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In reply to the discussion: Here the Fuck We Go.....9 shot dead.. [View all]JonLP24
(29,890 posts)or anything more than the civil war or The Dakota War of 1862 in the Minnesota area or reconstruction but nothing deep or extensive except the Dakota War and Little Crow I know very well. I figure there was more established rules or areas
The lax or the "checking guns" aspect were missing in the Outlaw towns -- they seemed to have the "Hellhole nickname" as with Aberdeen--also "The port of missing men" with a lot of whorehouses. Canyon Diable was the "Hellhole of the West" which is why they probably fled there instead of Flagstaff after robbing the saloon in Winslow. They ordered a drink to come in casual but wasted no time pulling the robbery so after the Sheriff killed one -- but leaving the unfinished drink they decided to give it to him. This is the photo of the corpse that hung in the saloon in Winslow until the place shut down

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canyon_Diablo_Shootout
I don't know what was selectively enforced or where but definitely know of the lawless areas but it wasn't the white hats & black hats like in the old Western movies but it is the same way today as I remember complaints over how money the Occupy protestors were costing but the police here seem to waste a lot of time "watching the bums" at CASS quickly ordering people off a street no one drives through except police cars.
