but why did you have loaded shotguns?
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I see no one answered....
Why? I don't know. It just "was". There were gun clubs back in the days when the dinos roamed the earth...my brothers belonged to them. Yes. Loaded rifles were brought TO SCHOOL, and no one stole them, no one shot anyone...it just was.
Sad how times have changed in such a short period...
Why have a gun unless it's load?
Yes, as someone else mentioned some schools had rifle clubs, but we were just country kids and always had something handy in case we happened upon a rattle snake or spotted a deer or whatever. No one ever thought anything about it. Of course that was back when no one locked their houses and you knew everything would be safe and sound.