{"id":93423,"date":"2023-06-06T10:17:34","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T15:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=93423"},"modified":"2023-06-06T10:17:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T15:17:34","slug":"93423","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=93423","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ammoland.com\/2023\/06\/gun-banners-want-raise-legal-age-for-gun-ownership-their-logic-flawed\/#axzz83rqobAyL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gun Banners Want to Raise Legal Age for Gun Ownership, But their Logic is Flawed<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Truth About Crime Rates From 18-20 Year Olds\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-Z1o0ArwLrM\" width=\"600\" height=\"365\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><br \/>\nDuring an intriguing video discussion between John Lott, founder and<a href=\"https:\/\/crimeresearch.org\/2023\/05\/looking-at-the-false-claim-that-firearms-are-the-leading-cause-of-deaths-for-children-or-teens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-uri=\"8af1d269c42303c5d9ff696a81710422\">\u00a0president of the Crime Prevention Research Center,<\/a>\u00a0and Frank Miniter, editor-in-chief of NRA\u2019s America\u2019s 1st Freedom Magazine, both men dissected the pipe dream by gun banners to raise the legal age for gun ownership to 21. They questioned the basis of the arguments for the increase and noted the implications for the Second Amendment.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Lott highlighted the fact that the freedom-haters calling for raising the legal age for a gun purchase frequently point to the \u201crelatively high crime rates committed by 18, 19, and 20-year-olds.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>However, he argued that the proposed laws ignore a crucial distinction of the difference between criminals\/gang bangers and law-abiding 18 to 20 olds that subject themselves to government background checks.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">\u201cThe type of people who you\u2019re stopping now[by raising the age], because you\u2019re not allowing them to go through the background check, they\u2019re not the same as the other ones who aren\u2019t going through a background check,\u201d Lott noted, suggesting that the proposed law might be misdirected.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The researcher further delved into the matter, offering compelling data from Nevada, Texas, and Michigan [<em>embeded below<\/em>].<\/p>\n<p><strong>That data showed 18, 19, and 20-year-old concealed carry permit holders, who undergo background checks, actually have lower rates of firearms convictions than people who are 21 and older.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lott pointed out that the analysis of crime rates should not be generalized for all individuals in an age group, as the proposed law would affect only those eligible for gun purchases under the current rules.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1681151438500-0\" data-google-query-id=\"CIes7rX3rv8CFY4PswAd7t4CaA\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/22702991301\/Ammoland\/AL_In-Content_2_0__container__\">\n<div id=\"AmmolandDFPAdParallaxerCont_138433758194\">\n<div>\n<div>Lott also drew attention to the historical precedents of firearm legislation, indicating that the proposed age limit could face legal challenges in light of the Constitution\u2019s Second Amendment. He noted that during the late 18th and 19th centuries, the laws actually <strong><em>mandated<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>young adults of certain age groups to own a rifle,<em>\u00a0a stark contrast to today\u2019s calls for increased age restrictions.<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Self-Defense &amp; Running Out The Clock<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another point of discussion was the potential effect of the proposed changes on individuals who may need a firearm for self-defense. \u201cThey\u2019re victims of crime too,\u201d Lott stated, mentioning the potential dangers faced by 20-year-old women who may be stalked or threatened. According to him, these individuals might be left defenseless if they can\u2019t legally purchase a firearm or are forced to wait, as in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ammoland.com\/2018\/03\/carol-bowne-open-letter-assembly-new-jersey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-uri=\"0137d511481705a6def8cb468b544826\">tragic case of New Jersey\u2019s Carol Bowne.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The potential for legal challenges to the proposed age increase was also explored, with Lott commenting on the varying perspectives of the Supreme Court justices, hinting at the potential for a shift in the court\u2019s view on the Second Amendment due to the advancing ages of Justices Clarence Thomas and Sam Alito.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1681151478485-0\" data-google-query-id=\"CIis7rX3rv8CFY4PswAd7t4CaA\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/22702991301\/Ammoland\/AL_In-Content_3_0__container__\">During the conversation, Miniter reiterated the importance of considering the Heller and McDonald decisions, two key Supreme Court rulings that upheld the individual\u2019s right to bear arms. He expressed concern about the possibility of a shift in the court\u2019s composition that could lead to a reversal of these landmark decisions.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Both Lott and Miniter indicated that the debate around increasing the legal age for gun ownership creates a complex interplay of individual rights, crime prevention, and legal interpretation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It seems the easiest solution for this \u201cfix\u201d in search of a problem is to KISS<em>[keep it simple stupid]<\/em>\u00a0and stick with the original \u201cright to keep and bear arms, shall Not Be infringed\u201d for adults 18 and older.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Concealed Carry Revocation Rates by Age<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"doc_95923\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed lazyloaded\" title=\"Concealed Carry Revocation Rates by Age\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/650839619\/content?start_page=1&amp;view_mode=scroll&amp;access_key=key-VXrIV6LmUmC3gfY88wg4\" width=\"200%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-auto-height=\"false\" data-aspect-ratio=\"0.7729220222793488\" data-rocket-lazyload=\"fitvidscompatible\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gun Banners Want to Raise Legal Age for Gun Ownership, But their Logic is Flawed \ufeff During an intriguing video discussion between John Lott, founder and\u00a0president of the Crime Prevention Research Center,\u00a0and Frank Miniter, editor-in-chief of NRA\u2019s America\u2019s 1st Freedom Magazine, both men dissected the pipe dream by gun banners to raise the legal age &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=93423\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rkba","category-safety"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=93423"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93424,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93423\/revisions\/93424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}