I remember as early as 3 or 4 (early 1950s), Dad, a decorated, US Army Vet of WWII Battle of The Bulge, now 91yrs old, took me to Military parades in Huntington WVa, and I saw/heard M-1s and other hardware firing off, retrieved some spent shells from parade grounds to keep, I was fascinated by firearms and am to this day. Cap guns, BB guns, pellet guns .22s and more... no one I know had problems after receiving training with them. No LEOs shot anyone ‘brandishing’ anything, no school shootings, and life was good. Libtards have made it all bad, by factors.
I can remember people carrying rifles & shotguns in the rear window of their pickups - in and around Los Angeles. You could even take your M1 Carbine to school for ROTC. Things changed after the Watts riots in 1965.