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To: XRdsRev

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


6 posted on 05/30/2022 11:55:56 AM PDT by 98charlie
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To: 98charlie

It was done in the 70s then eroded over time. 18 yr olds could vote in federal elections, buy beer at the px, and buy long guns. you had to be 21 to buy a pistol. if you were old enough to be drafted, you enjoyed the rights of citizenship. When the draft went away, the laws changed. In Florida in the 70’s I could buy a drink at a bar at age 18. We stopped treating 18,19 and 20 yr olds as adults, and the nanny state surged ahead. Of course the education system stopped teaching life skills, and instead taught them to take out loans to get more education in how to live in a fantasy world.


21 posted on 05/30/2022 12:08:26 PM PDT by Waverunner (I'd like to welcome our new overlords, say hello to my little friend)
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