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Conversations With My Parents

  • Apr. 27th, 2007 at 6:31 PM
shadowkitty: side_of_zen (Sword)
Mum: *listening to radio about the dangers of giving children alcohol, occasionally laughing her head off*

Me: did you know Americans can't drink 'til they're 21?

Mum: what, seriously? That's terrible! *thinks* How old do they have to be to buy guns?

Me: uh, I dunno. Younger, I guess.

Mum: well, if they're not old enough, they could go to the shop with the gun & say 'give me a drink!'

My mum; advocate of armed robbery, but only when you really need a drink.
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[identity profile] arionhunter.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 27th, 2007 07:14 pm (UTC)
Oh, if only that conversation weren't so sadly true. What's even more hilarious is when teens drink in a dry county, where the sale of alcohol is prohibited.

US federal law is:
- Persons less than 18 years of age for the purchase of a shotgun or rifle (basically, hunting weapons).
- Persons less than 21 years of age for the purchase of a firearm that is other than a shotgun or rifle.

Before the first school shooting, people would drive to high school with their hunting rifles hanging in the back of their pickup trucks.
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[identity profile] shadowkitty.livejournal.com wrote:
Apr. 27th, 2007 11:51 pm (UTC)
I think my aunt & her family actually smuggled their own alcohol in, when they lived in Jordan. I'm not sure if it's a dry country, but my (then 16 or so) cousin definitely wrangled her share of it.
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