In many states, Democrats are pushing to raise the age that people can legally buy a gun to 21 years old. The main argument in favor of this point is that 18, 19, and 20-year-olds commit firearm-related crimes at relatively high rates, and that is true. But it is irrelevant to the ban that they are pushing. The issue isn’t whether that age group as a whole commit crimes but whether those who can legally buy a gun commit crimes. After all, about 90 percent of murderers already have a violent criminal history and are already banned from buying a gun. The question is whether those who can legally buy a gun will commit crimes because those are the only ones affected by the ban. Data compiled for several states indicates that 18 to 20-year-olds who can pass background checks tend to be very law-abiding.
On the Bill Cunningham’s National Radio Show: To Discuss Objectivity to the Federal Government’s Crime Statistics
Dr. John Lott talked to Bill Cunningham on his national Sunday radio to discuss the crime statistics and what the Trump Administration will do. See also Dr. Lott’s op-ed piece at The Federalist titled “Trump’s FBI Reforms Need to Include Ending Data Distortions.”...
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