Even in upstate NY where I graduated from high school (This is the same Putnam County that refused to give names of gun owners to the Liberal press) my twin brother and I used to take guns to school for demonstrations. During hunting season we would take shotguns or .22 rifles and ammunition to school on the school bus. The bus driver asked if we were hunting after school and said he sure wished he could go with us as we hunted on the farm of a classmate. We took another school bus to her farm and then walked home on the main highway after dark. Nobody ever said anything about it. The guns and ammunition were stored in the coat room at the back of the classroom during the day. They were never locked up from anybody and always remained safe. Our society has gone completely bonkers with zero tolerance attitudes and nobody being capable of making a decision. Our Congress on both sides is incapable to simply say, "NO", to more spending so continually kicks the can down the road hoping it will go away. Studies prove that of all weapons in use the so called Assault Rifle is the least dangerous according to use. Yet idiots want to ban the possession of them and high capacity magazines thinking it will do some good. They seem to forget that even if magazines were limited to even 5 rounds somebody can simply carry more magazines. God help us all is right.
Trust me, I know the dangers of firearms having been in the USMC, law enforcement and corrections. My son also committed suicide with a 9mm pistol I had given him. Do I blame the gun or me? No I don't. I blame my son for starting to use drugs which put him on a path to self destruction.
Dennis
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