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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you're old enough to hold and fire a AR-15 you're old enough for prison. Reduce the minimum age for prison based on terrorist threats to 15 years. Youtube threat? Prison for three months. In-school threat? Same.[/quote]

How about just not letting pissed off teenaged boys ( that would be all of them) to buy guns?  Seems a bit easier and more effective.[/quote]

So your suggestion is what exactly? Raise the minimum age of purchase for all guns to what minimum? Keep in mind these mass shooters are often 17-21 and recent graduates of whatever school system or university they're targeting. So you want a minimum of 23-25 to be safe? [/quote]
21, like it is in Florida. And was in Texas until like a year ago.[/quote]

One could make an evidence-based argument that it should be at least 25. The prefrontal cortex is not finished developing until around that age. Honestly there are several things we probably shouldn’t be allowed to do until we have better decision making abilities, such as driving. But we’ll never make this change as it would be too disruptive for society. Instead we’ll use backwards logic and say that kids should be able to buy guns because they are allowed to drive, vote, serve in the military, etc. [/quote]

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