In all seriousness, there are some 30 year olds I don’t think are adults yet. Why is it such a weird idea that people are ready for different levels of responsibility at different times? Being able to drink doesn’t make your an adult, being able to carry a gun doesn’t either. Neither does driving. They don’t all need to "unlock"at the same time like a video game or something.
Honestly? We can debate each separately. We don’t need a single magic number that we try to apply to all circumstances.
I don’t object to the specific number, I object to making it match a different number as the reason.
Heck, there are probably a lot of 16 year olds that are mature enough to responsibly handle a firearm, that doesn’t mean we should change all the age requirements for everything to 16 either.
Are you in favor a system where tests are administered to verify that people are competent enough to do adult things or do you think different ages for different things is appropriate?
I think it depends on the thing. I don’t want us to say anyone can fly a plane without a license just because they are old enough and I also think that a some kind of test to see if someone is responsible enough to drink would be stupid when age is good enough for that.
Because at 18 you can be drafted, you can sign a loan and a plethora of other things. If you can be sent overseas to kill someone, you can have a beer in my opinion.
In all seriousness, there are some 30 year olds I don’t think are adults yet. Why is it such a weird idea that people are ready for different levels of responsibility at different times? Being able to drink doesn’t make your an adult, being able to carry a gun doesn’t either. Neither does driving. They don’t all need to "unlock"at the same time like a video game or something.
How would you determine when people are allowed to drink, own a firearms, sign contracts, drive…?
Honestly? We can debate each separately. We don’t need a single magic number that we try to apply to all circumstances.
I don’t object to the specific number, I object to making it match a different number as the reason.
Heck, there are probably a lot of 16 year olds that are mature enough to responsibly handle a firearm, that doesn’t mean we should change all the age requirements for everything to 16 either.
Are you in favor a system where tests are administered to verify that people are competent enough to do adult things or do you think different ages for different things is appropriate?
I think it depends on the thing. I don’t want us to say anyone can fly a plane without a license just because they are old enough and I also think that a some kind of test to see if someone is responsible enough to drink would be stupid when age is good enough for that.
A pilots license and drivers license both have age and competency requirements. However anyone can fly an ultralight at any age.
How about liability? Signing contracts? Voting?
Yup, I’m fine with all those having individual, differing, requirements.
What do you think the requirements should be for signing contracts, liability, voting?
Don’t ask me, that’s up to the voters of each state to figure out.
Because at 18 you can be drafted, you can sign a loan and a plethora of other things. If you can be sent overseas to kill someone, you can have a beer in my opinion.