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Originally Posted by Robbie
By the way...when I was a kid, I grew up in a small town in Florida.
My dad had his rifles on the gun rack in his pickup truck. So did my grandfather and all of my uncles.
Guns were everywhere. They were in our house, they were in the vehicles, etc.
None were ever locked up. And they were ALWAYS loaded.
It was the same at all my friend's homes as well.
And even though I didn't have a pickup truck or a gun that I carried around...when I was in high school in the late 1970's, there were lots of guys who did have pickup trucks. And they had their rifles in the gun rack in the back window of their trucks parked right on the school property.
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Murder rate was much higher in the 70's in Florida then it is today. I find this amazing as I too thought we grew up in peaceful times. The gun rack maybe wasn't such a good idea.
http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/flcrime.htm
Assults and type of fights have been redefined over the years so they are a little harder to compare. A fist fight in the 70's even with injuries was less likely to be reported.