I saw a viral video about a guy who said his town in New Jersey did not enforce prohibition law at all back in the 1900s, with the consequence that he, as a minor, could go in to a bar and get a drink. Interesting thought to consider in the face of unjust legislation today, that there were places in the past that just didn't enforce certain laws thought to be unjust.
What kind of other questions might we ask of elders, to understand some of the past that might help us make good decisions going forward?
"Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it"
Not any wisdom in the story, but I'm almost 70, so baby boomer generation and I've seen a lot of things change. When I was a youngster in the 60s, you could still mail order firearms directly from the Sears catalog. One of the greatest thing about matriculating from the 3rd grade to the 4th grade at my elementary school was that fourth graders on up could bring their shotguns to school, park them in the coat closet then go hunting right after school. In high school, almost every student pick-up truck had a gun rack in the rear window with one or more long guns on them, parked in the school parking lot. Everyone was ok with that being normal, and we did not have any shooting incidents at school ever.
I'm 70 and English. The only time I ever saw a gun was in American "westerns" at the cinema - and later on TV. Gun ownership was rare long before the government introduced new legislation to limit certain types of gun.
Oh, and @igoape I don't drink beer as I'm allergic to yeast, but thanks for the offer. Feel free to ask me any question about the post-war era.