Comment on Kentucky Republican wants to lower the legal age someone can own, conceal carry guns
Fapper_McFapper@lemmy.world 5 months ago
What in the actual fuck is going on in Kentucky? First I read that they want to fuck their first cousins and now this. I think Kentucky needs an intervention.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 5 months ago
In all fairness; 18 is an adult. We either need to make 21 an adult or 18.
mrcleanup@lemmy.world 5 months ago
In all seriousness, there are some 30 year olds I don’t think are adults yet. Why is it such a weird idea that people are ready for different levels of responsibility at different times? Being able to drink doesn’t make your an adult, being able to carry a gun doesn’t either. Neither does driving. They don’t all need to "unlock"at the same time like a video game or something.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Because at 18 you can be drafted, you can sign a loan and a plethora of other things. If you can be sent overseas to kill someone, you can have a beer in my opinion.
jimbolauski@lemm.ee 5 months ago
How would you determine when people are allowed to drink, own a firearms, sign contracts, drive…?
mrcleanup@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Honestly? We can debate each separately. We don’t need a single magic number that we try to apply to all circumstances.
I don’t object to the specific number, I object to making it match a different number as the reason.
Heck, there are probably a lot of 16 year olds that are mature enough to responsibly handle a firearm, that doesn’t mean we should change all the age requirements for everything to 16 either.