Really? Nobody gave you hard time while you were walking down the road with a rifle in your hand?
When I was 19, back in '91, I got some concerned looks popping off with a CO2 pistol in the wooded area... ...outside my apartment complex in Austin.
Glad to at least be out of the big city and into a rural, western town!
I could sure use a small stick of land of my own, with good squirrel, bird and varmint hunting. Pest/population control is nice, and my main spot is convenient and lush, but it would be nice to actually
hunt more frequently. I'd have to start a trap-and-relocate program to seed to the land properly.