{"id":2825,"date":"2010-11-26T07:22:57","date_gmt":"2010-11-26T12:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=2825"},"modified":"2010-11-26T07:22:57","modified_gmt":"2010-11-26T12:22:57","slug":"breathtaking-b-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=2825","title":{"rendered":"Breathtaking B.S."},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Times is upset that the NRA filed a lawsuit<\/a> to allow 18-20 year olds to purchase handguns. \u00a0Today’s op-ed, “Handguns for 18-Year-Olds?<\/a>“, has this gem:<\/p>\n

“… Beyond the dubious legal claims, the idea that young individuals ages 18 to 20 have a constitutional right to buy weapons and carry them loaded and concealed in public is breathtakingly irresponsible …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But it’s ok for them to exercise other civil rights like voting<\/a>, at least as long as its for the right<\/em> person:<\/p>\n

“…\u00a0Two years ago, the University of Miami<\/a> could not get enough Barack Obama<\/a>. The campaign rally he held here felt like a rock concert, his face appeared on T-shirts all over campus, and pro-Obama volunteers registered 2,000 new voters …\u00a0Mr. Obama won two years ago with 66 percent of the 18- to 29-year-old vote, a historic proportion. Americans under 30 also worked on campaigns at a greater rate than the general population did for the first time since 1952, or possibly even earlier …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Given that Obama’s political fortunes have been reversed, how long before the NYT writes an op-ed calling for raising the voting age.<\/p>\n