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Is it all it takes to legally own a gun the ability to shoot one? Any age barriers? Is 3 too young? What about a blind 110-year-old?

Posted - May 8, 2017

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    I don't think that even the ability to shoot is a criterion, you just have to stump up the cash. Adam Lanza's mother could hardly lift the military assault rifle her son "borrowed" to shoot up a kindergarten.
    America's attachment to the archaic, outmoded Second Amendment seems pathological at times. "The right to bear arms" - for WHAT?
    Comedian Jim Jefferies puts it better than I can. If coarse language doesnt bother you, check him out:
    http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4g8777
      May 8, 2017 8:27 AM MDT
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