we all grew up with guns...and nobody took one to school...***
I meant no kid was able to just take one from the house...
Guns were not an exciting curiosity to us...they weren’t an intriguing, unknown and desirable plaything..they were everyday ...MEH...No other kid would have been impressed...
our Dad’s locked their guns up so the little kids or thieves couldn’t get them..
My Dad built himself a gun cupboard that was attached to the kitchen wall and locked..
Dad put his guns away (double barreled shot gun, rifle, 22, 303, German Luger etc) unloaded..the ammo was locked up in another place..
We all learnt to shoot with that old German Luger my uncle brought back from WWII...
We would shoot targets on the side of the old barn ...My Dad built a new barn when I was 10 which means I was younger than 10 when he taught me to shoot..We weren’t allowed to mark up the new barn.. LOL
I don’t remember anyone complaining that he taught his children to handle guns while we were still in elementary school...
Although most kids I went to school with had someone who fought in WWII, I don’t remember anyone saying they were going to shoot another kid or a teacher...
***I don’t remember anyone saying they were going to shoot another kid or a teacher...***
My dad, a WWII vet, always said to NEVER say you wished so and so was dead! If they were found dead, you would be the first suspect.
Never heard of anyone shooting up a school back then. If it did happen, it was considered strictly local news.