Did the same in 1965, for a presentation in Public Speaking class. Although it was common to see students leave the school at lunch time (in season) and rabbit/bird hunt on the adjacent farms, I still had to obtain permission to bring a gun into the building. I submitted my proposed subject, "Guns and Gun Safety", and was told I would have to be met at the door by the principal and he would carry the gun to class and stay through the presentation and then the gun would have to be removed from the building immediately. I always thought that was funny because many of the cars in the parking lot had guns in them, and those of us who walked or bussed to school usually kept our guns in someone else's car.RoadRunnerTR21 wrote:That reminds me of when I took a bolt action rifle to school because I was going to give a speech about it in speech class. But that was around 1970.
Anyway, on the appointed day, I drove to school and left it in the car until class time and then I got it and stood outside the door with my '03-A3 Springfield in hand and waited for the principal to come get me. When he did he opened the bolt and checked the chamber and finding no rounds in the chamber he closed the bolt, then he walked me to the classroom holding the rifle at high port, just like he had been taught in the military. Everyone who saw us just assumed that I had done something else wrong.
When I started my presentation I began with the usual, "Always make sure the gun is unloaded", and switched off the magazine cutoff, and proceeded to rack the bolt and eject five (dummy!) rounds onto the floor. The principal almost had apoplexy and I was in trouble again. I did get to finish my presentation though.