I had a .22, a bow and arrow, knives and scary fishing hooks in the trunk of my car as a teen.
Everyone I knew did, too!
And not once in all of my HS years did any kid DARE to harm another living being with a handy, accessible weapon. That was considered, ‘cheating’ and you didn’t do that!
If you had a disagreement, it was fisticuffs for the boys, hair pulling and nail scratching for the girls.
Ah. Simpler Times!
I see our problems as easily summed up:
* No God in School or the Public Square
* No FATHERS in the home
* The total devaluation of LIFE (abortion) and especially that of young men in crime-ridden areas
* Hands tied by Liberal laws that stop parents, teachers and social workers from getting young men the help they need
However, I have no idea as to changing ANY of these factors. :(
But at least you identified the problem accurately.
That is a necessary first step in finding a solution.
We always had guns in our house. When I was 12, my father got a bow and arrows, too. No one was ever injured.
“And not once in all of my HS years did any kid DARE to harm another living being with a handy, accessible weapon. That was considered, ‘cheating’ and you didn’t do that.”
It was the same for my high school in Montana where there where many students who had pickup trucks with multiple rifles on their rack parked in the high school parking lot all day long.