Yes, I have mentioned that. Perhaps 20 years ago wasn't enough. As I age, the years seem to pass by more and more quickly. I'm referring to the time pre-1995.
As a young boy, I used to have an air gun and a pellet gun. I was never bothered by the police, even though I was out with it alone quite frequently. I never did anything illegal with it.
There were times when I had friends who had been stopped by the police or law enforcement, and things were checked out. “You guys aren't up to any trouble or anything”, they would be asked, and everybody would say no, that they were just out having some fun or doing whatever, and that was that. There were no issues, never any criminal charges laid, and the parents weren't brought into it. It was done in a very rational manner.