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Beautiful. The guy survived, and all 4 went to jail according to the comments.



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jprue24 said:
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Some constitutionality questions on the age restriction. I’m fine with all the rest. I think there are some people that are concerned about the “slippery slope” of banning assault weapons. Absent that, I’ve never been remotely persuaded by those who argue that they should be able to have one.
 
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Don't we already have those things now? There are places where you don't have to be 21, but otherwise, we have background checks, assault weapon bans, and several other existing laws.
 
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NorthDakota said:
People think 18 year olds should be able to join the military and vote, but not buy a gun? Lol.
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Or drink beer, or smoke pot, or some nicotine,...

The absurdity of making some gun age limits at 21 but you can shoot basically anything in the military is not lost on me.

I would say the amount of training you have to have in the military counterbalances that
 
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NorthDakota said:
If people wanna raise the age of majority then let's raise it. But lets be consistent.
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Agreed.
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How about this idea? The main reason the voting age was lowered was because it was hard to defend the idea that an 18-year-old was old enough to fight for his country and put his life at risk, but not old enough to vote... and that's a reasonable argument. How about if you're in the military, you can vote, buy tobacco, buy a gun, and buy alcohol; if not, voting, alcohol, guns, and tobacco will be waiting for you at 21.
 
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Bishop2b5 said:
How about this idea? The main reason the voting age was lowered was because it was hard to defend the idea that an 18-year-old was old enough to fight for his country and put his life at risk, but not old enough to vote... and that's a reasonable argument. How about if you're in the military, you can vote, buy tobacco, buy a gun, and buy alcohol; if not, voting, alcohol, guns, and tobacco will be waiting for you at 21.
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Nope. If you’re considered an adult at age 18 then you should be able to do anything any other adult can do. I’d rather make 21 the de facto age for adulthood.
 
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Bishop2b5 said:
How about this idea? The main reason the voting age was lowered was because it was hard to defend the idea that an 18-year-old was old enough to fight for his country and put his life at risk, but not old enough to vote... and that's a reasonable argument. How about if you're in the military, you can vote, buy tobacco, buy a gun, and buy alcohol; if not, voting, alcohol, guns, and tobacco will be waiting for you at 21.
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I'm not sure on the constitutionality but as a matter of practicality, I'd be fine with that. At least on base. But there could be some equal protection problems there.
 
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SeekNDestroy said:
Nope. If you’re considered an adult at age 18 then you should be able to do anything any other adult can do. I’d rather make 21 the de facto age for adulthood.
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This is the equal protection argument I mention after you boil it down.
 
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SeekNDestroy said:
You can already drink on base.
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Not if underaged. I think that used to be the rule (and may still be in some ways). But when I worked for DOD, our underaged airmen couldn't drink at our (many) holiday parties on base. Probably explains their rather poor attendance record.
 
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jprue24 said:
The base follows the laws of the state or the country they are in.

edit - except korea. it's 21 there.
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Back when I was in the Navy I went to San Diego for a one-week school and was surprised to find vending machines on base that sold beer. The legal age in Cali. at the time was 21 but sailors were permitted to drink on the base. Don’t know if that changed, but it’s how it used to be.
 
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GoIrish41 said:
Back when I was in the Navy I went to San Diego for a one-week school and was surprised to find vending machines on base that sold beer. The legal age in Cali. at the time was 21 but sailors were permitted to drink on the base. Don’t know if that changed, but it’s how it used to be.
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Makes sense you were in the navy....


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