Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) is one of the more bombastic and vitriolic members of Congress, with a history of pushing the envelope on what race-baiting things one can say while still serving in the federal government. So naturally, when he does a bad tweet, people love to dunk on it and him.
Here’s King with the tired argument that somehow the age one can vote and the age one can own a gun should have any correlation.
If you are a teenager & believe you won’t be responsible enough to own a gun until 21, why should you vote before 21?
— Steve King (@SteveKingIA) March 27, 2018
To debunk King’s correlation: Teenagers don’t believe that they, specifically, are too irresponsible to own a gun, they simply believe that if every teenager was restricted from owning a gun it would create a safer society.
Which is something the U.S. already did with handguns.
Also, that owning a gun, and having a say in the whole host of matters relating to the society you live in, are two different things.
Naturally, the tweet got ratioed to hell.
https://twitter.com/JosephStanten/status/978424955506479104
https://twitter.com/ItsMeCathi/status/978495584700125184
If you are almost 70, and believe in magical vaginas that shut down the reproductive system when they detect rape, you shouldn't be allowed to have a gun, vote, drink, be in congress or reproduce. https://t.co/kYCMCo4lMX
— Facts Do Matter (@WilDonnelly) March 27, 2018
I'm an adult & believe I shouldn't EVER be allowed to own an AR-15, at any age. At what age should I be able to vote? https://t.co/K6x2Lp8VbA
— Deborah Roseman (@roseperson) March 28, 2018
- But if you want the argument debunked by basic logic/science, there’s also this:
https://twitter.com/RachelFeltman/status/978623294965469184
There you have it.
H/T Huffington Post