Underdog Militia Report

I saw this article online. I wasn’t going to write an article about it until I started reading the comments.

First of all I didn’t read all the comments. However, I did read enough to get the general Idea about what people were saying.

Also, as a student of history I must point out that throughout most of recorded history teenagers had both the rights and responsibility of adults.
The idea that teenagers are children is a relatively recent phenomenon that started around the late 1890’s and really exploded in the 1950’s.

However the average idiot out there has no problem imposing the responsibility of an adult to someone as young as 12. Hence they are put on trial as adults for victimless crimes, in addition to crimes where there are a victim.

If one 14 year old is charged with a crime as an adult, then all 14 year olds should have the rights of an adult. Including the right to vote. And if you have a problem with that stop charging teenagers as adults. If someone is too young to be allow to do things that adults are allow to do because you think they are unaware of the consequences of their decisions then they should not be required to be held to the consequences of their actions in criminal court. This can included a criminal record that closes plenty of doors and ends many future career options.