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malaise

(297,354 posts) Sun Jul 10, 2016, 07:37 AM Jul 2016

DU Historians please help me out [View all]

How did local, state and the Federal government deal with controlling guns in the wild west? I sure watched lots of movies where guns weren't allowed in towns. Are gun laws today are more lax than they were back then?

Is there a good book I can read?

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DU Historians please help me out [View all] malaise Jul 2016 OP

I think I found the problem here -- Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2016 #1

Maybe it wasn't tested in courts because people saw it as a reasonable way to be safer. Rose Siding Jul 2016 #4

Perhaps, but they also thought exercising overt racism against the Chinese also kept them safer. Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2016 #6

That's not the kind of logic I'd hang my hat on Rose Siding Jul 2016 #8

There is no connection to Bundy wearing pants and his crimes. Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2016 #9

All of which has exactly nothing to do with a town having sensible gun laws applied to everyone Rose Siding Jul 2016 #29

What gun law would have stopped any of the killings by or of the police? Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2016 #30

I just got a mental image of a lot of heavily armed, pants-less men running around Squinch Jul 2016 #26

In all cattle towns there was a railroad line thru the town. oneshooter Jul 2016 #33

Santorum claimed everyone in the West had guns. Three Pinocchios. rug Jul 2016 #2

Thanks rug malaise Jul 2016 #7

Well, open carry is legal in Tombstone these days. panader0 Jul 2016 #11

Stay safe malaise Jul 2016 #12

Adam Winkler UCLA law prof Mendocino Jul 2016 #3

Thanks Mendocino malaise Jul 2016 #5

Thanks, I'm going to check that out treestar Jul 2016 #17

"Wild West" not so wild...and it seems the govt had little to do with that... jmg257 Jul 2016 #10

Thanks malaise Jul 2016 #13

Understood. Worth giving some thought to! nt jmg257 Jul 2016 #15

"Private agencies pridded the ... Ilsa Jul 2016 #27

When I was young, it was ok to take guns to school during bird and deer season. Kaleva Jul 2016 #14

My great grandmas were wild west. hunter Jul 2016 #16

" I still think most people with guns are fools". That explains it. beevul Jul 2016 #18

Well, take for example the police... hunter Jul 2016 #21

Good example. beevul Jul 2016 #22

What are you talking about??? hunter Jul 2016 #23

Thats right. You don't even know me. beevul Jul 2016 #24

Do you imagine using your guns for self defense or as a means of projecting your authority? hunter Jul 2016 #28

No, I imagine them keeping the coyotes from eating my little furry ones, as they have in the past. beevul Jul 2016 #32

I've got plenty of experience with coyotes. My mom's favorite dog got eaten by one when I was a kid. hunter Jul 2016 #35

Nice post malaise Jul 2016 #20

My grandmamas and aunts weren't Wild West, Are_grits_groceries Jul 2016 #34

Well, we know what they didn't do. beevul Jul 2016 #19

No, there are a few websites. Igel Jul 2016 #25

Thanks for a great response malaise Jul 2016 #36

The murder rate in the "wild west" was always significantly lower than the East Recursion Jul 2016 #31