LEGISLATOR WANTS TO REDUCE AGE FOR FIREARM IDENTIFICATION CARDS

An 18-year-old can vote, but he cannot obtain his own Firearm Owner's Identification card.

State Rep. Brandon Phelps, D-Norris City, said that does not make sense. Phelps is proposing two "simple" changes to the FOID card laws that include reducing the age at which a person can apply for a card from 21 to 18.

"I just don't believe it makes any sense that we can send our women and men to Iraq and then they come home and they can't get their own FOID card," Phelps said about a change he's targeting with House Bill 3989. "They're old enough to vote. We're not changing the laws on how old you have to be to buy a handgun."

This is a small but positive step forward on gun rights -- and gun rights is an area that sees precious few positive steps even in these times.

Posted on 2004-02-01 23:46:25.0 by matthew@triggerfinger.org

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