Oh that’s just baloney......First of all military service at 18 is ‘voluntary’ not required. And the military knows they are not ‘adults’...All the men in my family were and some still are military...as they have been hunters as well.. So I’m well familiar with the topic.
It is very relevant ‘why’ a teenager under 21 needs to ‘target practice’ with a semi-automatic weapon in order to learn firearms..... Which isn’t about denying the second Amendment so you can get off that excuse now.
What do they stand to gain from target practicing with a semi-automatic that they can’t wait til they’re 21 to learn.??? You still haven’t answered....
All military service, whether at 18 or 40 is voluntary unless there is a draft.
But 18 year olds are required to register for selective service so they can be drafted in time of war and are part of the unorganized militia per federal law.
The second amendment isn’t about hunting. It’s about an individual fundamental right to bear arms. So hunting is rather irrelevant. But you asked what the “need” was for a semi-automatic weapon. I pointed out that they are commonly used for hunting.
For many teens the first firearm that you learn to shoot with is a semi-automatic .22.
It’s pretty obvious from your posting that you are a woman and have some involvement with the school system. It’s also pretty obvious to me that you have very little understanding of firearms and the 2nd Amendment.
Teens used to routinely carry weapons to school in years past for lawful purposes. Many schools had rifle teams. The guns can’t do anything without human control.
I’m not sure why you think raising the age to 21 to buy a semi automatic rifle will have any effect on school shootings. Most school shootings involved students who were younger than 18 who didn’t go to a dealer and buy the weapons they used. They either stole them or otherwise acquired them, Usually violating existing laws when doing so.
The fact is, if you look beyond your female emotions for a minute, that the semiautomatic rifle cannot do anything without a human hand to guide it. The shooter in Florida broken dozens of laws doing what he did. The law cannot magically fix a problem with human nature, which is debased by public schools and teachers to begin with.