This does raise an interesting point, and I am sure one many ex-cons have considered. Adult drug dealers have long used minors to actually sell the drugs, since they would likely get lesser punishments than repeat offender adults.
So why not have armed minors as armed bodyguards for an ex-con? So if they get in a fight, their “second” can pull a gun and shoot the other guy. And the ex-con will never have the gun in his possession.
He’ll never make it as a marksman.
The guy got sliced by a knife, and then fired back. Too bad he didn’t have the gun on him and fired during the attack - he could have claimed self-defense.
I thought midnight basketball solved all violence.
Now they bring guns to the basketball game...or does the game have to commence at exactly midnight to be an effective crime deterrent?