Reply #45: College students can often get credit cards without jobs. The credit card companies [View All]

[grace0418]

make jillions of dollars off of dumb kids who start charging pizza delivery and new clothes without means of paying the bills. I knew lots of kids who got credit cards in college without jobs, and that was 18 years ago. I had a job that paid next to nothing and still got a card with an ungodly credit limit. The companies *want* you to get into trouble.

And even if his parents did get him a credit card, that's not at all uncommon. You may not agree with the practice, but LOTS of parents get cards for their kids while they are in school. The idea is for them to buy books, food, bus tickets home, and for emergencies. His parents may not have even received the bill for those gun purchases yet, so you're making a huge leap to be blaming them for this.