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Defending an Under-21 Firearm Ban Under the Second Amendment Two Step
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Mark A. Taff
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Although no absolute, under-21 firearm ban was at issue in those decisions, an advocate for such a ban should avail herself of the premises underlying their holdings. The decisions present historical evidence that, according to the Framers, only those with adequate “civic virtue” are worthy of wielding lethal weapons, and one’s capacity for virtue grows with age. The decisions also translate the Framers’ intuition into modern terms of criminology and neuropsychology, presenting evidence that 18-to-20-year-olds are disproportionately responsible for violent gun crimes, and that their minds house immature impulse-control structures. |
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xqqme
(4/26/2018)
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| If you can't be trusted with a firearm, then you can't be trusted with a vote, with a car, or alone with another person. |
| Comment by:
PHORTO
(4/26/2018)
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"unlicensed dealer"
There is no such thing. Per federal law, all dealers must be licensed.
This dubious term exists for one reason only; to obfuscate the truthful term "private seller". |
| Comment by:
lucky5eddie
(4/27/2018)
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| Sadly the article's 2nd reference is from the "Giffords L. Ctr. to Prevent Gun Violence". I cannot think of a better way to destroy the credibility of the article than to use "data" from a blatantly anti-gun organization. |
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| No kingdom can be secured otherwise than by arming the people. The possession of arms is the distinction between a freeman and a slave. He, who has nothing, and who himself belongs to another, must be defended by him, whose property he is, and needs no arms. But he, who thinks he is his own master, and has what he can call his own, ought to have arms to defend himself, and what he possesses; else he lives precariously, and at discretion. — James Burgh, Political Disquisitions: Or, an Enquiry into Public Errors, Defects, and Abuses [London, 1774-1775]. |
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