shucks, i use to go out dove hunting before class in HS in AZ. always kept the shotgun in the trunk of the car. never a problem.
that was in late 60’s early 70’s.
every once in awhile, i would be late for class, if the hunting was good. sometimes early, when i ran out of shells.
can’t imagine what would happen nowdays.
Blessings, bobo
When I was in high-school in the same time frame (late 60s) and my brother almost 13 years later guns in the pickup rack were standard issue. One each, shotgun and rifle. You never really did know if you were going to be hunting birds, squirrels, rabbits, hogs or deer before or after school. You just had to be prepared. Most of the year tackle box and fishing rod were also carried. We didn’t coon hunt a whole lot, mostly old men did that and used jumping mules to cross the fences and follow the dogs. When we did coon hunt though it was an all night affair. Great memorable fun.
In the early 80s my brother traded pistols with one of his teachers. Gun and clips carried to school on the bus and kept in a locker until the transaction could be made. He traded for one gun and Dad made him take it back because it was a Ruger and Dad thought he got taken in the deal.
Fights at school or anywhere else were seldom. In fact, I can’t remember a single one.
Vietnam was a fear we had but knew we would have to go if called. We had seen others go before us and most of them made it home. Fear is a great motivator to keep your grades up so you could go on to college.
You don’t have to go back too awfully far to find better days than these. It was normal. We didn’t seem to have the government in our face 24 / 7. We had freedom to live out our lives and pursue opportunity. We didn’t have an invasion of illegals insisting on their rights just as if they were citizens. Poor were helped and being a government employee was not the same as hitting the jackpot.
What happened to us?