You have to be 21 years of age to buy a beer, a jug of wine or a mixed drink at your favorite watering hole.
To be emancipated from parental control? That’s generally accepted at age 21.
Some insurance companies won’t sell insurance to you until you turn 21, unless you’re in school.
What, then, is the reason we don’t require someone to be 21 years of age to purchase a firearm? The issue has burst onto the forefront in the wake of recent spasm of gun violence. The moron who shot those 19 precious children and two of their teachers to death in Uvalde turned 18 and then purchased an AR-15 rifle right after his birthday; he bought a second one days later.
President Biden has called on government to increase the age from 18 to 21. Republicans — naturally! — are digging in against even that modest notion.
The GOP is marching to the cadence called by the gun lobby.
These politicians are acting disgracefully.