Bipartisan Senate group proposes ‘no fly, no buy’ gun measure

[David Horn]

(03-10-2018, 02:10 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote: Think about it. I can go into Dick's and purchase an AR-15 ( a legal weapon) right now without any issues or concerns relating to my ability to purchase one legally at Dick's. Do you view all the American adults within the ages of 18-21 ( a classification of adults) as being to immature and as being to irresponsible and as being to irrational or to crazy or to psychopathic to be able to purchase a firearm these days? I don't view all of them that way. I view some of them that way but not all of them.  Why do you and a pet  group of blue minded business decision makers seem to view all of them that way?

Having the benefit of modern diagnostic equipment, we can now verify that emotional responses don't recede until age 25 or so.  Up to that point, people are less responsive to rational thought and more responsive to emotional triggers.  If we're going to use science to dictate how things should be done, then we need to move the bar even farther.

That said, if I was in charge, the AR-15 wouldn't be available to anyone, so I'm not the best person to ask.  I suspect that, teeth gnashing not to the contrary, assault weapons will disappear from private ownership in the long run, but the long run will be just that -- long.  Before we get there, we'll try everything else we can conceive.  Only failure will drive us to the point where being awash in guns needs to be addressed directly.