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I'm starting a career hopefully in the coming year as after I visit my long distance girlfriend with my vacation time which took me 2 years to get, I intend to send in my application to the academy. I'll be seeing her in August but the application review could take a long time before they accept me and put me into an academy class.

I wanted to move out earlier but rent has gone up literally 5 fold and I can't even come close to being able to afford my own place now and it's only getting worse, so for at least a few more years, I'm stuck living with my parents still.

My parents have never been happy together throughout my life and they've had domestic disputes before, some of which my dad broke items in the house. Since they made 2 friends, they've been going out literally every night and getting shithoused at the bar. Then they'd come home separately and have a drunken argument that's about as intelligent as you can expect from two people in their 50s with the maturity of toddlers.

My dad at one point spent over $3,000 in alcohol in one night and then that same night spent another $2,000 at a strip club. Yes, a strip club and came home giggling as if he'd done nothing wrong. My dad sometimes purposefully causes conflict because he wants to feel in control, it's not uncommon for him to drop the N word and once said it literally over 100 times in one night, which is ironic seeing as how he's black.

They've acted so childish and stupid that it's become hilarious to me and my girlfriend when I tell her about their behavior, also holding it up as a perfect example of how me and her are not. I sometimes joke to her that at least they're presenting a perfect example of how not to have a happy relationship.

Do you ever laugh at your parents arguing?

In my view one should need parental consent to own a firearm if they are under the age of 21.

In the instance of parental consent this would have prevented a lot of school shootings operating under the assumption that most of these kids were loners and would not have otherwise had the proper connections to secure a firearm illegally.

Therefore I conclude this change in law could very well have made a difference, while still protecting the rights of law abiding citizens.

It is for this reason I propose teenagers should not be able to legally purchase firearms for themselves.

Since teenagers are not fully mature and their brains are still developing, that is why I find it best to leave it up to the parent’s discretion as to whether or not they can own a firearm.

Considering how immature and irresponsible that most teenagers tend to be I think its naturally safest. Even if most of them don’t necessarily go on to become school shooters, they are often ill equipped in terms of the personal responsibility that would be needed to properly care for a firearm.

Especially with voting they tend to make very bad and uninformed decisions.

My point being as a recent teenager myself, I don’t trust most of my peers to act responsibly with guns or alcohol for that matter, since most of them lacked mental maturity and would likely not be handling things responsibly and safely even if they weren’t necessarily set to become school shooters.

I understand that they can still join the military at 18 and handle guns but its an entirely different situation when you are under a chain of command and supervisors that are there to discipline you, train you and hold you accountable