame. While I know most will not, if they ban TikTok, people need to walk away from Meta, and X, by doing so, is saying they don't win. I hate promoting other sites I know little about, but Clapper seems to be like TikTok; this app is replacing X.

No one has ever said government has common sense. MAGA doesn’t care about it anyway and them seem to have the upper hand for the time being. Things should change when TSHTF.

A lot of things are wrong with the US gov! Oh I forgot, the ones running it have one braincell that's working overtime!

I thought the courts were banning, forcing a sale to another billionaire to suppress free speech.

🙄😖

And the social media apps that are right wing propaganda machines grow stronger while freedom of speech loses.

Our government will ban TikTok because it can't control the pro Gaza posts.

Be honest, a lot of those posts contained disinformation specifically geared to turn left leaning voters against the Democratic party. It was a very successful psyop.

Fox is "a very successful psyop." No one is trying to shut it down. Twitter is "a very successful psyop." No one is trying to shut it down.

Fox and twitter toe the line re: Israel. They cover for their war crimes and genocide. They block Palestinian voices.

Not going to argue about either of those, but neither is owned by a foreign adversary.

One is owned by a guy from South Africa and the other is owned by a guy from Australia. But I do find your notion of borders quaint. A foreign government that has contributed more than Big Pharma to congress and the president wants us to shut down TikTok. (AIPAC)

Yes, and Musk lied when applying for citizenship and should have that citizenship stripped and all of his assets seized. I'm also against someone like Murdoch being allowed that much control over our information media. Neither negates the fact that Tik Tok deserves to be banned.

I only want it to stay running because a foreign government told us to turn it off

Elon Musk can read private DMs on X & Zuck can possess your everypost & photos on fb. Republicans just want to purchase & control the data of TikTok.

I know! No more hiding the agenda. It is about controlling the information. As soon as TikTok is owned by his MAGA buddy the new regime will be fine with it and dictate terms like they are with X and Meta.

. . . And while FB and X mainline anyone, including foreigners. . .

Crazy shit 😜

I hear you and emphatically agree that gun control is paramount, but I'm also glad Tik Tok will be banned.

You gotta control the little bastards somehow.....

It is...was...and always will be about distracting us from the important stuff that they have no intention of discussing

Where??

Missouri is rapidly surpassing Texas as our national experiment in bad government.

Priorities. Gotta protect those kids from the things God can’t.

Toddlers need training for future school shootings, I guess. Politics don't make a lot of sense.

For those that think TikTok is safe. I work in big tech and we and other companies banned installing it on our work computers years ago. We did that for a reason.

Babies still in the womb get guns here in Texas. They come out shooting like Pistol Pete. Ffs

The GOP intentionally blocks all common sense gun laws every child that dies from preventable gun violence is a blood sacrifice to their god. Gunpowder is their incense and public schools the killing altar.

A head banging decision for sure???🤬

It’s not for our safety, Jess. It’s for theirs. But I still think Trump will save it. The moderation over there is so pro-Trump is obvious they are lobbying him hard.

Will they let toddlers open carry rifles into the State Capitol building? Because that might be a worthy form of protest.

Maybe you should give the government a TikTok on gun safety

I actually think banning TikTok is one step closer to banning twitter then Meta. And I don’t think that’s a bad thing. Kids don’t need social media, we don’t need social media. We need a strong free press not owned by oligarchs.

Not if O’Lesry buys it…no, that will be required viewing in private schools.

Lunacy.

Make that make sense !

Unsupervised no less.

And if you're an underaged girl, you can also carry a pregnancy.

Basically a ploy to allow a sycophant to purchase it. TikTok is a major information source for a large group of people. Now, toddlers and guns… I got no logic to that one.

GOP greedy old pigs no brains all on the Trump train headed straight to hell

WTAF?!? welcome to CrazedAmerica. And this will make us great again? Rhetorical question.

That's because class consciousness is dangerous to capital and the state, and toddlers with rifles are dangerous to the citizens.

Me, I don't give a crap about any social platform. They all cause suffering, some less than others. If China can use TikTok against US national security, then the hell with them. Why is a less-than-2 minute moment of mindless video more important than US security?

2 min of mindless video? Maybe you should use the app before criticizing. There are strong communities there. I use it as a news source, fitness/nutrition advice, how to videos, etc. There’s no single source that can replace it for me.

I'm not criticizing. I'm saying I believe the government when it says TikTok can be used by China for political purposes that affect national security. Why do Americans believe their individual pleasures are more important than natl security?

This is the time you believe the government? Our country was sold to Elon Musk, and I would like to continue learning how to make sourdough bread on TikTok.

1. US gov has been having this problem for years. 2. All sides, high & low agree. 3. Elon Musk is irrelevant. 4. You can learn to make sourdough bread on any cooking app. & no. I am not an anarchist who finds it hard to trust govt when its run by serious people.

What Zuck has been doing allowing misinformation to spread and Musk literally throttling the truth and spreading lies is far worse than what might be happening on TikTok.

It's all one thing.

Ya gotta start them young!

If Don posts any of his dance moves on TikTok then for all our sakes ban it but only the USA believes in a right to bear arms. And as for toddlers bearing arms 🤦‍♂️ what could possibly go wrong

It makes no sense