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In reply to the discussion: Did you have access to guns when you were in high school? [View all]Hotler
(12,844 posts)43. Single parent home just mom and I, no guns except BB gun.
If I wanted one I think mom would have let me. I was in Boy Scouts and had firearms training/safety. Hell, I think firearms training/safety was an after school elective back in 1970's along with fly tying.
Motorcycles are what captured my interest and mom hated them with a passion. As long as I lived at home no motorcycles. BB guns, bottle rockets, fire crackers, even old school m80's she was fine with. Be careful is all she said.
Motorcycles, No God Damn way.
I miss you mom.
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My Grandpa who lived with us locked his guns up except for an old musket which I doubt could
Demsrule86
Oct 2021
#4
Rifles and shotguns. I played sports all the time or probably would have been one of the
brewens
Oct 2021
#7
My brother and I each had a bolt action Marlin .22 and my Dad had a .38 revolver. Taking any firearm
dameatball
Oct 2021
#20
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marble falls
Oct 2021
#42
My dad had rifles and shotguns, my mom carried a .38 Special in her purse and I had a .410.
rickyhall
Oct 2021
#29
I fired a real handgun (with blanks) on stage during my high school's performance of Oklahoma back
Dial H For Hero
Oct 2021
#32
My dad had guns for hunting - a rifle and a couple of shotguns. They weren't locked up,
Ocelot II
Oct 2021
#36
When I was a kid my dad still had his Army-Air Force issued 1911 .45 caliber pistol.
panader0
Oct 2021
#61