@content WTF Missouri - Gun law

[maudefindlay]

money.yahoo.com/missouri-republicans-vote-allow-children-212336028.html

I just don't understand. I feel sick to my stomach that I live in a country where people think this is ok, but DEI initiatives aren't.

[gardengal]

😳

[clairebear]

So it's currently legal for anyone at any age to conceal carry a gun in public in Missouri?

[shauni27]

I saw this yesterday and was appalled.

[Velar Fricative]

Well, they know this problem of "14 year olds with AR-15s roaming around St. Louis" doesn't affect them in the suburbs, so they don't care.

[ECB]

This country is so fucked. Backwards and the minority has put themselves in a position to not care what the majority actually wants.

CHILDREN CARRYING GUNS?

WHat the absolute fuck??

[mpm]

The old guard of the Democratic Party needs to get over this vision they have of the GOP as an equally viable political party of fiscal conservatives who just disagree on some nuanced spending issues. They are a terrorist organization and should be treated as such. Dangerous laws like this need to be highlighted during every single election cycle.

[penguingrrl]

WTAF???

[maudefindlay]

I'm in a red state in the midwest, not Missouri, and a lot of people try to blame this shit away saying they are moderate Republicans and the stuff us Dems call them out for are just the extremists....but they really haven't been able to say that for awhile. This isn't extremists, this is just the Republican party. If you are an R and this doesn't line with your beliefs leave the party and become a D or an I or something, do something.

[msmerymac]

Feb 16, 2023 10:39:27 GMT -5 clairebear said:

So it's currently legal for anyone at any age to conceal carry a gun in public in Missouri?

My skimming made it look like open carry, unsupervised. Cool. No need to call anyone about that 14 year old just walking down the street with an assault rifle. Totally legal and normal!

[hermione]

Just so I'm clear on where the GOP stands - open carry by a 14yo? Cool. Forcing a 14yo to have a baby? Cool. Letting a 14yo choose their own book to read? Absofuckinglutely not.

Got it.

[tacokick]

Feb 16, 2023 12:12:59 GMT -5 hermione said:

Just so I'm clear on where the GOP stands - open carry by a 14yo? Cool. Forcing a 14yo to have a baby? Cool. Letting a 14yo choose their own book to read? Absofuckinglutely not.

Got it.

Don’t forget they want to lower the working age standards so those 14 year olds can work later and more hours!

[basilosaurus]

Feb 16, 2023 12:44:51 GMT -5 tacokick said:

Feb 16, 2023 12:12:59 GMT -5 hermione said:

Just so I'm clear on where the GOP stands - open carry by a 14yo? Cool. Forcing a 14yo to have a baby? Cool. Letting a 14yo choose their own book to read? Absofuckinglutely not.

Got it.

Don’t forget they want to lower the working age standards so those 14 year olds can work later and more hours!

Don't forget they also want to get rid of safety regulations.

[Patsy Baloney]

Missouri is also extremely wild in that you can be carrying allll kinds of guns in public, completely armed to the teeth, and until you brandish the weapon in a threatening manner, you have not committed a crime.

Thanks, McCloskeys.

I know that I often point guns at people in a non-threatening manner 🙄

So anyway.

Everybody has that one questionable neighbor, but Illinois is at 5.

[maudefindlay]

Feb 16, 2023 13:02:19 GMT -5 Patsy Baloney said:

Missouri is also extremely wild in that you can be carrying allll kinds of guns in public, completely armed to the teeth, and until you brandish the weapon in a threatening manner, you have not committed a crime.

Thanks, McCloskeys.

I know that I often point guns at people in a non-threatening manner 🙄

So anyway.

Everybody has that one questionable neighbor, but Illinois is at 5.

I'm one of those crazy neighbors to your east:(
The Indiana House on Tuesday passed a bill providing state funding to train teachers who carry guns in classrooms after an emotional debate. School districts can already authorize the arming of teachers, but there isn't a specific training curriculum — or much money — to go with

[dirtyred]

Missouri has been called "The Shoot Me State" for some time now.