“My dad and his friends used to freely & legally carry their hunting rifles on the subways”
Taking subway to go hunting?
Subway in what city?
Open carry in NYC?
Where were they hunting?
About what year was that?
Bronx 1940s
“to go hunting?”
Just because they were carrying hunting rifles doesn’t mean they were going hunting. Many schools used to have their own shooting clubs, and kids would bring their rifles to school with them.