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1969, I was in high school. At our school we used to sneak off to the
parking lot, as far away from the school as we could get, to smoke
cigarettes. (Which was against the rules, of course, although we all
carried packs of smokes around in our shirt pockets.) One time, out at
our smoking spot, one of my friends said, "Hey, you guys wanna see my
new birthday present?" He opened the trunk of his car and brought out a
brand-new (unloaded) deer rifle with a 3x9 telescopic sight. We were
passing it around from guy-to-guy admiring it, looking through the
scope, pointing it down the street , looking at other students across
the campus and other stupid teenaged boy behavior, when this deep voice
loudly said, "WHAT ARE YOU ASSHOLES DOING?" We turned around, and there
was Coach Carr, bigger than hell. The guy with the rifle quickly
tossed it to the owner, who squeaked out, Eddie-Haskell-like "Oh, gosh,
Coach, I was just showing the guys my birthday present."
Coach Carr relaxed and said, "Oh. I thought you were smoking. Put that shit away and get back to class."
True story. Houston, Texas, Lamar High School, 1969.
I went to a rural small high school. I kept a 20 gauge single shot and a 243 Winchester lever action in the gun rack on the truck I drove to HS. I left the keys in the ignition. My English Setter stayed in the bed while I was at school. My WWII veteran math teacher had a 1911 and a pint of Jack in his briefcase.
ReplyDeleteIn 9th grade we had a gun safety class as part of our Agriculture class. I was in the Future Farmers of America (FFA) and won the FFA skeet shoot State championship two years running with that Stevens single shot. There were 3 shotguns in the Ag classroom that belonged to the FFA. Every guy and many girls had a pocketknife.
When dear season rolled around half the class would be tardy as they were in their deer stands at daybreak. There would be the occasional straggler that showed up at 10 because they got their deer that morning. That was the way it was in '79.
That was the way it was in '79.
Delete& the way it should be done today, Sir.
Cruz's brother has been placed in a mental institution but I
ReplyDeletedon't know why. Must be in the DNA!
Update Feb 16, 2018 5:26 PM EST: At least one south Florida TV station is reporting that Broward County Sheriff officials asked the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office Friday to detain the brother of Nikolas Cruz, the confessed gunman in the massacre Wednesday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. WPTV reported that Cruz's brother was detained and involuntarily committed to a mental institution under the Baker Act.
Interesting and I had to look up the Baker Act. Thanks.
DeleteI got my first firearm from my parents when I was 14 (1956). A battered Lee Enfield .303 left over from WW-II. Its lands & grooves no longer existed. But my dad took me to the range and familiarized me the safe handling of a weapon and the proper "off-hand" stance. Dad was real proud when I put my first round on target. I close my eyes and I can still see his satisfied smile.
ReplyDeleteI can still see his satisfied smile.
DeleteThat's sweet. My first rifle was an 1898 Mauser which I used to kill groundhogs on my father's farms. Don't remember what happened to it but paid $20.