Proof that Concealed Carry permit holders live in a dream world

[gejohnston]

68. That really wasn't how the west was won

but that said, vigilantism is not the same as self defense. Most of the carry laws, other than the south, came about in the 1920s. Most of the time it was concealed carry. While open carry was and is legal in much of the west, it was and isn't customary. Most concealed carry in the 19th century was mostly in urban areas where there was a greater fear of street crime than Wyoming or Idaho where people generally felt safer. I am speaking of course of the average rancher, bank teller, school teacher and not the contract killers, gamblers, and other thugs romanticized by Hollywood.
Places like Tombstone, where the local town council passed a no carry ordinance, did exist but were not that common and not really needed.