If a young man is not considered old enough to smoke, then he is certainly not old enough to fight for his country. I heard this week from an American friend of mine that the new age limit for buying cigarettes is 21. This is absurd. A young man could have fathered several children by that age; and he could also be married. If a man is old enough and mature enough to marry and father a child, then he is certainly old enough and mature enough to smoke cigarettes. The fact that such a person cannot smoke or drink alcohol, but he can buy a semi-automatic weapon is totally and utterly absurd. American gun culture, if indeed culture it can be called, is appalling. It harkens back to the Wild West. The mentality in the US hasn't changed much since the days of 'cowboys and Indians'! – © Mark Alexander
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Sunday, June 12, 2022
Thousands Rally for Gun Control in US as Mass Shootings Surge | DW News
If a young man is not considered old enough to smoke, then he is certainly not old enough to fight for his country. I heard this week from an American friend of mine that the new age limit for buying cigarettes is 21. This is absurd. A young man could have fathered several children by that age; and he could also be married. If a man is old enough and mature enough to marry and father a child, then he is certainly old enough and mature enough to smoke cigarettes. The fact that such a person cannot smoke or drink alcohol, but he can buy a semi-automatic weapon is totally and utterly absurd. American gun culture, if indeed culture it can be called, is appalling. It harkens back to the Wild West. The mentality in the US hasn't changed much since the days of 'cowboys and Indians'! – © Mark Alexander
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Friday, June 10, 2022
Gary Younge Destroys America's Gun Obsession
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