Lowering Age Minimum of Concealed Carry Permit If you have ever watched the news, chances are you have heard about the controversy concerning the second amendment, which is about the right to keep and bear arms. The second amendment has become quite the source of controversy the past few years as attacks have become much more common. People either believe that the right to have concealed carry is a great idea or they believe it’s completely wrong. If you didn’t know, we have to be 21 years old to be issued a non-professional permit to conceal carry. If you have a professional reason to carry one, you can get it at 18, except the only reason for such is for the military, law enforcement, or guards. We should be allowed to have a concealed carry
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When we turn 18, we have the option to join the military, to vote, have our own credit cards, live on our own, go to college, get married, get tattoos, and sign contracts (such as for buying a car or house). We can even purchase our own rifles, shotguns, or any other firearm. In case you hadn’t realized it, those privileges can also have severe impacts on us. Now what’s the difference between being mature enough to do any of that and being mature enough to conceal a gun? How is it that we can be trusted to run our lives, but we can’t be trusted to protect ourselves? In the military, we are given guns to shoot with in combat, but in the United States, however, civilians are not even allowed to carry a handgun if they are under the age of 21. Now if someone was to say that, “well no, people shouldn’t carry any gun if they are under 21! What’s the big deal?” That is where their argument gets fuzzy. People can own other guns at 18, just not a …show more content…
Every year, there are 33,636 gun related deaths in the United States, and that's including rifles and shotguns, and hunting accidents. Think of the fact that we only have to be 14 years old to be trusted to start driving when automobile deaths took the lives of 32,675 people in 2014. If that wasn’t enough, estimates of the total vehicular deaths in 2015 is up 14 percent. (NHTSA) Assuming that’s correct, a staggering 37,249 people will have died due to vehicular deaths in 2015. Now we could get into another separate discussion about ages for driving, but the biggest problem with this is that we are trusting people to drive when they are 14 years old, but they have to wait another seven years before we trust those same people to protect themselves with
When we turn 18, we have the option to join the military, to vote, have our own credit cards, live on our own, go to college, get married, get tattoos, and sign contracts (such as for buying a car or house). We can even purchase our own rifles, shotguns, or any other firearm. In case you hadn’t realized it, those privileges can also have severe impacts on us. Now what’s the difference between being mature enough to do any of that and being mature enough to conceal a gun? How is it that we can be trusted to run our lives, but we can’t be trusted to protect ourselves? In the military, we are given guns to shoot with in combat, but in the United States, however, civilians are not even allowed to carry a handgun if they are under the age of 21. Now if someone was to say that, “well no, people shouldn’t carry any gun if they are under 21! What’s the big deal?” That is where their argument gets fuzzy. People can own other guns at 18, just not a …show more content…
Every year, there are 33,636 gun related deaths in the United States, and that's including rifles and shotguns, and hunting accidents. Think of the fact that we only have to be 14 years old to be trusted to start driving when automobile deaths took the lives of 32,675 people in 2014. If that wasn’t enough, estimates of the total vehicular deaths in 2015 is up 14 percent. (NHTSA) Assuming that’s correct, a staggering 37,249 people will have died due to vehicular deaths in 2015. Now we could get into another separate discussion about ages for driving, but the biggest problem with this is that we are trusting people to drive when they are 14 years old, but they have to wait another seven years before we trust those same people to protect themselves with