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In reply to the discussion: Just curious. What do RKBA gun enthusiasts say about Wyatt Earp and his gun ban in tombstone? [View all]KansDem
(28,498 posts)2. That's right!
Someone wouldn't "check their gun."
Tom McLaury's concealed weapon[edit]
Pete Spence, an alias for Elliot Larkin Ferguson, in a 1893 Yuma Penitentiary prison mugshot.Outside the court house where Ike was being fined, Wyatt almost walked into 28 year-old Tom McLaury as the two men were brought up short nose-to-nose. Tom, who had arrived in town the day before, was required by the well-known city ordinance to deposit his pistol when he first arrived in town. When Wyatt demanded, "Are you heeled or not?", McLaury said he was not armed. Wyatt testified that he saw a revolver in plain sight on the right hip of Tom's pants.[60] As an unpaid deputy marshal for Virgil, Wyatt habitually carried a pistol in his waistband, as was the custom of that time. Witnesses reported that Wyatt drew his revolver from his coat pocket and pistol whipped Tom McLaury with it twice, leaving him prostrate and bleeding on the street. Saloon-keeper Andrew Mehan testified at the Spicer hearing afterward that he saw McLaury deposit a revolver at the Capital Saloon sometime between 1-2:00 pm, after the confrontation Wyatt, which Mehan also witnessed.[7]
Wyatt said in his deposition afterward that he had been temporarily acting as city marshal for Virgil the week before while Virgil was in Tucson for the Pete Spence and Frank Stilwell trial. Wyatt said that he still considered himself a deputy city marshal, which Virgil later confirmed. Since Wyatt was an off-duty officer, he could not legally search or arrest Tom for carrying a revolver within the city limits-a misdemeanor offense. Only Virgil or one of his city police deputies, including Morgan Earp and possibly Warren Earp, could search him and take any required action. Wyatt, a non-drinker, testified at the Spicer hearing that he went to Haffords and bought a cigar and went outside to watch the Cowboys. At the time of the gunfight about two hours later, Wyatt could not know if Tom was still armed.[29]
It was early afternoon by the time Ike and Tom had seen doctors for their head wounds. The day was chilly, with snow still on the ground in some places. Both Tom and Ike had spent the night gambling, drinking heavily, and without sleep. Now they were both out-of-doors, both wounded from head beatings, and at least Ike was still drunk.[13][56]:138
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunfight_at_the_O.K._Corral#Tom_McLaury.27s_concealed_weapon
Pete Spence, an alias for Elliot Larkin Ferguson, in a 1893 Yuma Penitentiary prison mugshot.Outside the court house where Ike was being fined, Wyatt almost walked into 28 year-old Tom McLaury as the two men were brought up short nose-to-nose. Tom, who had arrived in town the day before, was required by the well-known city ordinance to deposit his pistol when he first arrived in town. When Wyatt demanded, "Are you heeled or not?", McLaury said he was not armed. Wyatt testified that he saw a revolver in plain sight on the right hip of Tom's pants.[60] As an unpaid deputy marshal for Virgil, Wyatt habitually carried a pistol in his waistband, as was the custom of that time. Witnesses reported that Wyatt drew his revolver from his coat pocket and pistol whipped Tom McLaury with it twice, leaving him prostrate and bleeding on the street. Saloon-keeper Andrew Mehan testified at the Spicer hearing afterward that he saw McLaury deposit a revolver at the Capital Saloon sometime between 1-2:00 pm, after the confrontation Wyatt, which Mehan also witnessed.[7]
Wyatt said in his deposition afterward that he had been temporarily acting as city marshal for Virgil the week before while Virgil was in Tucson for the Pete Spence and Frank Stilwell trial. Wyatt said that he still considered himself a deputy city marshal, which Virgil later confirmed. Since Wyatt was an off-duty officer, he could not legally search or arrest Tom for carrying a revolver within the city limits-a misdemeanor offense. Only Virgil or one of his city police deputies, including Morgan Earp and possibly Warren Earp, could search him and take any required action. Wyatt, a non-drinker, testified at the Spicer hearing that he went to Haffords and bought a cigar and went outside to watch the Cowboys. At the time of the gunfight about two hours later, Wyatt could not know if Tom was still armed.[29]
It was early afternoon by the time Ike and Tom had seen doctors for their head wounds. The day was chilly, with snow still on the ground in some places. Both Tom and Ike had spent the night gambling, drinking heavily, and without sleep. Now they were both out-of-doors, both wounded from head beatings, and at least Ike was still drunk.[13][56]:138
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunfight_at_the_O.K._Corral#Tom_McLaury.27s_concealed_weapon
I've seen both movie versions and not once, that I can recollect, did anyone mention anything about the Second Amendment.
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Just curious. What do RKBA gun enthusiasts say about Wyatt Earp and his gun ban in tombstone? [View all]
CTyankee
Jun 2013
OP
what would happen if someone went over to the Gungeon and posted two words: Wyatt Earp?
CTyankee
Jun 2013
#5
this post got me a lot of information. Very interesting. I never knew all that stuff about
CTyankee
Jun 2013
#32
Oh boy. But I can understand it because I finally realized that their grasp on reality is very
CTyankee
Jun 2013
#4
my mother was born in 1911 in El Paso and used to tell me, with great disgust, how
CTyankee
Jun 2013
#20
well, I didn't know that much about Wyatt Earp before but they sure do. It's amazing how
CTyankee
Jun 2013
#23
Oh, I think it was just a factof life in El Paso of 1911. The wild, wild West, you know.
CTyankee
Jun 2013
#27
Pancho Villa was a revolutionary, leading a small army of revolutionist.
GreenStormCloud
Jun 2013
#28
Yes, I knew who he was. I guess I have to take my mother at her word that it actually
CTyankee
Jun 2013
#29
It is interesting, from a historian's point of view. However, we have evolved as a matter of
CTyankee
Jun 2013
#24
Sorry. I was just saying that "that was then, this is now" which is what I meant by
CTyankee
Jun 2013
#30