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To: combjelly who wrote (56628)	2/16/2018 8:16:00 PM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Recommended By James Seagrove Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 357196

>> Nope. and even 45 years ago, they weren't in my part of Texas, either. Or 50 years ago. But the idea of guns at a school 45 years ago in Texas was not strange. Certainly, high school students could have had loaded gunracks in their trucks on school property without fear of arrest. It was routine in Arkansas when I was a kid. That is the point. In the 50s and early 60s, firearms training in schools was a fairly commonplace occurrence. "In 1975, New York State had more than 80 school districts with rifle teams" -- Charles Cooke. And just last year, your alma mater hosted 150 members of rifle teams around the country. So, they still exist. They're just exceedingly rare. And the school shooter from the other day had been on a ROTC rifle team, presumably some sort of school related activity. I'm not saying it is good or bad but it is true.