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There comes a time, America, when you have… (Original Post) MrScorpio May 2013 OP
I don't believe 5 year olds can buy guns. cherokeeprogressive May 2013 #1
they cant, on an aside thats the same twenty two my daughter has apart from her custom stickers loli phabay May 2013 #2
How old is your daughter? Kablooie May 2013 #6
Shh, don't harsh the GRR-on with facts. ;) n/t X_Digger May 2013 #3
You gotta admit, that color coordination nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #4
Barbie would be delighted with that. Kablooie May 2013 #5
This is so fucked up. n/t CaliforniaPeggy May 2013 #7
You want real irony? If that child is not in a car seat, the father could be arrested! Moostache May 2013 #8
Inconsistency is a requirement to join today's GOP. Jamaal510 May 2013 #9

Kablooie

(18,603 posts)
5. Barbie would be delighted with that.
Tue May 7, 2013, 01:47 AM
May 2013

Maybe she'll dump Ken to get together with GI Joe and go gun down a few libruls.

Moostache

(9,895 posts)
8. You want real irony? If that child is not in a car seat, the father could be arrested!
Tue May 7, 2013, 02:34 AM
May 2013

Generally, most states require all kids younger than eight to ride in a federally approved child safety seat or booster that’s properly secured. Exemptions are usually granted to kids exceeding four feet and nine inches, but that little girl is no where NEAR 4'9"!

A minor cannot:
- buy tickets to PG-13 or R rated movies
- rent a car
- stay in a hotel or motel unaccompanied by adults
- have consensual sex
- smoke
- drink or enter a bar
- gamble or enter a casino
- serve in the Armed Forces
- vote
Among many, many other things we

But thanks to the NRA and the gutless asshats of the Republican AND Democratic parties, they CAN:
- be given a lethal weapon by damn near anyone vaguely related to them
- fire said weapon without ANY common sense at all entering the equation as to whether or not they SHOULD just because they CAN

One of my all-time favorite movie quotes comes to mind:
Tod: You know, Mrs. Buckman, you need a license to buy a dog, to drive a car - hell, you even need a license to catch a fish. But they'll let any butt-reaming asshole be a father. (Parenthood - 1988)

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