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Originally Posted by spence
Does the Second Amendment have an age restriction?
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No it doesn't. And twelve year olds at the time the second amendment was written may or may not have had their own gun. Chances are they didn't have their own gun, but would have been trained on the use of the family's gun or guns. And so would have probably been as proficient with them as most adults are today. And today, whatever gun is owned in the family, it would be sensible to teach the younger family members the proper handling of said gun (even if the child does not actually own the gun) and the extreme importance of not playing with the gun or removing it from the safe place without permission. And be taught what to do with it in the extreme case of some armed intruder (mass killer or not) breaking in and threatening the family.
And 12 year olds in most cases are not allowed to go unattended to places where mass shootings typically occur. In school settings, the mass shooter is far more likely to succeed if the adults (teachers, guards, etc.) are not allowed to have a gun there.
The reality is that twelve year olds in our current culture are far less responsible for their own life than their counterparts in the 18th Century. They are raised and taught now to be totally dependent on adults. As such they are pretty much defenseless against adults of all types (criminals, perverts, mass shooters) if they are not accompanied or watched over by other adults.
Actually, even adults are less responsible today for their own lives than their counterparts in the 18th century. We are taught and told by our progressive "experts" that we need government to order and assure our lives. That we don't need guns. That we should depend on the proper "authorities" to protect us from mass shooters.
Of course, that requires that the bad guys must not be allowed to have guns. And, ultimately, the only way to accomplish that is to ban all the rest of us (except the "authorities," of course) from having guns.