I remember when
Hardware and Western Auto stores sold guns. In the small towns too.
Had access to guns 24/7. No child protection back then.
We would take our rifles to school in the truck to go shooting after school and the swat team wasn’t called and it didn’t make the 6 o’clock news.
As 11 year olds, dad would drop off me and a friend on the railroad tracks with our high power centerfires to hunt and pick us up at dark.
We would ride in the back of the truck. We would drink from the hose. We would ride bikes without a helmet.
We would see frogs, horny toads and prairie dogs on a regular basis.
