My MY... How Times Have Changed
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cdn1canhunt
CGN frequent flyer
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- southwestern ontario
My brother and I used to walk with our shotguns encased and a bag of decoys slung over our shoulders to a small marsh on the edge of town Orangeville Ontario to hunt ducks and geese. Imagine that now. 2 boys 15 and 16yrs old on foot carrying gun cases, decoys back packs with hot chocolate, sandwich’s and 2 box’s of ammo each at 4am in the morning. Dad used to pick us up at about 11 am when our hunt was done. The good ole days
daddylonglegs
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- Big River, Saskatchewan
When I was about 13 (19663) the neighbours would honk & wave to me as I walked down the gravel road to a field that was infested with gophers with a Lee Enfield and a couple of hands full of full patch surplus ammo. No police were called, nor did they even call my parents with concerns. Growing up in rural southern Alberta was a blast. Now, if a kid was seen with a "high-power" rifle over his shoulder walking down the road, I would imagine a full fledged swat team response. Yes times have changed & not for the better IMHO.
In the late sixties, I lived in a small village in rural southern Ontario, and i used to walk the length of the village with my .22 to my friends house just south of town to shoot some targets. I never had a case to put the rifle in and never had a problem. I am now in my early seventies, and still live in that same village, but I sure wouldn't try that stunt today. Before I go to the range now the guns are put in cases and put in the van in the attached garage.
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I’m not very "old" comparer to other posters here, but I remember walking in the woods right off the school bus after grabbing my pellet rifle and later my 22lr.
We even played war/cops&robbers/cowboys&indians with our pellet guns with orange tape at the end. We didn’t know better so with dry shot those things for hours during days all summer long.
The group age ranges from 8 to 14 and no one got hurt, nobody got shot.
Fast forward last summer, I bought those plastic caps gun (the red wheel 8 shots) with the toys used to pop those… the cashier looked at those with fear while saying "those look dangerous, I didn’t with sold that!" And she was older than me by a good 20 years.
We even played war/cops&robbers/cowboys&indians with our pellet guns with orange tape at the end. We didn’t know better so with dry shot those things for hours during days all summer long.
The group age ranges from 8 to 14 and no one got hurt, nobody got shot.
Fast forward last summer, I bought those plastic caps gun (the red wheel 8 shots) with the toys used to pop those… the cashier looked at those with fear while saying "those look dangerous, I didn’t with sold that!" And she was older than me by a good 20 years.
sillymike
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
I guess living at the edge of nowhere does have it's avantages. Because while I've yet to see any kids bike around with guns slung across their backs
- Comes hunting season, there are folks driving their quads with rifle/shotgun mounted on... and no one seem to care.
- Comes hunting season, there are folks driving their quads with rifle/shotgun mounted on... and no one seem to care.
I don't actually see things all that different now. My kids could walk out behind the house here and start hunting if they were old enough now.
I think the key here is, don't live in the city.
When I was 18 I would have all my hunting gear in my car while at school (minus the gun) then head home, grab the locked hard case or grab the gun from the cabinet, toss it in the back of the car and head out to the farm. I lived in the burbs, no hunting right in town, but a short drive and I was popping groundhogs while friends of mine were still on the bus headed home from school.
I think the key here is, don't live in the city.
When I was 18 I would have all my hunting gear in my car while at school (minus the gun) then head home, grab the locked hard case or grab the gun from the cabinet, toss it in the back of the car and head out to the farm. I lived in the burbs, no hunting right in town, but a short drive and I was popping groundhogs while friends of mine were still on the bus headed home from school.
Downtown Hamilton, shooting Starlings
That's outside the Highschool by the No frills store isn't it . I remember going into the Old Canadian tire in the town of Dundas and buying a Cooey model 600 . not a look from anyone. I was in high school at the time . for $55 dollars . brand new. and the hardware store at the plaza had 22 ammo and I think shotgun shells . I asked the new owner of the Canadian tire how come you don't have any ammo ? we decided we didn't want to deal with it . the old store had all kinds of ammo at one time and several rifles . I used to walk out the front door with a pellet rifle and go into the woods across the street and shoot pop can's in the creek .
nowadays someone would call the Swat . back growing up you would only hear about the odd shooting . not nowadays . as someone said earlier in this post too many children without a father to teach their children right from wrong . we Gentlemen lived in simpler days. maybe we didn't have the so called Medical advances that we have now but Doctors cared back then . now not so much . and try to get into a Hospital . looks like your in Kabul . thanks for the memories .
Northern Amateur
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I remember those days too. At 13yrs old shooting a 12g was interesting though my friends and I would often stick to the 410 and 22lr for hunting rabbits or birds. The problem with today vs yesterday (IMHO) is societal rules are messed up.
