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Opinion: Age to buy gun should be raised

Handguns on display Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, at Georgia Gun Store in Gainesville. - photo by Scott Rogers

09162020 GUNS 2.jpg — Handguns on display Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, at Georgia Gun Store in Gainesville. - photo by Scott Rogers

A person must be 25 years old to rent a car in many cases. Why can’t the legal age to buy a gun be raised to 25? Are gun sales more important than saving the lives of children?