Comment on Kentucky Republican wants to lower the legal age someone can own, conceal carry guns

• mrcleanup@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨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.

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  • wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨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.

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  • jimbolauski@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How would you determine when people are allowed to drink, own a firearms, sign contracts, drive…?

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    • mrcleanup@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨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.

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      • jimbolauski@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Are you in favor a system where tests are administered to verify that people are competent enough to do adult things or do you think different ages for different things is appropriate?

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