@tzimmer_history 1) I grew up in rural America where guns were everywhere but people bought them because they needed them for hunting, farm varmint control or recreation. Folks could buy "assault weapons through the mail but didn't because they didn't have a use for them. It was rare for city slicker to own them because of the cost and they didn't need them. Oh, we had the occasional one that showed up with a weapon but they were avoided because they liked to shoot things that they shouldn't.