In my day (the 70s) it was common for some kids to go hunting in the morning before they had classes, and then go directly to school. It was not thought the least bit unusual to see a shotgun in the rack in the back window of a pick up truck.
Do that today and they will throw the kid out of school, have him arrested, lock down the school, and in general act like a bunch of panty waists.
I also think there is no reason responsible adults should be banned from having one.
Who the freak said I wanted minors to take guns to school? You make it sound like I said that the kids should be “packin’ heat”.
I said guns shouldn’t be BANNED from school. There is a difference.
One thing I will no longer put up with is idiots putting “words in my mouth” here on FR.
Go pound sand.
Well, in your day, society wasn't the pussy-whipped, risk-averse, ambulance-chasing place it is now.
A gun that stays in the rack of the pick-up is less likely to be involved in a school tragedy, than a gun that is taken onto school premises without the school, or the gun's owner, knowing about it. A gun can be taken onto school premises safely, but the "panty waists" won't risk it. Not just because they're scared, but because it's not possible to allow that to happen for all manner of "practical" reasons.
It suits the financial interests of insurance companies to identify small risks with potentially catastrophic consequences and charge more to cover it. It suits the lawyers to prosecute any and every perceived injury, no matter how slight. And so they feed the nanny state, which in turn feeds them.
Conservatism needs to embrace the idea that the litigation industry forms a symbiotic relationship with social authoritanism. If you're free to do XYZ but someone's able to sue you into financial ruin for exercising that freedom, then freedom is an illusion.