In the wake of the school shooting in Florida, there are calls to raise the age for the purchase of certain firearms to 21, and the banning of so-called "assault" weapons entirely. I've got a better idea. Since we can no longer produce young people with any degree of maturity, let's raise the age of majority to 26. After all, if you can stay on your parents' health insurance until you are 26 years old, while you continue to play video games in your mom's basement, you are not capable of making adult decisions.
I hear the whining now: "If you are old enough to be drafted and die for your country, you are old enough to vote." First of all, there is no military draft. There hasn't been one since 1973. Bringing back the draft, however, is a great idea. Even better is 2 years of compulsory military service for every high school graduate. High school dropouts would be required to serve 4 years of military service, and be required to finish high school while in the military at a DOD school under military rules.
OK, here is the compromise. If you join the military at 18, or 17 with parental consent, you are allowed to vote, you are allowed to drink on or off base with your military ID card, and you are allowed to enter into a contract after you are counselled by your commanding officer and base legal. If you are not willing to join the military, you will not be considered an adult until you are 26. That will also take the drinking age out of the realm of most college students, preventing a lot of campus related alcohol incidents. Yes, I know the college town bars will suffer, but as some folks like to say, "you can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs." It will also reduce the number of incidents of college hook up date rape, since alcohol will not be as available.
I remember from my college days, alcohol did lower the inhibitions of both the boy and girl. It was the 1970s, and with the 18 year old drinking age, 24 hour visitation in the dorms, no curfews, and available birth control through the campus health center at reduced cost, there was a lot of sex on campus. Abortions were also available at the local hospital as a last resort, due to the Supreme Court's Roe vs Wade decision.
Things are different now. We need to tighten things down. Is it social engineering? Sure it is. It's just social engineering that goes against the grievance and victimhood narrative. I can hear the whine and cheese party now.