I remember kids taking guns for show and tell back in the early 60's in Northeast Maryland. The biology teacher was a gun collector and liked to see what some of the kids had. I also remember coming back from Vietnam in 1966 and taking my new .338 Winchester and walking through town on the way to the town dump to try her out.I carried it uncased,bolt in my pocket and no one even gave me a glance. I'll bet the noise was definitely heard though, This was 1/4 mile from downtown! Today the swat team would have been on me .