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Dianne Feinstein wants age for rifle purchase raised to 21 y.o.
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https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/feinstein-raising-assault-rife-purchase-age-to-21_us_5a87cb9ee4b004fc31924670
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) announced Friday that she is introducing legislation to raise the minimum age to purchase rifles — including military-style assault weapons — from 18 to 21.
Under federal law, handguns cannot be sold to anyone under age 21. But licensed gun dealers are permitted to sell assault-style rifles and other “long guns” to buyers 18 and older.
Nikolas Cruz, the suspected gunman in Wednesday’s school shooting in Parkland, Florida, used an AR-15 assault-style rifle, according to police. He is 19 years old.
Lone gunmen in many of the most deadly mass shootings in the U.S. over the past several years, including the Las Vegas massacre on Oct. 1, were armed with similar weapons.
“Licensed gun dealers cannot sell a handgun to anyone under 21, but they are allowed to sell assault rifles like the AR-15 to anyone over 18. This policy is dangerous and makes absolutely no sense,” Feinstein said in a statement.
“If you can’t buy a handgun or a bottle of beer, you shouldn’t be able to buy an AR-15,” she continued. “This is common sense, and I hope my Republican colleagues will join me in this effort.”
Well, if this gets any traction, then NO ONE should be allowed to join the armed forces until they are 21 years old, or older. Soldiers as young as 14(and the 14 y.o. was a MOH recipient at Iwo Jima) have been fighting in wars for as long as this country has been around. If they are now deemed not mature enough to buy a rifle or handgun until they're 21, or buy a beer, then they're ALSO damned sure too young to be in the military service. This is a black and white choice; there is no gray area here. Either they are old/mature enough to buy and own them at 18, or they have no business cheating by joining the military and getting to handle/shoot them.
And while we're at it, if the age for buying/owning a rifle AND pistol is raised to 21, then the voting age should ALSO BE RAISED to 21. If you're too stupid to own either a rifle or pistol until you're 21, then you don't need to be voting and screwing up the country either!
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) announced Friday that she is introducing legislation to raise the minimum age to purchase rifles — including military-style assault weapons — from 18 to 21.
Under federal law, handguns cannot be sold to anyone under age 21. But licensed gun dealers are permitted to sell assault-style rifles and other “long guns” to buyers 18 and older.
Nikolas Cruz, the suspected gunman in Wednesday’s school shooting in Parkland, Florida, used an AR-15 assault-style rifle, according to police. He is 19 years old.
Lone gunmen in many of the most deadly mass shootings in the U.S. over the past several years, including the Las Vegas massacre on Oct. 1, were armed with similar weapons.
“Licensed gun dealers cannot sell a handgun to anyone under 21, but they are allowed to sell assault rifles like the AR-15 to anyone over 18. This policy is dangerous and makes absolutely no sense,” Feinstein said in a statement.
“If you can’t buy a handgun or a bottle of beer, you shouldn’t be able to buy an AR-15,” she continued. “This is common sense, and I hope my Republican colleagues will join me in this effort.”
Well, if this gets any traction, then NO ONE should be allowed to join the armed forces until they are 21 years old, or older. Soldiers as young as 14(and the 14 y.o. was a MOH recipient at Iwo Jima) have been fighting in wars for as long as this country has been around. If they are now deemed not mature enough to buy a rifle or handgun until they're 21, or buy a beer, then they're ALSO damned sure too young to be in the military service. This is a black and white choice; there is no gray area here. Either they are old/mature enough to buy and own them at 18, or they have no business cheating by joining the military and getting to handle/shoot them.
And while we're at it, if the age for buying/owning a rifle AND pistol is raised to 21, then the voting age should ALSO BE RAISED to 21. If you're too stupid to own either a rifle or pistol until you're 21, then you don't need to be voting and screwing up the country either!
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"If you get it and didn't work for it, someone else worked for it and didn't get it..."
I have also heard something about reclassifying the AR and needing to be 21 to purchase that style of rifle.
It all sucks, but we are going to need to give something this time.
I personally believe that we can all make do with single shot, bolt action, lever action and pump action guns. While I like my center fire semi auto's a lot, I can see where limiting them might not be a bad thing. We should allow rimfire rifles of any type at 18, centerfire at 21. I am sure we will hear about the Kel-Tec CMR-30 being nearly as powerful as an AR 15, and we might even see copies for the under 21 / under 25 crowd.
IMHO
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Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.... now who's bringing the hot wings? :jester:
BigDanS, I REALLY hope that post you made was tongue in cheek satire. And I'm sayin'.
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We get to keep some of our firearms.
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Me too! As it stands nowadays I personally feel that a majority of 18 year old "millennials" don't have the maturity or life skills to purchase a firearm anyway. As stated above, that would include voting and joining the military. If that small concession lessens the screeching I am all for it.
News tonight said Trump has started action to ban bumpfire stocks
There is one argument here as I see it......in the military, there is generally some adult supervision involved in weapons handling. Even when I went in at 17 in 1969 weapons and ammo were very tightly controlled. ( Not talking about combat)
The long and the short of this is.... something is going to be done...if an age restriction and a bump stock ban is the extent of it.....so be it....
I heard Trump had done this too. If that's all we loose I'm ok with it. I fear that won't be all though.
What happens when the next one happens? (And it will) What are we going to give them then? The answer is we will keep giving them stuff until there is nothing left to give.
And if we had a president Clinton, all you guys would be screaming "cold dead hands".
Until the NEXT shooting. And you know there'll definitely be another. Then they'll want more.
I'm glad I have all the 30 rd. mags I'll ever need. Now I need to concentrate on ammunition/reloading. I can see the grabbers coming for ammo.
They have wanted more for quite some time. They will always want more. The end game is to give up next to nothing on our part but makes them feel good.
Not likely I guess.
The shock from Columbine had not worn off when, at the school boards request, we presented an exhaustive list of measures that could be taken to protect our communities schools. There was all manner of head-nodding, verbal agreements, etc. Then when we got to how much all these recommendations would cost.....you could have heard a pin drop. Then the outspoken parents who were agreeing with us started in on how it sounded like we were trying to turn the schools into prisons. It will ALWAYS come down to the cash...
Over the years since, talking with my peers in the business....they all tell the same story....
If all those kids screaming about gun control knew that their safety had been sold out because of a lack of cash....I wonder what they would be saying....