This isn't normal.

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

[MagickMuffin]

1. I just loved her advancing moves

Just adorable

or

DEPLORABLE

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. It sure isn't. That is just gross. n/t

[SoCalDavidS]

3. That's Where You're Wrong

It's perfectly normal here in America.

[walkingman]

10. Definitely normal in rural Texas. Normal and scary.

[oregonjen]

4. This is sick.

[hibbing]

5. Did daddy or mommy write the script? n/t

[70sEraVet]

6. Imagine how much fun she'll have when daddy buys her a few hand grenades!

I wouldn't let MY kids use the lawnmower at that age!

[TheBlackAdder]

7. Developing Child: Check , Future Neuropathy: Check , Future Rotator Cuff Injury: Check

.

Adding to everyone's health insurance due to uncovered, underinsured medical care: PRICELESS

.

[Karadeniz]

8. And her parents probably drag her to church so she'll have the Christian brand so Jesus will know

whose sins to pardon and let into a white heaven... Sorry, but this is just depressing.

[SoCalDavidS]

12. Jesus & Guns Go Together

Everybody knows that Jesus used to pack heat.

[FoxNewsSucks]

27. Republican Jesus loves Him some Guns and Oil

[Karadeniz]

31. Well! I forgot!!! Must be slipping... Thanks for the reminder!

[jimfields33]

9. the 60's had kids with all sorts of guns in the back of the pickup

Went to school. After school they went hunting or whatever. The guns in the back of the pickup all day. I can’t believe nobody took them. Times were different then obviously. Left other people’s stuff alone. Today they’d be gone in five minutes. This kids parents are obviously from the 60’s thinking times haven’t changed.

[ret5hd]

14. So you think this tykes parents are 55 or so?

[Mariana]

16. They'd have to be quite a bit older than that

if they remember driving to school with guns in the pickup in the 60's. A 55 year old today was born 1965 or 1966. They weren't driving pickups to school as infants, with or without guns in them.

[jimfields33]

22. It all depends

My friend has a child at 51.

[ret5hd]

26. Well, I guess "obviously" these parents had a kid at 55 or so then.

Obviously.

[Mariana]

15. I suspect a kid this age wouldn't drive a pickup to school in the 60's. nt.

[MenloParque]

11. The new normal

This is disgusting. There is a outdoor Chinese shooting range close to where I take my dogs on hikes. So sickening to see little kids handle these what I presume are Ar15s and Ak47s. I won’t be condemning Asians from protecting themselves against heightened violence against Asians. I just don’t like seeing these little kids handle these battle rifles.

[634-5789]

13. AMEN!

[Jim__]

17. Remember from 2014 the shooting instructor killed by 9 year old firing an Uzi at the shooting range

From CNN:

CNN —

A shooting instructor is dead, the victim of a gun-range accident. A 9-year-old girl is surely traumatized. And plenty of people, including many gun enthusiasts, are asking: Why give a child a submachine gun to shoot?

The deadly incident occurred Monday morning at a gun range in Arizona that caters to Las Vegas tourists, many of whom drive an hour from the gambling center to fire high-powered weapons.

...

Hard to believe people still give high-powered weapons to children so they can play with them.

[Auggie]

20. All fun and games until someone is shot

[ornotna]

29. Or the boy who killed himself with an Uzi at a gun show

With adult supervision.

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna27399337

An 8-year-old boy died after accidentally shooting himself in the head while firing an Uzi submachine gun under adult supervision at a gun fair.

The boy lost control of the weapon while firing it Sunday at the Machine Gun Shoot and Firearms Expo at the Westfield Sportsman’s Club, police Lt. Lawrence Vallierpratte said.

[Maru Kitteh]

35. And in truly American fashion, the negligent father got paid $700K

and used his new-found fame to profit from a book off of his own son's death.


https://www.masslive.com/news/2011/01/christopher_bizilj_father_settlement_money.html

[ornotna]

36. What a complete asshole

"Christopher lived a lifetime in his short eight years. Susie and I have no regrets," he said, as he eulogized his son.

Well at least the wife got out of that mess it seems.

[Boomerproud]

18. This really restores my faith and optimism.

NOT. Nice parenting there.

[Retired Engineer Bob]

19. Got to get them indoctrinated when young

The worship of guns doesn’t happen on its own, don’t cha know.

I wish this was sarcasm.

[vercetti2021]

21. This isn't new

I shot guns similar to this in my youth. My dads friend owned a lot of guns that were still outlawed before 2004. But sadly this isn't new. Just more accessible now sadly

[NickB79]

33. They were never outlawed before 2004

The AWB just meant the manufacturer had to remove a few accessories and viola, a fully legal model for sale under the law.

[Dial H For Hero]

34. What's more, purchase of models manufactured before 1994 ("pre-ban") were perfectly legal while the

ban was in effect. They simply demanded a premium.

[aeromanKC]

23. Child abuse

[Tanuki]

24. An 8-year-old was killed at a Massachusetts gun show several years ago

when the Uzi he was trying to fire (with full permission of his ER doctor dad, who was filming him on video) recoiled and shot him in the head.
https://www.masslive.com/news/2008/10/accidental_machine_gun_death_o.html

[Takket]

25. putting aside how sick this is...

look how easily that small child handles that weapon. She could easily take out a classroom full of kids, or a mall full of shoppers, no sweat.

weapons like this have no place purpose in the general populace

[Niagara]

28. I was thinking exactly the same thing. n/t

[Dial H For Hero]

30. It's a braced MP5-style pistol, and it may well be a .22. Given its weight of 7 lbs, recoil would

be almost nonexistant. This would explain how such a small child could shoot it in this manner. Also, the .22 version of the MP5 is quite inexpensive, which is another factor which leads me to suspect that this is the firearm in the video.

[smirkymonkey]

32. I must be from another planet or something.

Because I just think this is so fucking sick. I can't even imagine what would possess a parent to give their child a weapon like this.