[MineralMan]

So did I. But that was back in the late 1950s. We don't do that any more. That might be stupid, but I also don't want the local young Crips passing guns in the parking lot of the High School near me.

Common sense, I guess, has to prevail.

[Tijeras_Slim]

It was the 70's for me. They still have rifle teams associated with JROTC here in NM, but use precision air rifles (no lead remediation problems, no hearing protection needed, and the range can be a classroom with a cinderblock wall as a backstop in case they miss the pellet trap)

Scholastic shooting programs are the only youth sport that has never had a case of participant or spectator violence documented.

Your point about criminals and gang bangers is completely valid though.

[Durus]

So in your world the rights and responsibilities of todays youth being limited by the actions of gang bangers is common sense?

[El Gato]

That might be stupid, but I also don't want the local young Crips passing guns in the parking lot of the High School near me.

Would it make you happier if they went to the parking lot of the local stop-and-rob and passed them there?

[WayneS]

1980s for me. Virginia Beach City Schools, NJROTC Program. Bolt action .22 rifles.

[Mulder]

but I also don't want the local young Crips passing guns in the parking lot of the High School near me.

I don't want women getting raped. So you should get a doctor to cut it off for you. (Of course, I'm kidding, but the logic is the same)