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Quote from: Mrs. Gooch on March 01, 2018, 02:46:04 PMI really don't think an 18 y.o. should be able to buy an AR-15, but can stores really discriminate based on age?That's a good point. Not selling AR's is one thing. But offering products for sale but refusing to sell them to someone based on age, who otherwise has a legal right to purchase guns, seems like it might be illegal.Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk
I really don't think an 18 y.o. should be able to buy an AR-15, but can stores really discriminate based on age?
the constitution says keep and bear, not purchase. I suppose it is arguable that limiting purchases counts as an "infringement" of this? (not a lawyer)
Rental car companies don’t rent to people under 25, I’m guessing stores can get away not selling guns to 20 year olds.Personally, I think that if 18 is old enough to enlist, it’s old enough to drink and buy guns. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Honestly, maybe we should just stop pretending and admit 18 years old is ok for military service because that is the easiest age to recruit, but at the same time we want those people to be a bit more responsible before owning guns in this country.
Quote from: puniraptor on March 01, 2018, 08:10:15 PMthe constitution says keep and bear, not purchase. I suppose it is arguable that limiting purchases counts as an "infringement" of this? (not a lawyer)This is more like a homophobic baker thing. Offering products for sale to the general public, but refusing to sell them to a certain, protected group.Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk
A student asked me over lunch: Some stores have announced that they won't sell rifles and shotguns to under-21-year-olds. Is that legal, given that federal law only limits sales of handguns to under-21-year-olds, and doesn't ban sales of long guns to 18-to-20-year-olds?[1.] Stores' own age limits don't violate the Second Amendment, because the Second Amendment limits only the government, not private companies. Likewise for the Equal Protection Clause (plus the Equal Protection Clause generally doesn't forbid even governmental age classifications).[2.] The federal Civil Rights Act doesn't cover retail stores, and doesn't cover age, so it doesn't bar such policies, either.[3.] But about a third of all states ban discrimination based on age in places of public accommodation, and some of those statutes may well ban refusal to sell guns to 18-to-20-year-olds. These laws vary from state to state, so I can't speak to all of them; but the one I checked -- Connecticut (the alphabetically first on the list) -- does indeed seem to ban discrimination against 18-to-20-year-olds in retail sales, with no exception for guns.[4.] Likewise, some cities and counties have similar ordinances (even if their states don't); two I found, for instance, are Madison, Wisconsin and Broward County, Florida. (I looked them up just because I remembered from other research that they have broad antidiscrimination ordinances.) Seattle, on the other hand, bans age discrimination, but apparently only against people 21 and above, again without regard to whether the store sells guns or anything else.[5.] Of course, the state and local laws will only affect the stores' policies in those jurisdictions; a store could have a general nationwide policy of not selling some products to under-21-year-olds, but a different policy in those states that require equal treatment of 18-to-20-year-olds.
A law that bans age discrimination for only those over 21 is pretty lol
Quote from: Batt BcKee on March 01, 2018, 08:40:25 PMRental car companies don’t rent to people under 25, I’m guessing stores can get away not selling guns to 20 year olds.Personally, I think that if 18 is old enough to enlist, it’s old enough to drink and buy guns. Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkDriving isn't a positive right. Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk
they already have the exact same law for handguns.
https://twitter.com/CMUniversity/status/969601575365824512
Crazy thing is that if it had happened a block down the road in an apartment building off campus it wouldn't be news.
Quote from: Spracne on March 01, 2018, 09:17:24 PMQuote from: Batt BcKee on March 01, 2018, 08:40:25 PMRental car companies don’t rent to people under 25, I’m guessing stores can get away not selling guns to 20 year olds.Personally, I think that if 18 is old enough to enlist, it’s old enough to drink and buy guns. Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkDriving isn't a positive right. Sent from my SM-G955U using TapatalkDepends on your state of residency. IRC, South Carolina considered driving a right. Insurance companies had to cover anybody in that state. Made for some very high insurance rates.
