A surprising exception to the usual course of events. You can't design policy around a one-off situation. On the other hand, you can design policy to respond to a trend.To all those endorsing a certain age for firearms ownership lets remember that the Las Vegas shooter that killed 60 people was 64 years old.
the Las Vegas shooter that killed 60 people was 64 years old
No, there's a logic to it--you can politically disenfranchise people at the ends of an age range far easier than any "in the middle" group. What are they going to do, vote for/against "you" in even smaller numbers than they do now?Making legal policy based on raising minimum age for this or that firearm makes no sense whatsoever.
This is all entirely political, and that's the true tragedy of it. It's cloaked in Public Good and every manner of societal benefit.
Reconstruction was an abject failure.Oh under different leadership it would be quite possible. Reconstruction provides a template for how that is done, as do some of the actions of the civil rights era, such as escorting kids into schools. Obviously the current leadership has no intention of enforcing that decision, but if a newer and stronger administration were to come to power it would be possible to force the state to comply.
I agree that the majority of those 18-21 are responsible enough to own a gun. (Judging from myself at that age.) But the standard is not what the majority, or the average, would do. Considering the potential harm (the deadliness of certain guns), the standard has to be what the tiny unhinged minority could do. It's a shame that an entire age group has to suffer, but the safety of society is more important.
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What other enumerated constitutional right is limited to 25 year olds and above? 2A exists specifically to protect contemporary military arms and possession of them by fighting-age men (and women in modern times). Strictly speaking, people should have ready access to select-fire ARs, M240s and 249s, hand grenades, and MANPADs.
If an 18 year old is fit to join the Army and die for our country, he's old enough to exercise his 2A right and buy/own an autoloading rifle or pistol at the very least.
Or vote.
I'm trying to parse this, but so far without success.Our 3a rights have been infringed upon more than enough. Our fou design wrote that congress. states, shall pass any law infringing on the right of free "men", politically incorrect, read people to keep and bear arms.
That is an extreme misreading of history.Reconstruction was an abject failure.
Actually that came up in the extended NG posting to DC, where the guardsmen were being housed in motels (privately owned structures) without compensation.Has the quartering of troops in private houses been a problem lately?
The media hid that one really well! This is the first I've heard of that one.Actually that came up in the extended NG posting to DC, where the guardsmen were being housed in motels (privately owned structures) without compensation.
That is an extreme misreading of history.
Reconstruction provided the framework to force 3 constitutional amendments through that would never have passed otherwise.
I believe that according to the wording of the 3rd Amendment, it has to be a residence ("house"). Business property, such as a motel or a farmer's barn, would be OK. But there has to be compensation for the "taking," under the 5th Amendment.Actually that came up in the extended NG posting to DC, where the guardsmen were being housed in motels (privately owned structures) without compensation.
That's certainly true.There's a paucity of 3rd Amendment cases. The Founders were thinking retrospectively, about what the Brits had been doing before and during the Revolutionary War.
I am very concerned as the rinos helped with last bills! I hope this fails ,but i thought the red flag would fail also.
They know it's not going anywhere. This effort is just to get themselves on the record as being against the guns. Look at the list of co-sponsors. They're all from deep-blue districts. The Dems from marginal districts (such as Reps. Spanberger and Luria from Virginia) are not included.Now the dem party is trying to ram an AWB ban through.
Do they?They know it's not going anywhere.
100% positive.Do they?