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Vermont bill would ban cell phone use by anyone younger than 21:
A bill has been introduced in Vermont's legislature that would prohibit anyone under 21 years old from using or possessing a cell phone. However, the bill appears to be more about gun rights than cell phones.
The bill, introduced Tuesday by Democratic Sen. John Rodgers, says those under the age of 21 "are not developmentally mature enough" to posses and use cell phones safely. The bill cites fatal car crash and bullying among teens as reasons for the proposed legislation.
"The use of cell phones while driving is one of the leading killers of teenagers in the United States," according to the bill (PDF). "Young people frequently use cell phones to bully and threaten other young people, activities that have been linked to many suicides."
The bill would make possession or use of a cell phone by anyone under 21 punishable by up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine.
The bill says that if those under 21 "aren't mature enough" to possess guns, smoke cigarettes or drink alcohol, then the same rule should apply to cell phone use. In recent years, the state has passed laws raising the minimum smoking age to 21 and prohibiting the sale of firearms to anyone under 21.
[...] "I have no delusions that it's going to pass. I wouldn't probably vote for it myself," he told the newspaper.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by BsAtHome on Saturday January 11 2020, @04:39PM (3 children)
Why not incarcerate all people under the age of 21 right now? They all have done something illegal already. Better to put them all away now then to wait until it gets worse. And, like the old guys like to say, those young pesky buggers, they had it coming.
On the positive side... only one more generation of insanity. All will simply die in lockup. Then you have a lot of land cleared with intact infrastructure. A fresh start can commence.
(Dreams, the best kind of sarcasm is always in your dreams; unfortunately, then you wake up)
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 11 2020, @09:10PM
send them to sex slave camps. then geezers can go visit them for vacations!
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 12 2020, @01:02AM
Just ban Facebook and they'll kill themselves.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday January 12 2020, @07:23AM