A BOY AND HIS RIFLE

Arcata and and Eureka, California, tried to ban the military recruitment of minors in those cities.

But a federal judge struck down the ordinances after the U.S. Justice Department argued that it would interfere with the government's ability to protect the country.

After all, how can we protect this nation without child soldiers?

Or as a retired Marine sergeant once told me, "There is no more dangerous force in this world than a teenager with a gun."