When I was in school this was widely accepted. But may God help you if you were caught in the same pickup smoking a cigarette or had a can of snuff. Cheating on a test got your sorry ass beast by everyone- school and family. And the guns just sat there in the gun rack, nobody ever touched them.
Guns were just part of growing up and becoming a man, just like getting a first car or pickup. Everyone had firearms much earlier than the car and we kept them in our rooms or the family gun case. And it should still be this way.