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oldhippie

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8. I don't think so ......

Reply to Ed Suspicious (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 21, 2013, 06:51 PM

Dec 2013

When I was a kid back in the 60's in New York State everyone I knew had a rifle. Many of us took our rifles to school with us on the school bus for rifle team practice after school, or to go woodchuck hunting after class. I would leave my rifle and ammo in my locker all day. Nobody ever shot anybody. I also in high school had a rifle and a shotgun and ammo hanging on the wall of the bedroom I shared with my younger brother.

Forty and fifty years ago a LOT of students had easy access to weapons. Something else is different.

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Two Colorado teens arrested in alleged plot to shoot up high school [View all] mfcorey1 Dec 2013 OP

I'm guessing the impulse to harm classmates isn't new, but the ease of access to guns is??? Ed Suspicious Dec 2013 #1

as is the notoriety others have received DrDan Dec 2013 #2

I don't think so ...... oldhippie Dec 2013 #8

WTF is with Colorado? Cosmocat Dec 2013 #3

I would guess similar things go on across the entire country. HereSince1628 Dec 2013 #4

Really! painesghost Dec 2013 #7

The police better be damn sure about this before they ruin two kids lives firsttimer Dec 2013 #5

The last thing any kid in Colorado should do is bully another child. In fact, especially in Colorado mfcorey1 Dec 2013 #6