My Dad was born in the Fox Chase neighborhood in Philly (literally born in the house) in the late ‘20s. He routinely walked through the neighborhood with his Sears double-barrel shotgun in hand to go hunting where Jeans Hospital is now located. Nobody blinked. In fact, they smiled and waved.
Can you imagine that happening today?
I asked them what they were doing, and they got excited. Granddad was going to pay them a quarter for each groundhog they shot. Grandad had horses, and didn't need the holes.
This was probably 2007 or so.
Anywhoo.. I posted that here on FR in a reply, and some folks freaked out about kids that young carrying rifles.
They followed the rules, behaved, and I wished 'em luck.
It still does happen in some places in America, but it's well off the paved roads.
/johnny