Indiana is not Idaho
Gun & Weapon Law
Exactly, people don’t realize their bias. It is clear those not from the rural areas of states with a culture based in the outdoors cannot understand the mindset. Indiana is also not Texas
About 30 yrs ago in rural Texas it was not a major issue for a truck in the student parking lot to have a shotgun or rifle hanging in full view on a rack in the back window.
NE Suburbia Shock and Scandal! Imply school shooter, demand zero tolerance, pull student from class, kick off a search of truck, backpack locker body, resulting in expulsion at the least and cuffed face down on the floor of the school hallway at the most.
Today add psychological testing, and name on list of the watched to prevent school shootings.
Reality- Some teen boys went dove, or deer hunting over the weekend and forgot the gun was in the truck. Was ammo in the truck, likely. Was the gun loaded, possibly.
Common Sense- The observing coach walked to the classroom of the student, asked him to come to the hall. Told them of the oversight and asked him to go take the gun down, be sure it is unloaded, and put it behind the seat. No harm done, case closed.
Has a single school shooter been described as a Country Boy from rural America who lived and work on the land as a farmer or rancher, and was hunter or fisherman? No.
Do we know today how many trucks/ cars in the student parking lots of rural school have a gun In them? No. Do we know how many have a knife? No. Do we know how many young men carry a pocket knife to school every day? No. Unless there is an issue, why should we?
Context Matters- The reasonableness of thoughts and actions are contextual, and context is a function of culture. This is precisely why the US Constitution leaves so much to the state.
Idaho, like Texas, is a ’leave me the heck alone’ and ‘stay out of my business’ state.
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