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Gman

(24,780 posts) Mon Dec 14, 2015, 01:46 PM Dec 2015

So in the Old West [View all]

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by TexasTowelie (a host of the General Discussion forum).

The sheriff confiscated guns. You had to surrender your gun when you rode into town. The sheriffs knew confiscating guns worked to reduce gun violence. And no one whined about the founding fathers and the 2A.

Sure there were still shootings. But not what it could have been.

Just sayin.

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So in the Old West [View all] Gman Dec 2015 OP

The myth of 2A gwheezie Dec 2015 #1

You are correct. In fact the 2A calls for regulation. "A well jwirr Dec 2015 #5

The Second Amendment TeddyR Dec 2015 #6

I left off the militia part because I was emphasizing the jwirr Dec 2015 #8

2A doesn't call for anything. beevul Dec 2015 #12

That's how Wyatt Earp cleaned up Tombstone world wide wally Dec 2015 #2

Only temporary confiscation; technically sequestration. JonathanRackham Dec 2015 #3

In the Old West this was not done in every town and they jwirr Dec 2015 #4

I guess Duckhunter935 Dec 2015 #7

I really do not see the implied connection between guns and jwirr Dec 2015 #9

Either constitutional rights are universal or they are not. hack89 Dec 2015 #10

WTF? Gman Dec 2015 #13

I have no problem making the criminals turn in their guns. hack89 Dec 2015 #11

Locking thread. TexasTowelie Dec 2015 #14