I'm sorry to say you are absolutely right - the world is a changed and increasingly changing place - often not for the better. As a boy the shotguns hung above the range in the kitchen on a purpose built rack - which I still have in my office but no longer holding the guns it was built for. The box of grand prix on the shelf below them, the doors never locked with the van parked outside with the keys in the ignition.
Maybe they were just not valuable enough to attract attention back then?
John