You were loose with a gun at age 7?!

iamnothere 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Some kids grow up in families who hunt. It’s not super common but also isn’t unheard of.

vorpalhex 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

One of my uncles was asked to stop bringing his rifle to highschool because him and one of the teachers kept talking about hunting in the parking lot and getting to class late. The principle felt they were likely to at least make it in the building on time if they weren't chatting in the parking lot about their rifles/hunts/etc.

People used to have an insane amount of freedom and things generally went better.

	▲	Bluecobra 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I was in Cub Scouts in the early 90s and got a Swiss Army knife. I thought it would be cool to show it off to the kids on the bus. It got confiscated by the principal and I was suspended for one day. I think I got off light. I can’t imagine what would happen these days.

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mothballed 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Absolutely, I would also walk down the public roads also to get from one field to another, nobody said anything. It was quite normal in the rural Midwest. You'll probably find lots of true stories online as well about kids arriving to school and checking their rifle with the principal at the beginning of class and then getting them back at the end of the day.

	▲	mikestew 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Check the gun with the principal?! No, you leave it on the gun rack in the back of the pickup, and lock the truck door like normal people at my high school. :-) (Also rural Midwest, and a long time ago).
	▲	cevn 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Dang, seems like a completely different world than the one I live in. Honestly I would prefer it if we were able to teach our kids personal responsibility to this level, I actually believe people can be that mature by age 7 and you know whether a kid is a rule breaker or not by that point.
	▲	throwway120385 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		We did that stuff too in rural Washington. The vast vast majority of people don't mess with anyone, let alone children.