Nadler Doesn’t Want 18-Yr-Olds to Buy Guns Because Brains Aren’t Formed, but Drafting Is OK Because Military "Needs People"
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky) grilled House Chairman Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) over his hypocritical argument that the age for owning a gun should be raised from 18 to 21 because brains at that age aren’t fully formed yet.
“We recognize different ages with different purposes. We recognize 18 for the draft. We recognize 16 for driving and in some states, we recognize 21 for drinking. So we recognize different ages for different purposes. That’s all I wanted to say,” Nadler stated at a House hearing on gun violence.
“Could I have a second to engage that,” Massie asked and then was allowed to proceed with questioning Nadler.
“Would the chairman join me in co-sponsoring a bill to raise the draft age to 21?” Massie asked.
“No,” Nadler responded.
“But the chairman feels their brains aren’t fully formed at 18, 19, and 20?” Massie pressed.
“The research does indicate that in certain respects, but the selective service needs… I mean, if the country needs, it needs people,” Nadler weakly replied.
“It needs people whose brains aren’t fully formed?” Massie grilled Nadler.
“In some respects, yes,” the chairman nonsensically responded.
Nadler is right (for once) that an 18 y.o. brain is still not fully developed. That is why the military wants these young men who have strong resiliant bodies and brains that can still be molded into loyal order-following soldiers needed to accomplish military missions. 18 y.o. soldiers are well trained and supervised in the use of their fully automatic assault weapons of war, whereas an 18 y.o. at home may not be as well versed in the use and leathality of a semi-automatic weapon. One cannot compare a soldier to a civilian when it comes to weapons.
Absurd! Nadler favors red flag laws the target former Vets as risks for gun ownership as civilians.