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I'm in favor of banning under 21'ers from buying or owning firearms.
Humans' brains continue to mature until their early 20s.
Teenagers make too many irrational & impulsive decisions.
I think a under 21 ban would help prevent some of these school shootings done by teenagers and help prevent some teen suicides.
I'm also in favor of increasing the voting age to 21 as well.
As I stated, the human brain does not fully mature until a person is in their 20's.
If we can't trust teenagers with alcohol or guns, why should we trust them with voting?
Because a minuscule number of 18-21 year olds break the law, your solution is to lump all 18-21 year olds together and call them guilty by association? Ok, let’s look at this with a different group and see what you think. Warning: you’re probably gonna get angry at me.
The majority of gun crimes in this country take place in urban areas and are committed by people of color. Should we make it illegal for minorities to own firearms? It would, according to your logic, drastically reduce the number of gun crimes. Would you support such a restriction? Why or why not?
Frankly, this is the dumbest idea I’ve yet heard when it comes to gun control. And I’ve heard a lot of dumb ideas over the years. What you’re doing is called profiling, and it’s frowned upon by the Constitution, the SCOTUS, and the majority of people who have anything resembling common sense.
There are millions of 18-21 year olds, not to mention younger individuals, who safely and responsibly use firearms on a daily basis. There are a tiny, tiny minority of delusional teenagers, mainly those raised in dysfunctional households, who are willing to do evil things with a firearm. You don’t punish the majority for the actions of the minority - unless you’re a friend of fascism like the Democrats embrace.
Because a minuscule number of 18-21 year olds break the law, your solution is to lump all 18-21 year olds together and call them guilty by association? Ok, let’s look at this with a different group and see what you think. Warning: you’re probably gonna get angry at me.
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I would fine tune it to:
1) No guns until 21 UNLESS
a) You have finished one year post secondary education in the top 25% of your class, and are currently enrolled full-time
or
b) You have worked at minimum 2,080 hours the last 52 weeks, and are still a full-time scheduled employee, at a job paying at least your state's median income for all adults.
The 18-21 group today IMO is split sharply between winners and losers. The latter festering with like minded anti social radicals all day cannot be trusted at all.
a) You have finished one year post secondary education in the top 25% of your class, and are currently enrolled full-time
or
b) You have worked at minimum 2,080 hours the last 52 weeks, and are still a full-time scheduled employee, at a job paying at least your state's median income for all adults.
So you’d be perfectly fine with applying those same rules to minorities? No firearm without post secondary education and/or gainful employment? How long do you think it would take SCOTUS to toss that law? For that matter, how long would it take for the first judge who got the case to toss it?
a) You have finished one year post secondary education in the top 25% of your class, and are currently enrolled full-time
or
b) You have worked at minimum 2,080 hours the last 52 weeks, and are still a full-time scheduled employee, at a job paying at least your state's median income for all adults.
So you’d be perfectly fine with applying those same rules to minorities? No firearm without post secondary education and/or gainful employment? How long do you think it would take SCOTUS to toss that law? For that matter, how long would it take for the first judge who got the case to toss it?
I would be. I also think SCOTUS would allow it. We must pass drivers tests to get licenses, with age restrictions, sight restrictions, etc. We have Blood alcohol driving restrictions. We'd be hard pressed to find unrestricted rights. Heck, can't scream fire in a crowded theater w/o doing jail time.
Say you are a rapist and you now know they are out there, without a means to protect themselves, and worse, legally, they are not children so the penalty for doing them harm is not as great.
They either are or they are not. If the State is not going to allow them the means to defend themselves, then the State must protect them.
This... Are they adults, setting up their own households, or are they children? I would not deny the right of millions of young people who are living on their own to defend themselves, because of the behavior of a tiny tiny fraction of a percentage who commit these acts. 18-21 year olds are already prevented from owning handguns in many states, and they probably shouldn't be.
I would be. I also think SCOTUS would allow it. We must pass drivers tests to get licenses, with age restrictions, sight restrictions, etc. We have Blood alcohol driving restrictions. We'd be hard pressed to find unrestricted rights. Heck, can't scream fire in a crowded theater w/o doing jail time.
You think SCOTUS would uphold a law that specifically limited the rights of minorities?
There was a time when citizens could legally buy machine guns though, and oddly these types of shootings didnt happen back then? Hmm makes you wonder what the real purpose is in restricting automatic weapons, huh?
Not to mention, making your own 'machine gun' is MUCH simpler than a semi auto! Open bolt slam fire, no expensive machinery needed, all the parts can be obtained at a hardware store, or a Lowes/ Home Depot.
At one time you could mail order a Thompson for $27..
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