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In reply to the discussion: Georgia Mom Arrested for Allowing 10-Year-Old to Get Tattoo [View all]RZM
(8,556 posts)10. Comparing tattoos and sex doesn't really work.
If you want a tattoo, you go to a parlor and pay an artist to do it. Georgia law states that you must be 18 to patronize such an establishment.
Sex is not regulated like that. You don't have to go to a business and pay somebody. If two kids want to have sex, then they just do it. Since you can't prevent that, the next best thing is to make it as safe as possible.
A better analogy would be with pornography. You do have to be 18 to purchase that, just like you have to be 18 to get a tattoo.
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No tattoo ... be he should be allowed to get a conceal carry license ... this is America!!!
JoePhilly
Jan 2012
#13
The tattoo artist is also to blame for not requiring ID. You can't get one under 18 in PA either.
HopeHoops
Jan 2012
#15
i didnt think there would ever be a reason that i might consider being ok with a parent letting a 10
seabeyond
Jan 2012
#30
i am not arguing law. this isnt mine to do. i would not put a tattoo on a 10yr old.
seabeyond
Jan 2012
#37
One more reason to arrest someone, in the greatest prison industry on the Planet.
sarcasmo
Jan 2012
#34