Rantz: If the Uvalde shooter took a car and mowed kids down in a park, we obviously wouldn’t make it harder for an 18-year-old to get a license. Ross: I reject the whole argument that cars and guns are equivalent. Cars have a use besides killing people.
After the tragedy in Uvalde, Texas, Americans pose the question to lawmakers and themselves: how to address violence in schools?
We have to work with statistics. Broadly, big picture, if you want to save the country, you’ve got to do something. The only thing we have left to work with here are the statistics that indicate that most of these shooters are young men between 18 and 21. We need to raise the age limit for purchasing guns in this country, or at least require more robust training for purchase.
Ross: I reject the whole argument that cars and guns are equivalent. Cars have a use besides killing people. Rantz: It also means that if we were ever to actually get invaded, although I find that to be very hard to believe, it’s certainly possible. And I’m assuming that Ukrainians didn’t think that Russians would invade them.Ross: The whole idea is: who can be trusted? Don’t give trust to murderers. Give it to people who are trained, people who don’t have an anger management problem, people who are old enough.
Rantz: I don’t hold the position that we should be banning guns. I do hold the position that if we can do anything within the law that prevents people who should not have a gun based on a mental health issue, we should do so.Rantz: 18. That’s when society has deemed that these kids are no longer kids, that they’re now adults.Rantz: Any weapon can mow down a classroom full of kidsRantz:18. Beyond that, the Constitution doesn’t allow for a ban.
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