This was 57 years ago.............
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freebullet
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They would have pulled up & shot you both down in alot of places today. That is the sad reality in today's America.
Nice story, thanks for sharing.
Nice story, thanks for sharing.
Yes, in today's world , the SWAT team would have been all over us .
The cop was not in a car that day, he was walking his beat on foot.
He showed zero concern for the fact that we had single shot 22's tied with grass rope onto the handle bars of our bicycles. We explained to him that we'd gone inside and bought all the 22's that we could afford......probably about 10 or 12 cartridges each. The owner of the store would " break a box " for us as he knew that none of us had enough money to buy a full box ( as memory serves me, a box of .22 shorts that day would have been .29 cents....a lot more money than either of us had ). We also told him that we were headed out of town to our favorite location to target practice with our .22's. As we peddled away, the cop said......." You boys be careful."
WOW ! ! How times have changed !
Ben
The cop was not in a car that day, he was walking his beat on foot.
He showed zero concern for the fact that we had single shot 22's tied with grass rope onto the handle bars of our bicycles. We explained to him that we'd gone inside and bought all the 22's that we could afford......probably about 10 or 12 cartridges each. The owner of the store would " break a box " for us as he knew that none of us had enough money to buy a full box ( as memory serves me, a box of .22 shorts that day would have been .29 cents....a lot more money than either of us had ). We also told him that we were headed out of town to our favorite location to target practice with our .22's. As we peddled away, the cop said......." You boys be careful."
WOW ! ! How times have changed !
Ben
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RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Great story! I'm sorry we have lost that trust and confidence today.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
It still happens, at least up here in the last 15 or so years. I was traveling down a back road one night and along comes an ATV. I flick the roof lights on to check the registration and what not and the ATV takes off. I turn and chase and a bit later find the ATV overturned with 2 boys on the dirt. No one was hurt, the ATV was okay and registered they had helmets, etc. Why did they run I asked? Because they'd been coon hunting and had a 22 and a couple coons. They also had licenses and it was coon season. That was when the riot act got read. I made it plain that they weren't in the wrong and running was not only stupid, but obviously dangerous. Got a sincere "Yes sir, we were wrong" type of thing from both and sent them on their way. I still see them on occasion and both still mention the incident. They still coon hunt together.
RBHarter
West Central AR
Even as late as the 80's every P'up in the parking lot had a gun , usually in a window rack , from the first weekend after school started until the end of February . Everybody hunted or worked something related to farming ..... Knives were understood to be a no-no but that was only applied to things like automatic openers and butterfly types everything else was working tools , teachers often asked for mine ..... Cops would drive through the known party pits to inventory cars and say things like "the unescorted minors will be home or camped out by 11 , right . " Never a word about the kid puking in the weeds . Same town today , they look sideways at you if you have kids and a 6 pack in the same car . So far the local/regional LEOs are still cool about guns at least outside of 1 county . A lot of laws have changed in the last 10 yr though , and not for the better at least not for kids or parents ......
In the 50's, Dan & I were walking to the old rock quarry just off the town's main drag. He had the 30/30 on his shoulder & I had his trusty nylon 66. Nary a blink from the traffic on the bvld. Guy (Fred) had a 357 on the school bus & handcuffed me to the seat. Later he said somethig to me that got my ire. At 100# then and not a fighter, I got him square in the jaw and he woke up a bit later. IIRC, a teacher went over to see if he was OK. Never heard a word about it.
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freebullet
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The fella that sold you the ammo would be facing 5-10yr in prison.
When I was about 9 yrs old the police shot my friend that was carrying a laser tag gun. They(the toy gun) didn't even look real. The cop was in plain clothes & gave the little tike or his mother no warning before killing him. My personal police interaction stories aren't much better from there. Rather deal with street thugs than our local cops. Sad but true.
When I was about 9 yrs old the police shot my friend that was carrying a laser tag gun. They(the toy gun) didn't even look real. The cop was in plain clothes & gave the little tike or his mother no warning before killing him. My personal police interaction stories aren't much better from there. Rather deal with street thugs than our local cops. Sad but true.
Pistolero
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Used to hunt armadillos in FL in the mid to late 60s, small town, north central part of state.
I had my 6" Ruger std auto in a holster and my friend had his .44 Mag in his (he was older) and
a Rem 7x57 RB was in a rack in his "wreck" a cut down '50 Plymouth sedan, the body only
existed from windshield fwd. Plywood bed and a real trunk behind the seats bolted down.
Nobody ever batted an eye when we stopped at the local gas station/store "Bud's" to get
refreshments. Holstered pistols just didn't attract any attention in those days, around there.
Bill
I had my 6" Ruger std auto in a holster and my friend had his .44 Mag in his (he was older) and
a Rem 7x57 RB was in a rack in his "wreck" a cut down '50 Plymouth sedan, the body only
existed from windshield fwd. Plywood bed and a real trunk behind the seats bolted down.
Nobody ever batted an eye when we stopped at the local gas station/store "Bud's" to get
refreshments. Holstered pistols just didn't attract any attention in those days, around there.
Bill
oscarflytyer
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remember those days well! Sadly gone. 16-17 yo (40 yrs ago), on the way to the range. Had a loaded 357 in holster on my hip. Very comfortable, forgot it was there - until I was half way to the bank teller counter to get some cash!!! AND as I realized it, and looked out the window, the Sheriff's office was right across the street! Good news was - teller never even blinked. We used to have rifles and shotguns in the trunk in HS.. And campus police stopped to chat in ~'84 when I was in college - behind the dorm, in camo, cleaning doves on the trunk lid by the dumpster - with the shotgun in the trunk!
oscarflytyer
Well-Known Member
RB - I have carried a working knife since I was at least in grade school - basically all my life. NEVER had an issue. And yeah, teachers all knew we had them too.
