Now, after this has all come out and LEOs are all aware of it, the law must be changed. Originally, the bill was designed to allow the use of handguns by youths down to age 12, as is the norm in the scholastic competitions. I believe there was an attempt to just drop the age restriction, but don't know that for sure, but I know for sure that the people pushing the bill soon found that the ONLY way the bill would pass through the Senate was with an age restriction of 12 years, so that's how they drafted the final bill. Hear this loud and clear: The bill was on greased skids toward passage and would have lowered the age to 12 -- not a compromise but a progress toward a goal of no age limit. It would have happened!!! BUT, when Shaw threatened to amend the bill to remove the age limit, which would have passed in committee then the full amended bill would have passed in the House, by the way, but absolutely would not have passed in the Senate, the bill was pulled. And so, another bill dies due to going for the Hail Mary pass when a simple dive play would get the job done. I was there. I saw what happened.