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9. A couple more from the old days...

Sun Mar 24, 2013, 09:58 PM

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The 1800's Wild West Had Stricter Gun Control Than We Have Today. [View all] JaneyVee Mar 2013 OP

Stubborn Truth Triumphs Over Myth And Legend cantbeserious Mar 2013 #1

How Many Cowboys Had Bushmasters with 30 round magazines? mikekohr Mar 2013 #4

Just like today, people preferred handguns for nearly all murders Recursion Mar 2013 #10

The Winchester 73 (a very popular rifle from the day) melm00se Mar 2013 #22

Cracked is not exactly an authority Art_from_Ark Mar 2013 #21

But they provide links for people to start digging. DetlefK Mar 2013 #26

yep. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #5

I believe you miss the point. caseymoz Mar 2013 #7

But the Constitution melm00se Mar 2013 #23

Which means, of course . . . caseymoz Mar 2013 #24

true melm00se Mar 2013 #31

And here's the way we actually remember the Old West caseymoz Mar 2013 #6

And a significantly higher level of gun violence Recursion Mar 2013 #8

Gun violence was actually lower. Gravitycollapse Mar 2013 #11

Nope, not per capita at least Recursion Mar 2013 #12

The per capita homicide rate was lower in the mid 19th century than today. Gravitycollapse Mar 2013 #13

Negative Recursion Mar 2013 #14

Actually, upon further review, you're right. Gravitycollapse Mar 2013 #16

You'd never know it from anything any politician or media figure says Recursion Mar 2013 #17

Spikes Ron Obvious Mar 2013 #18

That's an interesting contrafactual Recursion Mar 2013 #28

source data dsoppet Apr 2014 #32

And gun ownership was higher. progressoid Mar 2013 #15

A couple more from the old days... Historic NY Mar 2013 #9

I wonder how many were killed by "Prickly Ash Bitters" and TexasProgresive Mar 2013 #30

This BS again? beevul Mar 2013 #20

Can you show what the murder rates were like? Just curious. nt hack89 Mar 2013 #25

Colonial practice? setab Mar 2013 #29