NO school shootings when I was a kid: First gun I ever bought was in eighth grade, brought it home on the school bus too.

Thefinder Loc: Western Massachusetts

First gun I ever bought was in eighth grade, brought it home on the school bus too.

OJdidit Loc: Oak Creek Wisconsin

How about that?
Things started downhill once the stopped reciting the Pledge of Allegiance!

Chuckay Loc: Central Florida

Thefinder wrote:

First gun I ever bought was in eighth grade, brought it home on the school bus too.

I graduated in 1976 and most all the guys that had a pickup trucks, with
gun racks in the back window most had guns on them at school with windows rolled down and nobody ever thought about anybody stealing one of your guns much less ever shooting somebody, Yep Time has changed 🇺🇸

Gordon Loc: Charleston South Carolina

Different world out there now. My 5th grade teacher had her desk in the back of the class so she could keep an eye on us with out us seeing her. You passed notes or dosed off she would pop you in the back of the head with a pea shooter. I had one of those gun racks also.

Thefinder Loc: Western Massachusetts

Gordon wrote:

Different world out there now. My 5th grade teacher had her desk in the back of the class so she could keep an eye on us with out us seeing her. You passed notes or dosed off she would pop you in the back of the head with a pea shooter. I had one of those gun racks also.

I recall my social studies teacher Mr. Sullivan,he would walk about the students acting up and pop them on the head with that HUGE class ring he wore,I had a few lumps from it too.

bapabear Loc: Blaine, Washington

In the 7th grade, I took a 22 pump to school and gave an oral report on gun safety. Most of the class was bored as they already knew everything I had to say. I am not condoning guns in school now. It was a different world back then with totally different attitudes, respect and responsibility levels. Back then, a gun was a tool. Today a gun is a symbol of power.

Papa D Loc: Mantweeka, Ca

My dad's 2-room school had rules about guns at school...

1. You had to be in the 4th grade before you could bring one.

2. All guns had to be stowed in the locker.

3. No hunting during recess.

4. If you didn't handle them safely you would get two beatings (1st at school -- 2nd at home).

Times have definitely changed!

Thefinder Loc: Western Massachusetts

Papa D wrote:

My dad's 2-room school had rules about guns at school...

1. You had to be in the 4th grade before you could bring one.

2. All guns had to be stowed in the locker.

3. No hunting during recess.

4. If you didn't handle them safely you would get two beatings (1st at school -- 2nd at home).

Times have definitely changed!

NOT for the BETTER either!

saw1 Loc: nor cal Windsor

Thefinder wrote:

First gun I ever bought was in eighth grade, brought it home on the school bus too.

OI know what you mean Finder.
I got a BB gun for my 6th birthday. For my 7th I got my Mom's .22 single shot Remington.
My Dad died when I was 11 and we moved to the Lubbock area to be around my Mom's folks.
When I was 12 my Uncle, 1 of Mom's brothers, took me to the sporting goods store where he picked out an old Browning A5 12 gauge. I bought it with my own money for 125 dollars. That was my Dove gun.
He told me at the time that I should get a gun that I would grow into and I still have it.
Also in HS all us guys had guns in our cars and trucks too. I hunted EVERYDAY after school during Dove season.

fisher Loc: whitewater,colorado

Thefinder wrote:

First gun I ever bought was in eighth grade, brought it home on the school bus too.

I was just 4 when my father gave me a Daisey Red Ryder; I've had guns eve since and I never got me in trouble with them.

I have a ccw and carry where ever it's legal.

DC Loc: Washington state

actually there have been school shooting for a long time just not as widely publicized as now and a lot more schools and larger population now as well as the moral decline. but the past was not school shooting free either

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school_shootings_in_the_United_States_(before_2000)

Robert J Samples Loc: Round Rock, Texas

School shootings are the result of there being no fathers at home. In many cases, no parent. Seems that families are created the same way as bears for a family. First, copulation, the father leaves and is no longer around to help raise these almost orphan kids. The mother must work twice as hard to support her almost orphan family and expects the schoolteacher to teach her kids! That has not worked out well, look at Uvalde, Texas.

That shooter was left with his grandmother, and she could have reported his mental problems but didn't! Abandoned children have a right to be angry for being abandoned! Too bad they don't turn the gun on the bastard who abandoned them. Just Sayin...RJS

bapabear Loc: Blaine, Washington

DC wrote:

actually there have been school shooting for a long time just not as widely publicized as now and a lot more schools and larger population now as well as the moral decline. but the past was not school shooting free either

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school_shootings_in_the_United_States_(before_2000)

Looks like it was pretty much one on one disputes or accidents until the 70"s that is also the time the country started slipping in general with regard to respect and responsibility. More and more shootings were directed at supervisors, and innocent non involved members of the student body. It was also the early stages of searching for causes and providing counselors rather than punishing wrongdoers. Just a side note: It was also the end of the draft and the military education that taught young adults and parents what disipline responsibility and respect really meant.

Still above water Loc: San Francisco ca

OJdidit wrote:

How about that?
Things started downhill once the stopped reciting the Pledge of Allegiance!

My first rifle was a Daisy red rider. Got it for my sixth birthday. Followed by a Crossman 760. Got my first 22 when I was 12. My parents bought in a Walgreens in San Francisco. Can u imagine that now. Every gun shop in our area has been closed down due to political decisiveness. When my son was twelve I had to drive over a hundred miles away from the city so that he could enroll into a h****r’s safety course. Makes me sick!. This is no longer about duck hunting! There coming for every gun! And if they can’t get the guns, they will go after the ammunition.!!!!

DC Loc: Washington state

bapabear wrote:

Looks like it was pretty much one on one disputes ... (show quote)

think you have a point there, responsibility, and respect, both of which were not only taught in the military but more important were taught at home by intact families by mothers and fathers who took parental responceability seriously without governmental interference and undermining of the family values.