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I'm 48... Wait Wut Apr 2013 #1
So am I, and my husband took a rifle to school for Rifle Team REP Apr 2013 #65
I'm almost 60... mike_c Apr 2013 #2
recess back in the day BainsBane Apr 2013 #46
lol eom arely staircase Apr 2013 #78
in my 40's ProdigalJunkMail Apr 2013 #3
Guns and knives were common at my high school madville Apr 2013 #4
I am 74 and I do not ever remember guns being RebelOne Apr 2013 #5
Well, that doesn't give much credence to your "#1 rebel" handle, does it? ret5hd Apr 2013 #31
And what do you mean by that remark? RebelOne Apr 2013 #59
What! No red hair? n/t oneshooter Apr 2013 #68
"legal to drive down the road drinking a beer if you were at least 18." alp227 Apr 2013 #6
i agree on all points arely staircase Apr 2013 #9
In the city of Phoenix it was the same way. Rifles in the back window. All the boys brough knives. MellowYellow Apr 2013 #7
even if you didn't have to worry today about a shooting arely staircase Apr 2013 #8
Well you would think schools would have security cameras The Straight Story Apr 2013 #12
yeah and everyone could sit around later and watch the video of their gun being stolen arely staircase Apr 2013 #13
And therein lies the problem (and a much deeper one) The Straight Story Apr 2013 #22
i get your point but arely staircase Apr 2013 #25
Where I would begin: The Straight Story Apr 2013 #35
i don't disagree with any of that, especially this part arely staircase Apr 2013 #69
Probably yes. But back then they weren't stolen, and that was befor cameras were MellowYellow Apr 2013 #45
That is a question I have asked many times over that no one really answers The Straight Story Apr 2013 #11
yes the people changed arely staircase Apr 2013 #15
You must not have lived in the south, KKK and yahoos weren't nice people -- and guns were common. Hoyt Apr 2013 #27
Hmmmm The Straight Story Apr 2013 #30
Fact is, guns enable/embolden callous people. Hoyt Apr 2013 #43
Yeah, well The Straight Story Apr 2013 #51
weeding those people out is correct arely staircase Apr 2013 #77
Your views on guns are scewed by your Jenoch Apr 2013 #89
A whole bunch are. Hoyt May 2013 #92
Yep. And that is why you are unable to help Jenoch May 2013 #93
Pretty accurate actually. Hoyt May 2013 #94
That is an excellent question. bighart Apr 2013 #47
For some reason no one wants to debate this issue. Maybe they know they won't like what they see MellowYellow Apr 2013 #55
"Trayvon Martin hit Zimmerman." ieoeja Apr 2013 #24
Kids used to get paddled for bad behavior back then as well but then came the law suits Bandit Apr 2013 #33
Cardozo High School (DC) girls' rifle team Recursion Apr 2013 #10
Some people are still bringing guns to school MineralMan Apr 2013 #14
the only news any of the kids with guns at school back then made arely staircase Apr 2013 #17
I am 64 and never saw a kid with a gun in school HockeyMom Apr 2013 #16
Thought you might like this: The Straight Story Apr 2013 #18
It was pretty common to see gun racks in pick-ups parked on campus at TAMU in the 80's HereSince1628 Apr 2013 #19
i remember the axe handle accessory too arely staircase Apr 2013 #29
I'm a good bit older than that, and I remember when the bigots had guns in their cars. Hoyt Apr 2013 #20
Bigots still have guns in their cars. mwrguy Apr 2013 #34
And there was also recess, where kids could pick their own teams, and play dodge ball, and bike man Apr 2013 #21
I can remember going with my dad to buy dynamite at the hardware store. MindPilot Apr 2013 #23
Two spots in the rack Fla_Democrat Apr 2013 #26
It was common in rural Minnesota Jenoch Apr 2013 #28
not in Minneapolis BainsBane Apr 2013 #38
I'm sure it was. Jenoch Apr 2013 #40
Very true BainsBane Apr 2013 #41
I grew up in rural Minnesota but Jenoch Apr 2013 #50
My point is that the gun lobby BainsBane Apr 2013 #57
The Minnesota courts banned gun bans Jenoch Apr 2013 #60
Who waged the suit? BainsBane Apr 2013 #67
You might be on to something, Jenoch Apr 2013 #70
Same in Nevada, premium Apr 2013 #86
No, it wasn't a rural vs. urban thing. I went to school in Phoenix and Austin. I'm MellowYellow Apr 2013 #54
Could it be that Control-Z Apr 2013 #56
Which again begs the question WHY? What changed? Why weren't kids with guns and often times MellowYellow Apr 2013 #58
The obvious reasons Control-Z Apr 2013 #61
Because it is not the same world now. nt Stretch714 Apr 2013 #62
Why? Half-Century Man Apr 2013 #80
Same in rural Nevada, premium Apr 2013 #84
Minnesota law always required the guns Jenoch Apr 2013 #88
I grew up in Dallas and I never saw kids bringing guns into school. If I had, my mother CTyankee Apr 2013 #32
I grew up in Duncanville OriginalGeek Apr 2013 #39
Suburban Dallas in the late 50s early 60s was not rural. I am talking about Highland Park CTyankee Apr 2013 #48
I always thought of us as living on the edge of city life OriginalGeek Apr 2013 #52
what years are we talking about? eom arely staircase Apr 2013 #81
late 40s to late 50s. CTyankee May 2013 #95
I remember when kids were allowed to bring their necessary medicine to school BlueStreak Apr 2013 #36
East Texas is not the rest of America BainsBane Apr 2013 #37
Same thing here Go Vols Apr 2013 #42
Even today in some rural areas newfie11 Apr 2013 #44
Yep PD Turk Apr 2013 #49
I lived in a So Cal beach town in High School (mid '60's). I remember all the surf boards lined up.. Tikki Apr 2013 #53
Remember the folding Buck knives in the leather carry case on the belt? newmember Apr 2013 #63
My second grade teacher brought the musket carried by her great-grandfather in the Civil War... Marengo Apr 2013 #64
My high school had a shooting range in the basement. baldguy Apr 2013 #66
If there was an open season... hootinholler Apr 2013 #71
There are still high school rifle teams nessa Apr 2013 #72
It happened during hunting season, but not really any other time. lumberjack_jeff Apr 2013 #73
i don't remember a collective hard-on for para-military weapons back then either arely staircase Apr 2013 #74
I really don't Go Vols Apr 2013 #75
definitely, at least were i come from arely staircase Apr 2013 #79
You would have been considered an antisocialist,maladjusted kid to Old and In the Way Apr 2013 #76
Pretty common in rural Georgia of course. TampaAnimusVortex Apr 2013 #82
We actually had the school provide guns Sgent Apr 2013 #83
We never were allowed guns in school but Jennicut Apr 2013 #85
That must have been a pretty rural area union_maid Apr 2013 #87
Day before deer season opened: loaded gun racks. Lots and lots and lots of gun racks. Occulus Apr 2013 #90
There was a time in America when you could bring your slave to school olddots May 2013 #91
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