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The first thing I added to my "new" (three year old 1974 Chevy 3/4 ton) was a gun rack I ordered from a catalog. I carried a shotgun, and 22 rifle everywhere I went, including the high school parking lot. The truck was unlocked, and most times keys still in it, so my buddies could use it if they needed to. I carried a Schrade knife in a leather sheath on my belt. Not one time did I, or any of my friends, ever considered, using the guns, or knives, to harm another person.
As stated, the guns haven't changed, but the attitudes have. If I had done anything irresponsible, with any of those things, including my truck, I would have quickly, and unceremoniously, lost the privilege of possessing it, even though I had paid for it with my own money. All of my friends understood this, and would have faced the same circumstances.
Today, parents, have completely given up their jobs, of raising their kids, and are then shocked, when those kids commit atrocities.