Public Comments for: SB848 - Firearms, certain; age requirement for purchase, penalty.
I support SB848. Guns are the number one killer of young people in this country, and this bill makes it harder for young people to access firearms.
I support this bill because guns are the number one killer of children in this country. Our brains are not fully developed until are mid to late twenties and 18-year-olds do not need to have access to assault weapons.
I support all of these bills as each would lessen the chances of gun violence and inevitably save lives.
I support this bill to raise the age requirement to purchase a handgun or assault weapon from 18 to 21 as guns are the number one killer of young people in this country, and this bill makes it harder for young people to access firearms.
As a mother of two young children, there is nothing more important to me than building a safer community for our state's kids, one that is free from the fear and constant threat of wanton gun violence. I strongly support any measure -- large or small-- that brings awareness and common sense regulation of deadly weapons, that removes firearms from those who threaten themselves or others, and diminishes the capacity of firearms to kill innocent people.
We MUST have stricter gun laws. At this point its common sense. Please protect our children and have stricter gun laws in order to keep our children safe at school and beyond.