House Votes to Increase Semi-Automatic
Rifle Purchase Age to 21
National Review,
by
Caroline Downey
Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought,
6/8/2022 8:31:15 PM
On Wednesday, as part of a slate of bills aimed at curbing mass shootings and gun violence, the House voted to increase the age required to purchase a semi-automatic rifle from 18 to 21.
The vote was 228 to 199, with ten Republicans joining Democrats in supporting the measure. Those GOP members were Representatives Fitzpatrick, Gonzalez, Jacobs, Katko, Kinzinger, Malliotakis, Salazar, Smith, Turner, and Upton.
After an 18-year-old gunman used an AR-15-style weapon to massacre 19 children and two teachers in a fourth-grade elementary-school classroom in Uvalde, Texas, in May, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have been moving with urgency
So stupid
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
chumley 6/8/2022 8:43:18 PM (No. 1180214)
Fair enough. Now repeal the 26th Amendment since you have no intention of recognizing it. The age of majority is back to 21. Under 21 cant vote, marry, sign contracts or be drafted into the military.
Just once I would like to see politicians not be hypocrites for personal gain.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
jimboscott 6/8/2022 8:57:49 PM (No. 1180224)
I am perfectly fine with this as long as they also raise the voting age to 21.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
czechlist 6/8/2022 9:01:25 PM (No. 1180229)
"weapons of war" so are knives, shotguns, and piano wire
I am not sure the US military even issues AR15s for combat use.There are more effective weapons available. If I have to go I want a BAR
7 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
paral04 6/8/2022 9:13:56 PM (No. 1180241)
I guess they won't have any young men in the army under 21 then if they can't have a weapon.
18 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
Rich323 6/8/2022 9:22:45 PM (No. 1180250)
Most highly trained police officers aren’t able to get a lot of rounds on target during a shootout. How do they expect the average trained citizen to be a better shooter in a life or death tense environment and kill a bad guy with 10 rounds? And what if there are two or three home invaders? These people don’t consider any realistic scenarios when setting these illegal standards. They have huge security entourages with multiple weapons to shoot back. We are one and one only when we have to defend ourselves. These people who voted for this need an education in self defense.
9 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
DVC 6/8/2022 9:37:05 PM (No. 1180267)
I gave my nephews an AR lower when they hit 16, for Christmas. Over the next year and a half, they perused the eeb and selected all the various parts of their rifles, lots of options to choose from, and they got jobs to earn the money, a secondary benefit.
When they had all their parts, I helped them build their own rifles.
Needless to say, when they joined the USMC, "learning" to field strip their M16s was super easy, they had built them from scratch years before and shot them a lot. Both qualified in the top two or three in their battalion in boot camp.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
DVC 6/8/2022 9:38:33 PM (No. 1180269)
....perused the web.....
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Californian 6/8/2022 9:43:15 PM (No. 1180275)
I agree with the others saying to raise the age of EVERYTHING to 21. Guns, voting, drinking, contracts, driving, marriage, EVERYTHING.
How can we say someone is smart enough to vote or drive a multi-ton vehicle at high speed but not hold a fire arm?
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Tet Vet 68 6/8/2022 9:46:28 PM (No. 1180278)
This bill is dead on arrival in the Senate
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Nimby 6/8/2022 9:51:31 PM (No. 1180283)
Increasing the age will not prevent criminals from acquiring the guns
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
voxpopuli 6/8/2022 9:54:43 PM (No. 1180286)
Fitzpatrick, Gonzalez, Jacobs, Katko, Kinzinger, Malliotakis, Salazar, Smith, Turner, and Upton
apparently all retiring
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Ribicon 6/8/2022 10:08:57 PM (No. 1180292)
Atop voting to impeach Donald Trump for nothing, Fred Upton teamed up with Compassionate George to ban incandescent lightbulbs. He claimed he'd reverse this once reelected, but it seems he never got around to it. Voting for this kind of R, and there are many of them, is no better than voting for a Democrat.
9 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
Birddog 6/8/2022 10:46:24 PM (No. 1180312)
Sooo...this also then raises the age for EVERY Police and Military recruit to 21yo? Just to be "Lawful" in their ability to handle such weapons?
5 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
mc squared 6/8/2022 10:47:31 PM (No. 1180313)
Counting down to the next shooting when the shooter will be, say 22. What then?
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
skacmar 6/8/2022 10:50:43 PM (No. 1180315)
Laws made because emotions and sympathy is high are rarely effective or a good idea. The let's do something just to do something crowd might feel good about their new rules and taking action, but they are usually the most ineffective laws passed.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
leonardo 6/8/2022 11:01:29 PM (No. 1180323)
Did any of these GOP rocket scientists vote to create secure schools where the back door cannot be left open?
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
hoosierblue 6/9/2022 6:55:02 AM (No. 1180462)
Right on #9.. Including registering for the draft in case of war and they couldn't sign or be held liable for contracts, etc and under their parents control.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
homefry 6/9/2022 7:17:55 AM (No. 1180473)
If gun laws worked, schools would be the safest place in the USA.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Clinger 6/9/2022 8:29:16 AM (No. 1180539)
Isn't this a tad dicey since the 2A mentions the militia which included all able bodied male 16 year old's?
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Strike3 6/9/2022 8:45:58 AM (No. 1180570)
A better description of the current House is "Nancy Pelosi's Flying Monkeys." She waves her wrinkled hand and they fly, fly.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Axeman 6/9/2022 9:06:10 AM (No. 1180589)
Doesn't "shall not be infringed" mean it's not up to lawmakers to decide who gets to buy a gun?
Besides the obvious fact that someone doesn't need to buy a gun to own one.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Muguy 6/9/2022 10:46:09 AM (No. 1180693)
Want to create a FIRESTORM???
Tell them they cannot be transgendered or get an addadicktome or cutadicloffame until age 21!
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