# House raises the age to buy semi-automatic rifles to 21 (but unlikely to pass in the Senate)

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**Created:** [June 9, 2022, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-raises-the-age-to-buy-semi-automatic-rifles-to-21-but-unlikely-to-pass-in-the-senate/965901 "2022-06-09T00:37:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-raises-the-age-to-buy-semi-automatic-rifles-to-21-but-unlikely-to-pass-in-the-senate/965901/191 "2022-06-16T04:53:36Z")

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> [@pkbites](#):
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> Even the ACLU, an organization not friendly to gun owners, has raised serious issues regarding red flag laws.

The ACLU has raised serious issues regarding some red flag laws, which may be broad or skewed enough to be unconstitutional as written.

But [as discussed in the concurrent GD thread on red flag laws](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-red-flag-laws-violate-the-5th-and-6th-amendments-us/966260/2), that doesn’t mean that they’re opposed to the whole concept.

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> So-called “red flag laws,” which provide for protective orders to remove guns from people who pose a significant risk to themselves or others, can also be a reasonable way to further public safety. To be constitutional, however, they must at a minimum have clear, nondiscriminatory criteria for defining persons as dangerous and a fair process for those affected to object and be heard by a court.

(And I take issue with your description of the ACLU as “not friendly to gun owners”. They’re definitely not friendly to the recklessly exaggerated interpretations of gun rights being promoted by many gun owners and the arms-industry shills that purport to stand with them, but that’s not the same thing.)

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