I think you're old enough to remember the high school shooting teams.
I know you're old enough to remember public shooting ranges. (your 39, right?)
I don't know DAT, I just see an erosion of liberties and freedom we had as youngsters.
I see no good in that. None at all.
in HS, about half the vehicles parked in the school parking lot were pickup trucks, about half of those having gun racks in the back windows, and almost all of those having a rifle or shotgun of some sort in it. All parked on school property
No one was shot, nobody said a word.
As a teenager in HS, all the boys carried a lock back knife with a blade 3-4 inches long, in a leather case attached to their belts (including me).
No one was stabbed, nobody said a word.
In HS, we had firearm safety classes taught in Health/PE, usually around hunting season in the fall, taught by local LEO's and game wardens, followed by allowing everyone to shoot a .22 at paper targets in a field behind the school. Some teachers even allowed students to bring their own rifles to scope them in.
No one got hurt, nobody said a word.
We didn't have a "resource officer" (armed, uniformed policeman) on the premises back then, we didn't need them, because no one got stupid and try to harm others.
We had a designated smoking area for students that smoked. Teachers in the industrial arts classes usually chewed or dipped, and allowed their students to so the same, as long as we were neat about it.
No one died from cancer or second hand smoke, nobody said a word.
We were taught CO2 was the building block of life, and were warned that we may be heading toward another "ice age".
That was 35-40 years ago, when the world was sane, and liberals were rare.
Now, I can't be legally parked on school property with a firearm in the car, even with a CCW.
A pocket knife is considered a "weapon".
Kids get expelled for bringing water pistols and plastic knives to school, or even having them on school grounds, or even drawing a picture of one, or even pointing a finger at someone and making a "bang" sound, or even thinking about doing any of the above.
Schools are "Tobacco Fee Zones", and I'm sure the tobacco nazis have periodic sweeps of the students' cars and lockers, looking for "contraband".
CO2 is a "pollutant", and globull warming is real.
This is what the "progressives" call "Progress".
I call it BULLSHIT!
