When we lived on Long Island in the late 50’s my Brother was in a School Gun Club.
He carried his .22 Rifle to School twice a week and nobody batted an eye.
I have to ask, where on Long Island?
I'm from the arm-pit of Brentwood, {Suffolk County} L.I. N.Y.
Left that hell-hole Long Island in 1978. On my mother's side of the family, I was the first to leave Long Island in over 300 year's, dating back to the French Huguenots.