Don't forget BB and pellet guns. Most people I knew had a .22 rifle long before they were 16. Some kind of toy that either got hot and melted plastic or was melted plastic and solvent in a tube (Super Elastic Bubble Plastic!). Oven and drain cleaner that had enough lye in them to melt your face and actually cleaned the oven or drain. Absolutely nothing had an idiot switch. Bicycle helmets were not a thing at all.
Super Elastic Bubble Plastic was made of several different petroleum-based products, including acetone (the main ingredient in nail polish remover). The rainbow colored substance in each tube of Super Elastic Bubble Plastic was actually polyvinyl acetate mixed with acetone, plus a mixture of benzene. The benzene kept the substance malleable until it evaporated, leaving behind that beautiful, rainbow bubble, and according to The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, increasing your risk of cancer, specifically Leukemia.
Don't forget BB and pellet guns. Most people I knew had a .22 rifle long before they were 16. Some kind of toy that either got hot and melted plastic or was melted plastic and solvent in a tube (Super Elastic Bubble Plastic!). Oven and drain cleaner that had enough lye in them to melt your face and actually cleaned the oven or drain. Absolutely nothing had an idiot switch. Bicycle helmets were not a thing at all.
I grew up with a dad that loved to hunt. Bought me a single shot 20 gauge for my 12th birthday. By then, I had been hunting rabbit for three years.