I took my Fanner 50 and holster to school in the second grade when we were allowed to bring a special Christmas present to show....No problem...
I also used to draw against Matt Dillon at the beginning of “Gunsmoke” each Sunday night...(I beat him too!!!!)
I had a friend who attended Bishop DuBois HS in Manhattan (NY)in the 1950’s. He was on the rifle team and they used to carry their target rifles on the subway at sling arms going to meets in the Knightsbridge Armory. I am not sure that that was legal, even then. Once a cop asked them what they were doing. Today, if a bunch of Catholic HS students with target rifles got on the Number 1 IRT, they would close the subway system and place Manhattan on lock down, Napalitano’s goons would sweep in and shoot the whole place up.