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

• 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.

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  • jimbolauski@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨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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    • mrcleanup@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I think it depends on the thing. I don’t want us to say anyone can fly a plane without a license just because they are old enough and I also think that a some kind of test to see if someone is responsible enough to drink would be stupid when age is good enough for that.

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      • jimbolauski@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        A pilots license and drivers license both have age and competency requirements. However anyone can fly an ultralight at any age.

        How about liability? Signing contracts? Voting?

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