Democracy has an inherent amount of restrictions and is not entirely 'free'. For humans, that's a good thing. Humans require a set of agreed upon rules for us to follow in order for us to get along. The notion of 'do whatever you want' which some are pushing today results in excess amount of conflict. I know it's more complicated than that. I'm generalizing.
People today also tend to rely heavily on the government to enforce societal rules as oppose to when we 'all' enforced the rules. I'm speaking about those minor but important ones regarding social behavior. Swearing in public, spitting on the sidewalk, not staying to the right in hallways and sidewalks etc. Violators would typically get a slap or a punch in the nose depending on the severity of the violation by the average citizen with support from pretty much everyone. Guess what? It was rare for people to step out of line because there were consequences. Real consequences. We got along. So much so that kids were able to take their hunting rifle or shotgun to school on the bus to go hunting after school without issue.
I remember in high school there would be to odd punch up now and then to settle a disagreement. Even those had rules. You didn't use weapons and once a person was down, the fight was over.
Once, some kid pulled out a knife on another kid at a weekend gathering. The offender had to be escorted from school Monday morning by the principle and few teachers as 'everyone' wanted to kick his ass!! That was the only time anyone ever pulled out a knife during a fight in my youth. At least where I grew up. It just didn't happen as it was severely frowned upon.
Today may be progressive when it comes to technology but it certainly is not progressive when it comes to societal behavior contrary to what some modern 'experts' tell us.
We need to get back to those agreed upon societal rules with real consequences if we ever hope of attaining any meaningful, peaceful coexistence.
Agree or disagree, this is simply my opinion based on nothing more than life experience. Looking forward to retirement in a remote location where I can form reasonable relations with my 'few' neighbors. Old school trade, barter and look out for each other. Urban centers can go all to hell!
cheers,
Democracy has an inherent amount of restrictions and is not entirely 'free'. For humans, that's a good thing. Humans require a set of agreed upon rules for us to follow in order for us to get along. The notion of 'do whatever you want' which some are pushing today results in excess amount of conflict. I know it's more complicated than that. I'm generalizing.
People today also tend to rely heavily on the government to enforce societal rules as oppose to when we 'all' enforced the rules. I'm speaking about those minor but important ones regarding social behavior. Swearing in public, spitting on the sidewalk, not staying to the right in hallways and sidewalks etc. Violators would typically get a slap or a punch in the nose depending on the severity of the violation by the average citizen with support from pretty much everyone. Guess what? It was rare for people to step out of line because there were consequences. Real consequences. We got along. So much so that kids were able to take their hunting rifle or shotgun to school on the bus to go hunting after school without issue.
I remember in high school there would be to odd punch up now and then to settle a disagreement. Even those had rules. You didn't use weapons and once a person was down, the fight was over.
Once, some kid pulled out a knife on another kid at a weekend gathering. The offender had to be escorted from school Monday morning by the principle and few teachers as 'everyone' wanted to kick his ass!! That was the only time anyone ever pulled out a knife during a fight in my youth. At least where I grew up. It just didn't happen as it was severely frowned upon.
Today may be progressive when it comes to technology but it certainly is not progressive when it comes to societal behavior contrary to what some modern 'experts' tell us.
We need to get back to those agreed upon societal rules with real consequences if we ever hope of attaining any meaningful, peaceful coexistence.
Agree or disagree, this is simply my opinion based on nothing more than life experience. Looking forward to retirement in a remote location where I can form reasonable relations with my 'few' neighbors. Old school trade, barter and look out for each other. Urban centers can go all to hell!
cheers,
Purple shoulder
Regular
- Location
- Winnipeg MB
In another 40 years, people that are in their youth now, are going to look back at now and say, "remember how free the country was back in the 20's?"
The vast majority of kids who play video games do not become violent in real life.
I think a more accurate correlation is the lack of a mature male father figure in many kids lives as well as the fact that the vast majority of "mass" shooters are or were on some type of mental health medication.
Add to that, things like heavy marijuana use, bullying, violent video games, social media etc and viola!!
There's your recipe for disaster.
I think a more accurate correlation is the lack of a mature male father figure in many kids lives as well as the fact that the vast majority of "mass" shooters are or were on some type of mental health medication.
Add to that, things like heavy marijuana use, bullying, violent video games, social media etc and viola!!
There's your recipe for disaster.
Locked gun?
Seems like was the normal way to store firearms
And the fancy-folks had a cabinet
and in either case, the ammunition was stored in the drawers nearby
Not to mention the fact that most farmhouses had a loaded gun in the porch for instant predator control. Never heard of any school kids grabbing the family porch gun to go shoot up the school or anything.
