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Age restriction for certain types of guns

Should there be an age restriction for certain types of firearms?

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Captain Adverse said:
I can see unrestricted access to guns when legally adult, and laws requiring supervised access when a juvenile.

So I don't agree with your "30 but not 19" suggestion.

Not when I was one of the advocates of voting at 18 if I had to go to war at 18 back when "adulthood" was 21.

If you are an adult for purposes of incarceration in a prison rather than a juvenile facility, then you are adult enough to own a firearm.

P.S. I am still annoyed that M.A.D.D. was able to convince State legislatures and Congress to up the drinking age to 21...and I don't drink!

Again, if you are a legal adult, you should have all the rights and privileges of that status.
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To the bolded I agree fully. Either you are an adult or you’re not. Either make 18 the age for everything or raise the legal age of adulthood to 21, 25, or whatever. But once you are an adult you should have all the rights, privileges, responsibility and accountability of an adult.
 
Manc Skipper said:
Limit to age 75 and over, countersigned by both parents.

I read somewhere that Florida forbids some guns before age 21, but AR15's can be bought from age 18.
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Because they are simply Rifles and as such have a hunting purpose, that is why that is the law in most States. Most handguns on the other hand are for the most part for defensive purposes.
 
Roadvirus said:
I started thinking about this issue this morning. I'm Pro-2nd Amendment, but i'm also open-minded towards possibilities regarding improvements in our nation's gun laws so long as they don't interfere with law-abiding Americans' right to own firearms.

So i figured this idea could be somewhat of a compromise on the issue: Placing age restrictions on certain guns, such as the AR-15 and other firearms of it's kind.

Nicholas Cruz was 19 years old and he had been able to purchase legally an AR-15. Even i think that someone that age should not be allowed a weapon of that power. Maybe someone who is 30 years old, but not 19.

So....what say you? If an AWB is not possible, should we at least have age restrictions?
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I think it may not be unreasonable to bump up all gun sales to 21 or something. Kids' brains aren't fully developed and there is a reason they are restricted from doing all kinds of things, like consuming alcohol or running for certain offices.
 
Captain Adverse said:
Again, if you are a legal adult, you should have all the rights and privileges of that status.
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Legally you're an adult but biologically, your brain isn't fully developed.
 
Fletch said:
I understand that. But there are things you cant do until you are 21 like drink or gamble or rent a car, but I would need an answer to the second part of my post before I can take a definitive stand on the gun issue.
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Then change the age of legal adult status to 21.

There will always be someone that can rationalize discrimination.
 
Casper said:
Because they are simply Rifles and as such have a hunting purpose, that is why that is the law in most States. Most handguns on the other hand are for the most part for defensive purposes.
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As hunting rifles, they suck for anything much bigger than a squirrel. A deer would have to suffer hosing down with lead before it eventuially died.
 
Manc Skipper said:
As hunting rifles, they suck for anything much bigger than a squirrel. A deer would have to suffer hosing down with lead before it eventuially died.
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Untrue, there is a long list of animals that the .223/5.56 is great for, almost every varmint including 2 legged ones. As for deer, Millions of humans, which are larger, have been killed by the caliber and done so quickly. Shot placement is important and even with a large caliber a ba shot can result in the animal dying slowly and just so ya know one can shoot and kill a deer with a .22cal and with one shot, placement is everything.
 
Roadvirus said:
So....what say you? If an AWB is not possible, should we at least have age restrictions?
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Voted no, I am not sure an age restriction changes much other than the number of laws one is willing to break to commit such a crime.
 
OrphanSlug said:
Voted no, I am not sure an age restriction changes much other than the number of laws one is willing to break to commit such a crime.
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Do you know if a background check has access to the applicants record as a minor?
 
At the age of 18 you can enlist into the military and be taught to use a number of firearms and more then you should be able to purchase legal firearms through proper channels.
But just like the military weeds out the mentally ill, so should our laws be enforced to make sure no mentally ill person is permitted to purchase firearms.
 
Fletch said:
Do you know if a background check has access to the applicants record as a minor?
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Minor? What does that have to do with this?
 
Roadvirus said:
I started thinking about this issue this morning. I'm Pro-2nd Amendment, but i'm also open-minded towards possibilities regarding improvements in our nation's gun laws so long as they don't interfere with law-abiding Americans' right to own firearms.

