Minnesota ban on 18- to 20-year-olds obtaining handgun permits is unconstitutional, federal appeals court says
Minnesota ban on 18- to 20-year-olds obtaining handgun permits is unconstitutional, federal appeals court says
Minnesota’s ban on 18- to 20-year-olds obtaining a permit to publicly carry a handgun violates the US Constitution, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
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This is good. Now do the same with alcohol. You can be forced to die in a war at 18 but can't drink and enjoy the full rights of an adult citizen.
Well, pretty sure we've got an amendment for that so that'll take a bit more effort.
Nope, no amendment. Just a mafia style deal you can't refuse. If a state lowers it's drinking age they lose federal highway funding.
Come to think of it, I'm surprised one of these radical republican governors hasn't done it yet.
Ahh, this is that one. Surprised Louisiana hasn't considering it seems like they always have the worst highway roads.
I immediately thought the same thing, but unfortunately there’s no constitutionally guaranteed right to alcohol.
Yet.
Something something the right to beer arms
Funnily enough, we do have an amendment allowing it, though it does not prohibit state governments from regulating it. All it would take is a simple bill of congress to end the requirement that states set a 21+ law. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-first_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
Edit: oops this was meant to be a reply to the other comment
I think you’re reading a bit too much into that amendment. It doesn’t say anything about individual rights, or the government infringing on them. It simply repeals the 18th and all related laws.
Isn't there a legitimate medical reason that's not a thing?
No. Supposedly they raised the age to 21 because of drunk driving teens, though I'm not sure what effect it had. In my opinion, the better option regardless is to introduce teens to how to use alcohol responsibly and safely, rather than prohibit until it's too late.
It didn't have an effect, it was never the teenagers doing most of it. When they studied the fall off that happened it turned out that public awareness campaigns were far more effective than bans or punishment.