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The U.S. minimum age to buy a gun could be 21 or higher

By Hicbd
Wed May 25 2022 11:05 am

"In the last couple of years, California, Florida and Washington state have responded to the string of mass shootings by young men by raising the minimum age to buy certain kinds of rifles, such as the Bushmaster...We know from lots of studies around motor vehicles and drinking and other common types of injuries that this age group is still developing its frontal lobe, impulse control, judgment."

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https://www.npr.org/2022/05/21/1099912475/states-courts-debate-18-year-olds-buy-long-guns
https://thehill.com/homenews/politics-101/375154-what-are-the-current-age-restrictions-on-guns/
https://nypost.com/2022/05/27/a-data-based-solution-for-americas-bloody-gun-epidemic/

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Laws Child Development Gun Ownership U.S. Gun Ownership U.S. State Government Mass Shootings / Gun Attacks

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