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Message: [QUOTE="zachvac, post: 669847, member: 26306"] Wow, I've said this before, how about the parent teaches their kid about money management and gambling as you have about hunting? This logic is horrible, "they don't need to" is not a logical argument. You don't need to be allowed to eat chocolate, why shouldn't the government ban chocolate? Another point I've also made, a minor cannot go into debt. I've yet to meet a bank who will offer a loan to a minor. A minor gambling can only harm themselves as much as anyone else without money management who buys things because they can. So just to make the laws in this country clear: A 9-year old kid is allowed to hunt with a gun. He could easily intentionally or unintentionally turn around and kill you, other people, or himself. You're allowed to go into the military, where the mental damage is usually high (I'm sure you've seen the suicide rates of Vietnam vets), your goal is to kill people, and you have a chance of being killed, at 17. You can smoke a cigarette, which has been proved to cause cancer and reduce life spans by decades, killing some people in their 40s and 50s, at 18. On the other hand, you can't (legally) drink alcohol, something adults regularly do at parties and special occasions, with no proven long-term effects if done responsibly, until age 21. You can do something that has been proven to kill at 18 but can't do something that is advertised and done frequently by adults until 21. You can blow money on an HDTV, an arcade, an amusement park, manage money poorly, end up not being able to afford college, buy a new car you can't really afford, etc. as soon as you're old enough to have cash. You can't play a game where you have the potential to do all that is listed above, but also have a chance to play responsibly, maybe you're paying for entertainment, maybe you're good enough to profit, until you're 18. Laws in this country are fu**ed up. [/QUOTE]

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