“When I was in High School, some of the boys would take a teacher out to the car or pickup to show them a new rifle. “
Similar happened here. When in the Army at a very high security installation in Northern Virginia, I got caught with a 22 rifle in my locker. I was just simply told to get it out of the barracks and put it in my car.
Later on I had a car accident and the investigating cop could have cared less when he saw the gun.
The contrast is look at Virginia today.
Those are good examples of how common sense has evaporated.
U.S. population has doubled since I was born. Fortunately, my two rural dwellings (NH and Florida) wouldn’t object to a shot or two.