Best intentions make the worst policy | POINT
The best of intentions often precede the drafting of the worst policies. Senate Bill 23-169 is no deviation from that rule. The desire to end gun violence — especially when it victimizes our children — is a universal cause. The unjustified ending of life is not only the gravest violation of liberty but violates our shared morality as a nation.
Though raising the age to own a firearm to 21 seems to check the boxes on paper, it falls short in both effectiveness and principle.
On effectiveness, the results are inconclusive.
The Rand Corporation’s analysis of the handgun age minimum couldn’t draw a conclusion on whether the policy prevents mass shootings or violent crime, though it found it may reduce suicides.