"Surprise Photograph" 1928

[Bob Womack]

Yeah. In the 1940s in Tennessee, my father used to take his rifle to school and store it in his locker so he could go squirrel hunting after classes. Did it right in front of the principle. It simply wasn't an issue. He also shot on the high school shooting team. He ended up top shot in his Navy Induction class in 1944 and score Sharpshooter.

In the 1960s at my home in Tennessee, we used to shoot pistols and rifles in our back yard. Our home was just outside the city and the backyard featured an abandoned marble quarry with twenty-foot walls that served as a perfect amphitheater/backstop. Few of the neighbors thought anything of it. Someone once called the sheriff who came to visit. He said, "Guys, what guns are you shooting?" We showed him our rifles and .44 Magnum Ruger Super Blackhawk pistol and he whistled. After trying out the Bllackhawk he said, "Well, you guys have fun and be safe!"

It was a different age.

Bob