Reply #49: The Horror!! [View All]

High School 1971-1975

I attended South San Antonio High School from August 1971 to May 1975. I was in Army JROTC all 4 years, We had an honest-to-god 50 ft Small Bore Rifle ( 22 caliber ) range in the ROTC department on the 2nd floor of our school. We had a Rifle Team that was outstanding. My Sophomore year, ROTC admitted females. Several women were always on the team and they were all SUPERIOR shots. One classmate of mine named Rosemary had every damn SBR medal the NRA ever issued. Up to and including Distinguished Expert. In addition she had enough trophies to put any bowler to shame. She was such a better shot than me it was pathetic. (I was not on the team.)

Not ONCE did we ever have an accident. NEVER. Hearing protection was mandatory. In addition we never had any gun-phobic adults claiming the school was teaching children to kill or guns were the spawn of Satan.

In addition we drilled with real M-14 rifles assault rifles. All these things needed was a firing pin inserted to make them fully functional. The barrels were not blocked. The did have the external full-auto selector switch removed, however. I got to fire them (semi-auto) at a summer camp in 1972.

The viewpoint espoused by some here is symptomatic of just how far this society has turned into a nation of phobic entities afraid of damn near anyone and everything.