to have a great pension and bennies when they get out of the military. That would be awful to go in for that purpose and get shafted when they're ready to retire.

The Dems want to make sure it's there for the Vets but the repubs are saying nothing but "NO."

behind the enlistment. It would also be his first time out on his own without mom and dad checking out his entire agenda. But heck,
he wanted to get married right after graduation to the first girl he ever dated. He was talked out of that. Geez, he's 18 and doesn't even have a drivers license yet.

My main point in my post however was about the idea of having guns lost in the car your driving.

turned out okay this time. With all the stories out there about kids and grownups getting killed accidently by guns.. I would think gun owners would be way more responsible.

that is the problem..

...some years ago the local Army recruiter called up wanting to speak to my son who was 17 at the time. He said he was going to sign my son up. I asked him if him how he was going to do that, seeing as he was not 18. He told me that I was going to sign my consent. That's when I asked him his rank, then told him in so many choice words that he had a lot of nerve telling someone, who if on active duty would outrank him, what to they would do. I further told him that he was not to contact my son again.

Instead of engaging in two unnecessary wars, my son went on to a high paying professional career in the IT field.