The 21 to buy liquor was brought on when the HS seniors would sell it to 16 year olds and they would drive drunk killing people.
It was raised to 19 but they would still sell to 16 y/o crowd and still teenage drunk driving deaths.
Once the age limit was raised to 21, the teenage drunk driving deaths rates dropped enough that it was felt addressed. So the 18 & 19 y/o brought it on themselves. One idea I had was to allow the 18 – 20 y/olds to drink on the military base, but that’s neither here nor there.
The 21 to buy liquor was brought on when the HS seniors would sell it to 16 year olds and they would drive drunk killing people.
It was raised to 19 but they would still sell to 16 y/o crowd and still teenage drunk driving deaths.
Once the age limit was raised to 21, the teenage drunk driving deaths rates dropped enough that it was felt addressed. So the 18 & 19 y/o brought it on themselves. One idea I had was to allow the 18 – 20 y/olds to drink on the military base, but that’s neither here nor there.