TallPine
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An armed man is a free man.
An unarmed man is a slave.
I prefer to be free.
An unarmed man is a slave.
I prefer to be free.
carefully defined fringe types should be restricted on firearms ownership
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Considering some of the actions of teenages I see today, I see no problem in the 21 age limit for handgun ownership.
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The line has to be drawn in the sand somewhere.
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Safety placed where it's convenient for YOU I see.
So are people saying there should be absolutely no age limit on handgun ownership? You are the one to determine when you feel you have achieved the level of responsibility required? What are you basing your opinion on?...
If a parent/guardian is responsible for a minor (under 18), then that parent/guardian is the "owner" of the firearm, IMHO.If at 18, you are responsible for your actions in the court of law and with the IRS and with Selective Service and you can vote and you can sit on a jury in judgement of others, etc. etc., how is it that you cannot be responsible for your own self-defense?
I'd be completely fine with it being the same as the age limit on owning cars, knives, and chemical cleaning solutions.So are people saying there should be absolutely no age limit on handgun ownership?
Seems to work for cars, knives, sticks, rocks, harsh chemicals, etc.You are the one to determine when you feel you have achieved the level of responsibility required?
"Life isn't fair" isn't a justification for stripping people of their rights. Shame on you for even trying to pass it off as one.Yes it's not fair to burden the whole group for the action of a few, but life isn't fair.
Yeah, there are some really harsh laws to keep down the wheelchair racing in the nursing homes.All the age groups are affected as the actions of these few have no set boundaries.
They're saying all sorts of uncivilized things these days, too. Maybe we should pass some laws about how you can't speak in public unless spoken to, until you're 21.Unfortunately more and more youths are using handguns in an uncivilized manner.
Laws should protect the rights of society as a whole. Laws can never protect us, they're not: safety belts, parachutes, antivenoms, air cleaners, water purifiers, life jackets or bullet proof vests.The laws tries to protect the society as a whole.
And what, we'll magically gain your approval? Some of us already do, for crying out loud. Whether or not we're doing anything about our views is entirely independent of whether or not we can/should/do express them publically.You want to change the laws? Band together and use your newly aquired voting power.
Yeah, like all the laws are doing a really good job of stopping criminals from breaking them as it is. I bet right as soon as those age limit laws were passed, all the inner city gangster kids decided that they should stop killing each other with handguns, and couldn't be bothered to go to the kitchen to pick up a knife.Before it is even considered you will have to stem the tide of youths commiting crimes with handguns.
Stereotyping isn't a good thing, and you're basically encouraging it.It's the actions of the irresponsible owners that we all have to suffer for.
Yes. Golfers are hassled by two groups 1. Communists (who see Golf as the sport of bourgeois scum) and 2. Environmentalists (who see Golf as the sport of bourgeois scum AND a waste of land).BUT...have you ever seen a golfer hassled publicly, or insulted, or looked at in disgust when you announce your sport of preference?
So are people saying there should be absolutely no age limit on handgun ownership? You are the one to determine when you feel you have achieved the level of responsibility required? What are you basing your opinion on?
Unfortunately more and more youths are using handguns in an uncivilized manner.
Just remember you have to reduce the problem that caused the law to be in effect.
Personally, I'm 23 and have legally bought multiple handguns. I'm no longer constrained by this silly restriction.I'm sorry you are sitting in that seat now, but once in the past I occupied that same seat. Don't think that you have a unique problem. The vast majority of us have been there before you.