Originally Posted by crockett

Honestly, I've always felt that the fact a 18 yo can serve in the military and be tried as an adult but can't drink til 21 is a bit double standard. I don't see 18 year olds being able to buy a AR as the issue.. The issue is guns like those should require serious background checks and be heavily restricted like a full auto is.

The average person, no matter if 18 or 35 should not be able to walk into a store and buy a military rifle. If you can pass background checks and be registered with something like a CCW permit that expires and has to be reissued then that's the way it should be.

Those sort of guns should only be in the hands to citizens who can handle the responsibility after proving they can. They should not be as easily accessible as they are now.