No, no and no!!!
Look at the voting map. The rural area of the nation is solid red. The red area of the nation likes guns. They shoot, they plink, they hunt and they do not massacre children. I am an octogenarian who enjoys going out in the country and shooting. My Dad gave me a 22 rifle when I was 14.
OK. Let’s raise the age to vote to 21.
You have to be 21 to purchase a handgun (pistol).
You have to 21 to purchase a shotgun equipped with a “pistol” grip.
I not going to lose sleep over applying this logic to a rifle with a “pistol” grip.
BTW its still legal to posses any of the above when you are 18.
Sorry, boys and girls. What we have here is a heart problem, not a gun problem - a problem with its secular origins in the Progressives of the early 20th century, the "Great Society" of 1964, and every other statist solution.
“Curbelo is the son of Cuban exiles in Florida. (So he’s a Cuban puto!)
In March 2016, Curbelo said he would not vote for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, calling it “a moral decision” rather than a political decision. He did not attend the 2016 Republican National Convention. In October 2016, speaking about the upcoming presidential election, he said: “I’m not supporting any of the two major candidates. I’m as disappointed with this election as most Americans are.”
In February 2017, while serving on the Ways and Means Committee, he voted against a measure that would have led to a request of the Treasury Department for Trump’s tax returns. He then voted against a resolution that would have directed the House to request 10 years of Trump’s tax returns, which would then have been reviewed by the House Ways and Means Committee in a closed session.
Quartz included Curbelo on a list of Republicans opposing Trump’s 2017 executive order to impose a temporary ban on entry to the U.S. of people from seven Muslim-majority countries. Curbelo said at the time: “I expect that these executive orders are in fact temporary and that once the Administration strengthens the vetting process, we can continue our tradition of welcoming those who are persecuted, in an orderly manner and without any kind of religious test.” He said the executive orders “were hastily issued & need a lot of work.”
And yet he’s allowed to run as a Republican!
Today's reminder that the Army feels that 18-year-olds can be trained to be trusted with more powerful "powerful long guns" than that.
I'll look in my Magic 8-Ball to see if he would be in favor of a compromise bill that mandates Army-level training for 18-21 year olds. I wonder what the answer could be.
Republican Congressman Calls for Raising Minimum Age to Buy AR-15s [Carlos Curbelo]
Yes, because the killers mental health would have been so much better at 21 then it was at 19!
along with a corresponding increase of the voting age??