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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1223005" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>My father was a member of the South Eugene High School Smallbore Rifle Team back in 1956. It was actually a sport you could get a letter for. He would actually ride the bus to school with a .22 rifle on his shoulder and a box of shells in his pocket. The rule was that team members would just put their rifles in the principal&#039;s coat closet for safekeeping upon arrival at school, then when school was dismissed they would retrieve their rifles and take another bus to the local National Guard armory where NRA certified 50 yard Smallbore matches were held against other schools. It was routine, no big deal. During hunting season it was common to see deer rifles in gun racks in the student parking lot. If such things occurred today there would be panic in the streets and grief counselors at school the following day to help the children cope with the trauma of seeing one of those icky horrible guns. At least thats what they would do in California.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1223005, member: 14668"] My father was a member of the South Eugene High School Smallbore Rifle Team back in 1956. It was actually a sport you could get a letter for. He would actually ride the bus to school with a .22 rifle on his shoulder and a box of shells in his pocket. The rule was that team members would just put their rifles in the principal's coat closet for safekeeping upon arrival at school, then when school was dismissed they would retrieve their rifles and take another bus to the local National Guard armory where NRA certified 50 yard Smallbore matches were held against other schools. It was routine, no big deal. During hunting season it was common to see deer rifles in gun racks in the student parking lot. If such things occurred today there would be panic in the streets and grief counselors at school the following day to help the children cope with the trauma of seeing one of those icky horrible guns. At least thats what they would do in California. [/QUOTE]

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