My grandfather used to get guns as “bonuses” at a bread company he worked for back in the ‘50’’s & 60’s. He received a mil-surp Enfield .303 & a .22 trainer that I used to shoot turtles with in a stock pond. My grandparents used to set me loose with a that .22 out in the pasture when I was 10. No supervision. It was just a tool no different from any other tool. My siblings & I were around guns all our lives. The problem today is the “mystery”. Take all that away, and they are nothing but tools for a specific purpose.
My grandfather used to get guns as “bonuses” at a bread company he worked for back in the ‘50’’s & 60’s. He received a mil-surp Enfield .303 & a .22 trainer that I used to shoot turtles with in a stock pond. My grandparents used to set me loose with a that .22 out in the pasture when I was 10. No supervision. It was just a tool no different from any other tool. My siblings & I were around guns all our lives. The problem today is the “mystery”. Take all that away, and they are nothing but tools for a specific purpose.