Worth Reading: The Eighth Circuit Finds Bar on 18-20 Year Olds Violates the Second Amendment

[mspart]

https://jonathanturley.org/2024/07/23/worth-reading-the-eight-circuit-finds-bar-on-18-20-years-old-violates-the-second-amendment/

Jonathan Turley provides a case where MN loses an appeal to keep 18-20 year olds from having the right to carry a handgun.   It is interesting reading.   He thinks there will be other appellate courts that might go the opposite direction and that a case like this will land at SCOTUS.  

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[Offthemat]

Old enough to go to war is old enough. 

[Paul158]

38 minutes ago, Offthemat said:

Old enough to go to war is old enough. 

Old enough to put their life on the line for their country. I just read an incredible story of a 12-year-old named Calvin Leon Graham. He enlisted in the Navy right after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1942. To enlist, he lied about his age' forged his mother's signature and used a stolen notary stamp. He looked much older than is age. He was assigned to the USS south Dakota. Within 2 months he was in the battle of Santa Cruz Islands. A month later he was the Battle of the Solomons. He took shrapnel to the face , fell 3 decks yet he continued to fight as a loader for a 40mm anti-aircraft gun. Through the night he aided in helping the other wounded with tourniquets and general first aide. Half of his fellow soldiers were killed. For his actions he was awarded the bronze star and a Purple Heart and a second Navy Unit Commendation. They still did not know he was 12.  You can probably look up his name and read more about him. I saw the story in Backwoods Home magazine. 

Edited July 23, 2024 by Paul158
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