NWRMidnight
Diamond Member
- Jun 18, 2001
- 3,038
- 2,652
- 136
Yet the most gun deaths are in the age group of 24 to 35. Maine has the highest median age of 44.8 per capa , and Utah has the lowest median age of 31.1 per Capa. Yet, the gun deaths by state don't support your claim that gun deaths are tied to maturity level based on age, as Utah and Maine are within 2 positions of each other, and both are in the bottom 1/3 out of all 50 states for gun deaths per Capa. That pretty much refutes the age argument.Loaded? WTH are you trying to say? The message is you should be mature. The young are generally not as mature.![]()
U.S. states: median age 2020 | Statista
In 2020, the state with the highest median age of its population was Maine at 44.8 years.
U.S. gun violence rate by state 2023 | Statista
The U.S. state with the highest rate of gun violence in 2023 was Mississippi, followed by Louisiana, New Mexico, Alabama, and Wyoming.
So yes, your argument is exactly why maturity is a loaded argument, because the numbers don't support your argument, and directly refute maturity is tied to age. Maturity is not a matter of age, but instead, of how you choose to respond and react to various life situations. Most people know right from wrong between 7 and 15 years of age, depending on what state you are in, yet they are still very immature. Why do you suppose what state you are in, influences when you learn right from wrong? Why are the majority of top 10 gun deaths per capa, red states? Why can most 7 to 15 year old know right from wrong, yet have little maturity? How can we have elderly people who are mostly considered very mature, yet not know right from wrong in some cases? You don't have to answer any of those questions, they are just an example of why maturity if a loaded argument, and why it has nothing to do with age.
