Hell, I owned a .22 Rifle when I was eight. Kept it in my bedroom closet with a box of ammo. Bought it off my older Brother for $25 after he got his 30.06.
We are living in a country full of pussies, no doubt about it.
Why not? Its hilarious to find the New York Times declaring people - who by the way are the most liberal voting segment of the population - to be immature and irresponsible with guns. Let’s see; they are adult enough to be allowed to vote for Obummer but they are too young to be allowed in the vicinity of a gun! Liberal Logic 101.
I bought my first handgun from a dealer (also the local
auto parts store) when I was 14. Ruger .22 Standard. $37.95.
No paperwork, no wait. Just passed it on to my stepdaughter.
Ah, the good old days.
It’s all of a piece with the left’s effort to infantilise the whole country (see “nanny state”) and make government everybody’s “daddy”.
People forget that it’s only been in recent history that this category “teenager” has existed. Once upon a time people were children then they were adults with all the attendant responsibilities.