Yea, I always cringe when the media decries teenagers "Having access to guns". Ive kept a loaded weapon in my room since I was 11 or 12. All my friends did too. We managed to never kill anyone (Although we did manage to kill lots of delicious wildlife throughout middleschool and highschool)
I was in 9th grade (I think) when Columbine happened. The next day the principal announced that from now on, students would not be allowed to store firearms in their vehichles.
That seems like a long time ago.
I hear ya.
I was on the rifle team in high school.
More is the pity we have lost that.