2024年7月16日 · Given the relative importance of the home and family members as a source of guns to juveniles, the most-significant effects of minimum age of possession policies may occur if they create a disincentive for older individuals to keep guns at home or to allow guns in the home to be easily accessed (Marvell, 2001).

2024年4月28日 · Raising the gun age to 21 can help reduce impulsive and reckless behavior, as well as providing a more mature and responsible individual to own a firearm. It also aligns with the legal drinking age, ensuring a consistent standard for decision-making abilities.

2022年6月8日 · The House of Representatives has approved legislation in favor of raising the age to purchase a military-style rifle, like the one used in Uvalde, Texas, to 21. Lawmakers voted 228-199 to include...

2024年11月4日 · Raising the purchase age of semiautomatic rifles to 21 years is an impactful way to reduce youth firearm-related injury and death. Such a provision had bipartisan support in the 88th Texas Legislative session as well as large public support.

2019年2月1日 · Raising the legal age to purchase a semiautomatic rifle to 21 is a policy more states should consider if they want to reduce the toll of gun violence across America. Cassandra Crifasi is the deputy director of the Center for Gun Policy and Research at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

2023年5月13日 · On Monday in Texas, where there were two mass murders this month, in the space of a week, a House committee unexpectedly passed a bill to raise the age for buying a semiautomatic rifle from 18 to...

2022年6月9日 · With gun violence now the leading cause of death among young people, gun control advocates say there is an urgent need to raise the minimum age to buy semi-automatic rifles and other long...

Under current federal law, the minimum age to buy a handgun from a licensed arms dealer is 21, while the age limit to purchase a long gun from a licensed dealer or a handgun from an unlicensed dealer is 18. Raising the minimum age requirement to 21 would close this loophole.

2025年4月7日 · Appeals courts are split on whether the government may restrict 18- to 20-year-olds from buying or carrying guns, and the Supreme Court will consider next week whether to hear one of those cases.

2025年3月29日 · “Representative Ivey’s bill to raise the age to purchase assault weapons to 21 is the definition of common sense — especially when research shows that 18- to 20-year-olds commit gun ...