Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire I think its troublesome that some think you need to be 18 to buy or own a firearm

And those same fools advocate a 16 year old voter age.

Curious to me why they haven't gone to 16 already..... nothing really stopping them.

Raising the legal age to vote to 30 would solve almost.every problem this nation faces.

But that is no more reasonable than treading on 1'st or 2'nd Amendment rights.

So, lets just repeal the 26'th as a compromise.

Never could get enough states to ratify a Cont. Amendment. Same reason ERA is not law.

See, that's the rub, California et.al. doesn't NEED anything to be ratified by any other State..... they can pass State Law allowing 16yo to vote and it's done. It is not a violation of the Constitution to do so.

Art. 26 Sec. 1 - '...The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age...'

NOTHING within Art. 26 says that a 16yo CANNOT vote................ It also does NOT say that NON citizens are prohibited from voting(IIRC there are nearly a dozen municipalities that allow non-citizen voting).... Those are STATE issues...

Very few "Numb-nutz" on the street corner as sharp as a recently graduated Marine Private, regardless of age.

If the age had been 21, then 20 year old Adam Lanza wouldn't have murdered his mother and stolen her gun to shoot up the Sandy Hook school.

Except for the fact that 20 year old Adam Lanza didn't own any guns. He killed his mother and took hers.

She was over 21.

Thank you for the correctiom.

I'm a big believer in 21 as long as it's across the board. 21 to vote, 21 to buy alcohol, 21 to buy a firearm and 21 to join the military.

We have all met 50 year old men and women who are a long ways from being an "adult"..

I bought my first firearm, a Cooey Model 600 22LR, shortly after I turned 14. I never even thought of shooting someone. I just wanted to shoot ground squirrels (gophers), magpies, crows and starlings. Rabbits and grouse.

About 6 months later, the law changed and I was too young for a FAC (Firearms Acquisition Certificate, required to purchase a firearm) and would have to wait until I was 16 to get the FAC.

Times have changed.

I too "bought" my first firearm when I was 14 with my paper route money, a Winchester 9422 XTR, I still have it.

Therein lies the problem, and why less and less people are taking Democrats seriously.

A year or 2 ago they wanted to lower the voting age to 16, but now they claim an 18 year olds brain isnt developed enough to buy a firearm.

The age should be 17 to buy or own any firearm.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/246#:~:text=The%20militia%20of%20the%20United%20States%20consists%20of,States%20who%20are%20members%20of%20the%20National%20Guard.

But a 4 year old can choose their gender.

Bought my Remington 521 Targetmaster in 1962 at the age of thirteen. Thru the mail. $27 postal money order.

Just me- i find it troublesome that many
continue to enable and make excuses for
many that need to be in a mental health
facility, or in jail or prison, or that need to be
executed and planted.
The processes and institutions for dealing with
those that shouldn't be running around loose
have been created and refined for years and years,
but it's objectionable to admit that our offspring
or friends or relatives are unhinged and need
confinement of one kind or another for the
protection and safety of innocent bystanders

Absolutely! A lot of younger girls (edit: and boys) being preyed upon by pedophiles, too. A loud last surprise would solve some problems.

Google Brenda Spencer "I don't like Monday's".

Not trying to be a jerk...just bringing this forgotten crime up.