Posted March 13, 2018 10:30 am by Comments

By Chris Eger

With as many as 3 million Americans aged over 18 but under 21 with their firearms rights on the line, many are joining pro-gun advocacy groups. (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com)
One of the nation’s largest Second Amendment groups said it has seen phenomenal growth in the number of members joining from one particularly threatened demographic.
The Bellevue, Washington-based Second Amendment Foundation announced Monday they have documented a 12-fold increase in the number of members and donors between the ages of 18 to 20 over the course of the past month.
During that time, several states as well as members of both parties on Capitol Hill and Pennsylvania Avenue have floated efforts to up the minimum age for gun sales from 18 to 21.
“We normally don’t get that many members or donors in that age group, since the gun rights movement typically trends toward older Americans,” said Alan Gottlieb, SAF’s founder. “But the 18- to 20-year-olds have never been specifically targeted before, and they are obviously alarmed.”
According to 2016 estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau, there were more than 13 million Americans aged 18, 19 or 20. While the minimum legal age to purchase a handgun has been 21 since 1968, those under the legal

Source: Guns.com

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