Garrett+P’s+2015+OpEd+Article

 Nothing scares me more than the idea that in exactly 9 months and 8 days of writing this piece, that if The United States were to be a part of a major conflict or a war, then there’s a large chance that I will have to fight and die for my country, or worst of all be mutilated for the rest of my life. At eighteen years old we are expected to do a lot of things, its the year we can finally move out, maybe go to college, we can get married at that age, hell we can vote for president at that age, yet the government still finds it unreasonable for a registered adult to drink alcohol. At my age, I have the permission from the government to drive a 2,000 pound death machine,I can purchase a firearm and have it in my house within ten days of being eighteen, yet for some odd reason the thing that scares the government the most was the alcohol. The drinking age at 21 is a completely ridiculous notion, given the responsibilities we are granted at age 18.

People are worried about a person being irresponsible with drinking at age eighteen, but for some odd reason they don't mind me being irresponsible with a car? What if I'm irresponsible with that firearm? Don't worry, the government's more worried about me getting tipsy, than me getting my head blown off in Afghanistan, or some other place that most Americans can't place on a map.