Instead of punishing law-abiding people by punitively raising the purchasing age and robbing them of an enumerated constitutional right and due process, perhaps stop sealing the juvenile records of murderous 18 year olds The opinion here:
The pressure is on for lawmakers to"do something" after the devastating tragedy in Uvalde, Texas, where a killer known to authorities with a history of violent behavior went unchecked and committed an atrocity. The solutions typically proposed only address the aftermath of the underlying problem that is left unchecked. Uvalde native Matthew McConaughey spent two days in Washington, D.C.
So-called red flag laws constitute one of the most dangerous proposals in modern history. The purpose of red flag law is the obliteration of due process in the name of speed and efficiency. Red flag laws first render punishment and establish guilt throughorders, after which the respondent must prove his/her innocence in a process that can take months—and at significant legal expense, to boot.
Judiciary Committee, law professor Dave Kopel noted that a whopping one-third of red flag orders are wrongly issued and that thesystem deprives citizens' due process rights and right to counsel.
McConaughey has previously called for an"assault weapons" ban—that is, a ban on commonly-owned semiautomatic rifles. Perhaps after reading the RAND Corporation's