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Irish_Dem

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6. That is not the topic I am discussing. I am describing how the local sheriffs regulated guns.

Reply to SYFROYH (Reply #5)

Wed Apr 19, 2023, 12:04 PM

Apr 2023

If you read about the Earp brothers, Doc Holiday, Bat Masterson, Bill Hickok, etc.
you will see what I am talking about.

They cared more about the safety of their towns than our leaders do today.

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I keep saying the old Wild West had more gun regulation than we do now. Irish_Dem Apr 2023 #4

There was zero Federal Gun Control in the 1700-1800s. SYFROYH Apr 2023 #5

That is not the topic I am discussing. I am describing how the local sheriffs regulated guns. Irish_Dem Apr 2023 #6

Too bad the criminal cowboys didn't follow the law on that fatal day. SYFROYH Apr 2023 #8

I dunno about that. Today we have 20,000 gun laws fescuerescue Apr 2023 #7