Sixth grade upon arrival at home from school many a kid in the hood would take down their rifle from the unsecured gun rack, take it outside and load it, then engage in unsupervised hunting activities. It was that or riding bicycles without helmets.
The biggest abuse came in my early teen years. My dad had this notion that like in the days of his early teens camping out on a lake or river in the summer alone was the good life. Oh & he left me unsupervised with a semi automatic rifle with a 18 round capacity, a boat and outboard motor, and left me there to fix my own meals and take care of myself.
He would check on me sometimes daily to bring ice and food etc. But I was left without any modern communication devices to summon government assistance.
This was the United States of my early teenage years in the early 1970's. My dad was able to let me experience things his dad and uncles allowed him and his brother to experience.
Now schools go into lock down when a 6 year old makes a finger gun? My male teachers and principals owned firearms and hunted and fished. They expected boys to be boys which helped turn boys into men later in life. The current education system is neutering males or making them Queers. Worse of all these tyrants are making them compliant and conditioned not to question authority when authority violates conscience and common sense.
Thanks Dad for showing me what our nations was like before The Bastards destroyed it.
To post # 39.....
It is difficult to imagine an America as you described, and yet I lived it too.....Teacher bringing out the paddle when you needed it (and I mean leaving your bottom red) and no uproar from anyone much less your parents (who more often than not gave it to you again if they found out).....Everyone had at least a shotgun, and knew how to use it......I’ve posted it before, it’s like the death of a family member or friend to know you will never experience that America again.....Mr. Reagan knew what he was talking about didn’t he?......Loss of freedom was only a generation away....That generation is upon us.....The godless schools have brain-washed an entire generation to create a secular culture that is completely void of any of the Christian values that the founding fathers knew were necessary to keep America strong and united......