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Gun Control & RKBA

TexasDem69

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2. Any breakdown by age?

Reply to AndyS (Original post)

Fri Oct 6, 2023, 02:25 PM

Oct 2023

Most states treat 16-18 year olds as adults for most purposes, so calling an 18 year old a “child” seems misleading. 18 year olds can get married, drive, join the military, get sentenced to prison as an adult, etc., etc.

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Gun-related deaths of US children are rising at 'alarming' rate, study reveals [View all] AndyS Oct 2023 OP

Our children are the future. These statistics do not bode well in that case. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2023 #1

Joe The Plumber: 'Your Dead Kids Don't Trump My Constitutional Rights' To Have Guns keithbvadu2 Oct 2023 #4

Any breakdown by age? TexasDem69 Oct 2023 #2

I don't know. Enlighten us all as to the un-importance of 16-18 year old deaths. AndyS Oct 2023 #3

I can detail some of this. But I can't corroborate the same numbers. discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2023 #7

You have no answer other than deflection. TexasDem69 Oct 2023 #5

The answer I gave was was, "I don't know." AndyS Oct 2023 #6

I didn't say that TexasDem69 Oct 2023 #8

"I didn't say that" AndyS Oct 2023 #9