So i figured this idea could be somewhat of a compromise on the issue: Placing age restrictions on certain guns, such as the AR-15 and other firearms of it's kind.

Nicholas Cruz was 19 years old and he had been able to purchase legally an AR-15. Even i think that someone that age should not be allowed a weapon of that power. Maybe someone who is 30 years old, but not 19.

So....what say you? If an AWB is not possible, should we at least have age restrictions?
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I think it's a good idea, but wouldn't kids just find handguns to shoot people with??
The Virginia Tech shooter used nothing but 2 handguns and killed 30 people

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Roadvirus said:
I started thinking about this issue this morning. I'm Pro-2nd Amendment, but i'm also open-minded towards possibilities regarding improvements in our nation's gun laws so long as they don't interfere with law-abiding Americans' right to own firearms.

So i figured this idea could be somewhat of a compromise on the issue: Placing age restrictions on certain guns, such as the AR-15 and other firearms of it's kind.

Nicholas Cruz was 19 years old and he had been able to purchase legally an AR-15. Even i think that someone that age should not be allowed a weapon of that power. Maybe someone who is 30 years old, but not 19.

So....what say you? If an AWB is not possible, should we at least have age restrictions?
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well my 18 year old nephew (years ago) was carrying an M16 rifle in the military-seems if our society is willing to send him to Iraq to fight I can trust him to buy an AR 15 when he was home on leave.

you seem to think an AR 15 has some awesome power-that alone leads me to question your thinking.
 
Manc Skipper said:
As hunting rifles, they suck for anything much bigger than a squirrel. A deer would have to suffer hosing down with lead before it eventuially died.
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You obviously have absolutely 0 experience. My girlfriend’s father has 2 kills on deer this year with his .223. 1 shoot each and no follow ups. My friend down in south central Florida has killed dozens of hogs with his AR15. Good thing too. They are a major nuisance animal costing his family lots of money. And they taste good.
 
Fishking said:
Legally you're an adult but biologically, your brain isn't fully developed.
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You've got it backwards, as legally you are an Adult when your society determines it to be so.

Biologically you are an adult when you reach sexual maturity, i.e. able to successfully procreate.
 
Manc Skipper said:
Limit to age 75 and over, countersigned by both parents.

I read somewhere that Florida forbids some guns before age 21, but AR15's can be bought from age 18.
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you either read wrong or misinterpreted. You cannot legally buy a handgun until you are 21. Long guns (be it a forty thousand dollar Perazzi custom shotgun, a 14 thousand dollar Barrett 50 caliber long range target/tactical rifle or an AR 15) you can buy at age 18. that is federal law and almost every state has similar rules. but a state cannot allow a dealer to sell a rifle to a 15 year old
 
I want to make it clear I am opposing raising the age from 18. I have no problem with laws that prevent children who are under the age of contracting (18) or being drafted or voting from being able to buy any type of firearm
 
Captain Adverse said:
You've got it backwards, as legally you are an Adult when your society determines it to be so.

Biologically you are an adult when you reach sexual maturity, i.e. able to successfully procreate.
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That's not what I said. What I said is that biologically your brain isn't fully developed. This is true.
 
Fishking said:
That's not what I said. What I said is that biologically your brain isn't fully developed. This is true.
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Well, the implication appeared to me to be that if your brain is not fully developed biologically, then you are not an adult biologically.
 
You seem to think that AR 15s have an awesome power or you wouldn't be spending so much of your time defending them that it makes me question your thinking, TurtleDude.
 
Parrish said:
You seem to think that AR 15s have an awesome power or you wouldn't be spending so much of your time defending them that it makes me question your thinking, TurtleDude.
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once again you are wrong. I love bashing silly anti gun nonsense and its a target rich environment after every shooting because so many silly emotionally infected posts appear. Since you didn't even bother to quote any of my posts, I have no idea what you are failing to respond to
 
TurtleDude said:
once again you are wrong. I love bashing silly anti gun nonsense and its a target rich environment after every shooting because so many silly emotionally infected posts appear. Since you didn't even bother to quote any of my posts, I have no idea what you are failing to respond to
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I'm responding to a nothing.
 
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