[tet68]

Age to vote also.

[teeman8r]

Personal responsibility and true consequences...

[Does so]

Those 18-, 19-, and 20-year olds will have learned firearm safety...in order to buy one for themselves.:)

[SecAmndmt]

Yep. And age to vote.

Civilian firearms ownership has a higher Constitutional priority than govt guns

[98charlie]

Maybe make it the law that those who serve can own a gun, vote and drink at 18.

[Halls]

Exactly!!

[Chickensoup]

Gun ownership
Contacts loans and credit cards
Selective service registration
Alcohol purchase
Military duty

This could go on and on

[BenLurkin]

No. Just the age to vote.

[DarthFuzball]

How about raising firearm ownership and voting to 21 unless active military. Then lower to 18.

[SecondAmendment]

A credible argument can be made that we abandoned legal consistency with ratification of the 19th amendment.

[PerConPat]

How can we justify asking 18, 19 & 20 year olds to fight and possibly die for our country when we deny them on of the basic rights enumerated in the Bill of Rights ?

I can't justify it. If they are in the military or hold honorable discharges, they should have full constitutional rights.

[cableguymn]

I know some see this as unpopular but the 2nd amendment does not give an age limit.

[ComputerGuy]

In August, 1966 I was too young to vote and too young to drink. And there I was surrounded by automatic weapons.

[Nomad577]

Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t think the 18 year olds of today are the same as they were back in the 80’s or 60’s etc.

I feel like our whole structure of age vs expectations has changed, for older people too. 60 used to be an old ass man

[Scrambler Bob]

If a Federal law is passed to raise the age to 21 as a requirement to buy or own a firearm, shouldn’t the age requirement to join the military be raised to 21 also ???
= = =

No.

Just put them on the front lines with no weapon.

[Slingwing]

Most certainly. Can’t be responsible enough to drink then wow can they risk your life. Now along with this comes some difficulties. You will need to go back to conscription at 21 regardless of social status, collage, hardships. Nothing gets you out of the draft. Think you can wash out? Leavenworth for duration of conscription. Should be a six year stint with six additional reserve commitment. Miss more than three of those reserve unit training assemblies without being excused, Leavenworth. Make it painful. No voting until 21 period.

[G Larry]

Only someone who’s never served in the Military would pretend there’s no difference between GI training in the use of and access to weapons, and your average, spoiled or neglected, civilian 18 year old.

[TornadoAlley3]

The movie “Taking Chance” on Amazon. Every elected official should accompany an escort witness before he votes for war.

[G Larry]

"How can we justify asking 18, 19 & 20 year olds to fight and possibly die for our country...?"

Because there's a difference between physical fitness for combat and the maturity to take on the responsibilities of adulthood.

[stylin19a]

21 is the federal age for handguns. Federal Long guns? there is no age limit.

Let the states handle it. In Texas, it’s 18 to buy a rifle but no age limit on owning a rifle.