Yannow, sometimes I think life is backwards. You should be able to walk into a hardware store, sporting goods store or whatever and buy a gun, any time, just showing an ID that you're old enough.
OTOH, maybe people should have to graduate from a serious parenting course and get a license to have a kid. After all, you gotta get a kennel license to breed a dog that might live 10-12 years average, but breeding to have a kid is a whole bunch more demanding, complicated, expensive, takes a longer time, with consequences, good or bad, for decades.
OTOH, maybe people should have to graduate from a serious parenting course and get a license to have a kid. After all, you gotta get a kennel license to breed a dog that might live 10-12 years average, but breeding to have a kid is a whole bunch more demanding, complicated, expensive, takes a longer time, with consequences, good or bad, for decades.