A number of retailers have set minimum age requirements for the purchase of certain firearms.
This is of course a knee-jerk PR response to the recent tragedy in Florida.
While I personally think that the time has long since passed for some sensible regulation of firearm purchases and ownership, I think that we should be looking to our elected representatives for this and not a bunch of mass-market retailers.
I wonder whether a retailer may impose its own age requirements for the purchase of any good absent the authority of law?
We'll soon know the answer, since the test cases are no doubt already being formed and the NRA will vigorously defend the rights of people to buy and own firearms without age limits set by retailers independent of any legal authority.
I personally think that these retailers are acting illegally and they already know this.
They're just making some cheap PR points using the blood of the innocent victims of a mentally ill shooter.
This is of course a knee-jerk PR response to the recent tragedy in Florida.
While I personally think that the time has long since passed for some sensible regulation of firearm purchases and ownership, I think that we should be looking to our elected representatives for this and not a bunch of mass-market retailers.
I wonder whether a retailer may impose its own age requirements for the purchase of any good absent the authority of law?
We'll soon know the answer, since the test cases are no doubt already being formed and the NRA will vigorously defend the rights of people to buy and own firearms without age limits set by retailers independent of any legal authority.
I personally think that these retailers are acting illegally and they already know this.
They're just making some cheap PR points using the blood of the innocent victims of a mentally ill shooter.