Blade_Runner wrote:
Now that you mention it, Loki, when I went to school in a small western town, from about 8th grade up, we took our 22s and 410 shotguns to school, stored them in an unlocked coat closet so we could go rabbit hunting or target shooting after school. We went out without any adults to supervise, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback. Often there were 10 youngsters out there in the boonies with guns, a small army of kids having a great time. Funny thing, during all those treks, no one was ever injured or killed. Our fathers and mothers were all shooters and they taught us well.
Now that you mention it, Loki, when I went to scho... (
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Every kid I knew growing up had guns, we use to duck and deer hunt b4 school started in the morning. In all those years only one accident, one of the guys I knew shot himself in the leg while trying to climb a tree. "What we have here is a failure to communicate".