I&#x27;d guess was fairly common in the rural US anywhere that an after-school hunting trip was common.  This has probably always been a relatively small but non-zero percentage.  I wouldn&#x27;t be surprised if it still occurs in some communities.<p>Anecdotally, growing up in Northern Wisconsin in the 1980&#x27;s, storing guns in lockers would not have acceptable, but this was a non-issue because many students drove themselves to school and would keep their hunting guns in their car rather than bringing them inside.   It&#x27;s possible this it was officially forbidden to have a gun in the car on school property, but in the absence of other circumstances wouldn&#x27;t have been any cause for concern.