[marktwain]

Until the Progressive era, there were no age restrictions on gun sales.

Federal age restrictions did not happen until 1968!

[momincombatboots]

Well.. there is no age limit where you can teach two mommies and two daddies by public school mandate.

[Trump20162020]

Walmart clearly did. If state laws says 18, a private business has no choice but to either sell to everyone who can legally purchase it or pull the product entirely. Everyone would agree as much if it was the reverse, and Walmart was saying they wouldn't sell guns to anyone over 50 years of age because of Stephen Paddock.

There is legal precedence on this too. Chicago Walgreens attempted to unilaterally raise the drinking age, and wouldn't sell alcohol to anyone under the age of 25, but a court told them no, they couldn't do that, the law says 21.

[SaveFerris]

Good news about the victory.

[wastoute]

I used to buy my .22 ammo for the weekend on my way home from the 6th grade on Friday afternoon. Not even a raised eyebrow.

[ExGeeEye]

My World War I veteran neighbor (when I was a teen! He’s now long gone) showed me the revolver he bought in 1912.

Over the counter.

From a hardware store.

At age 14.

I was born way too late... or early :)

[PROCON]

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[LostPassword]

Gays have a right to marry. But should not have a right for any specific business to sell them a cake.

Women have a right to abortion but should not have a right for their employer to provide abortion pills.

18 year olds have a right to guns but should not have a right for any specific business to sell them a gun.

I don’t care if the business is single-owner or closely held, or public. Government should stay out of it and let owners, shareholders, and customers (by purchasing or going somewhere else) determine what products a business provides and which customers it wants to serve.

We can talk about whether the individual rights should exist (abortion, marriage, age to own guns) but if they do, businesses should not be bound to enforce them.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

What does Walmart have to pay for this indiscretion?

[Balding_Eagle]

Nowhere does it say what the reasoning was on Walmart’s part behind the refusal to sell the gun to her.

Why did they refuse?

Was it the local stores policy? The policy of the clerk?

[Pontiac]

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, all persons within the jurisdiction of this state are entitled to the full and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of any place of public accommodation, without any distinction, discrimination or restriction on account of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status or age if the individual is of age, as described in this section, or older.

Personally, I am against any such law that requires any person or business to do business against their/its will.

I believe that discrimination is a right.

I think that unreasoned discrimination is foolish but still with in ones rights.

If a man well known in the community as an abusive A-hole walks in to a gun store desiring to buy a firearm. The proprietor runs the required background check and finds the A-hole is not legally prohibited from making the purchase. The store’s proprietor has no choice but to make the sale regardless of any misgivings he has as to the man’s intensions.

If that man just happens to be a member of one of the protected classes in the above law the owner of the store would be forced to sell the individual a firearm knowing full well that the sale could have tragic consequences. Not making the sale would surely bankrupt the store.

[Celtic Conservative]

I love when conservatives take the libs silly rules and tactics and use them to the the libs in knots. Well played.

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