It has been said for the past 40 years that the colleges and universities of America are filled only with liberal thought and these thoughts are passed directly to our college age children. There is some truth to this. The "changes" of the 1960's started in our colleges. There is nothing wrong with some of this change, nothing at all. I could not imagine nor would I want to live in America if "All men were not created equal" didn't mean that women, blacks, and other minorities didn't share the same rights that I have. Separate but equal is NOT equal.
Prior to the 1960's, colleges and universities were considered very conservative establishments. They taught old values. Most of these schools had shooting teams. Many, if not most, of the students grew up in families that hunted and they were hunters, themselves. Family traditions, of fathers taking their sons and daughters to the woods for hunting has gone back thousands and thousands of years and pre-dates firearms to the dawn of man. It was a necessity in order for you family to survive that all able hands either hunted of collected foods.
It has also been a tradition for many families to pass firearms, swords, banners, armor, etc down from one generation to another. One of the things the Brady Bunch is trying to do away with is this passing of guns from one family member to another. They consider it part of the "Gun Show Loophole" and feel that all gun sales or trades should be done with a background check. Here is a good read from a college professor who "gets it."
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/108236/
The idea that an heirloom cannot be passed from father to son is just ridiculous, regardless of what item it is: Money, cars, or guns.
