In the back closet??? What good is that?? In my rural area, loaded rifles were (and I suspect still are) kept in the corner next to the door to the outer world. When critters are eating your crop, short response time is desirable.
And yes, my mother "offed" her share. Probably the best shot in the family.
Our two rifles are in racks right next to the back door (the one we use--we don't use the front door).
My wife has shot 3 armadillos and one coyote with her .22 rifle. She learned to shoot as a kid hunting in South Carolina.
I got all my gun training in high school, where we had a gun safety class and a range in the basement of the gym, in the Boy Scouts with their marksmanship badges and in the military in basic.
IMO, the problems with school shootings nowadays has nothing to do with guns. It has to do with the liberal culture and liberal policies in schools.
At that school in Florida, they gave a pass to the shooter many times to avoid have the crime stats show up attached to their school. These are liberal adults making these decisions, not the crazy kid who was given a pass and who everybody knew was going to eventually shoot-up the school.
Unintended consequences of poor, liberal decisions.