<p dir="ltr">There was ROTC is some some schools with rifles on campus. The prevalence of handguns was minimal. "Self defence" was being polite. Fights were with fists. Kids were not treated as hardened criminals for making bad choices.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 6, 2015 6:19 AM, "Jim Lynch" <<a href="mailto:ale_nospam@fayettedigital.com">ale_nospam@fayettedigital.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">During Pheasant season, I always had my double barrel 12 gauge in the back seat for when I got out of class I could walk a section and bring home a bird or two. A few of the pickups in the parking lot sported guns in a rack in the back window. I wouldn't doubt that was also common in Georgia back in the day.<br>
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Jim.<br>
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On 11/06/2015 07:39 AM, DJ-Pfulio wrote:<br>
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Ah ... to good olde days, when bringing a firearm to school just meant it was<br>
part of a physics class demonstration. We actually did this too - on school<br>
property. About 10 of the kids in my class brought handguns, shotguns, rifles,<br>
on that day. All approved.<br>
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