Exactly. Kids have no business buying or owning guns. Period. Not today. Not ever. I hope this becomes law.
Parents will STILL purchase firearms for their kids, in some areas of the country hunting is a way of life and has been for decades!!! Gang members that are minors WILL STILL get firearms on the street, the kid that shot up the school in Connecticut who had a mental illness the mother purchased HIS firearms KNOWING DAMNED GOOD AND WELL the kid was not right mentally!!! There is NOT a damned thing ANYONE can do about a situation like that!!! What the HELL kind of a parent purchases a kid firearms KNOWING the kid is mentally disturbed, WE nor the government can fix STUPID!!!
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From a cultural perspective, "kids" have owned guns for a very long time, more often those that live on farms and ranches and elsewhere across the country. Heck, many city schools had shooting "clubs" and kids often went to school carrying their own gun.
Further back, many "kids" have fought in our war for independence and civil war.
It's only in the last few decades where we have these kids shooting up their schools. There are many contributing factors for that profound change: decrease of religion, decrease in the belief of "right vs wrong", increase in violence promoting movies, increase in violence promoting music, increase in violence promoting video games/phone apps and on and on.
From a legal point of view, 18, 19 or 20 year old's are considered adults...not kids.
I'm open to raising the age of consent, the age of adulthood to 21.
That means, not only can an 18-20 year not buy a gun (owning/firing, even stealing one is a different story), but they also can not vote, they can not be drafted into the armed forces, they can not enter into most legal contracts, etc.
The only way to make it lawful, is to raise the age of being an adult from 18 to 21, across the board. Otherwise, denying an 18-20 year old the right to purchase an otherwise legal firearm would be unlawful.
My four kids all began shooting real guns between the ages of 8 and 10. They all became proficient shooters in time, and my two youngest are excellent marksmen.
My kids grew up with guns in their lives, and respect them immensely. I can tell you for a fact that none of them would ever pick up a gun in anger, and would only do so as a last resort to protect human life.
Dont lump all kids together. They're not all raised the same.
So I presume you think no 18 to 21 year old person should serve in the military or in a police force, or as a security guard as well? Or do you think a 19 year old kid should only be able to carry, shoot, and maybe die carry a gun somebody else owns?