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Now you know what that little dustup Jackpine Radical Jun 2013 #1
That's right! KansDem Jun 2013 #2
what would happen if someone went over to the Gungeon and posted two words: Wyatt Earp? CTyankee Jun 2013 #5
cross post this and find out. nt gejohnston Jun 2013 #10
this post got me a lot of information. Very interesting. I never knew all that stuff about CTyankee Jun 2013 #32
According to the NRA billh58 Jun 2013 #3
Oh boy. But I can understand it because I finally realized that their grasp on reality is very CTyankee Jun 2013 #4
Historians, not the NRA. gejohnston Jun 2013 #11
I believe the gun ban was selectively enforced. ... spin Jun 2013 #6
so there it is... CTyankee Jun 2013 #7
Wat a minute! your link...what did I miss when I clicked on it? CTyankee Jun 2013 #8
concealed carry privileges in dodge jimmy the one Jun 2013 #12
The simple reality is that probably neither the Earps or the Cow-Boys ... spin Jun 2013 #15
Earp didn't ban anything gejohnston Jun 2013 #9
I see. It was a gun ban on carrying into the town. OK. CTyankee Jun 2013 #13
He didn't, it was the city council gejohnston Jun 2013 #14
actually jimmy the one Jun 2013 #16
it was still the city council, not Earp gejohnston Jun 2013 #17
state prohibitions on carrying concealed jimmy the one Jun 2013 #18
Good for them. gejohnston Jun 2013 #19
my mother was born in 1911 in El Paso and used to tell me, with great disgust, how CTyankee Jun 2013 #20
It didn't take the NRA apologists billh58 Jun 2013 #21
well, I didn't know that much about Wyatt Earp before but they sure do. It's amazing how CTyankee Jun 2013 #23
Would a U.S. gun ban have disarmed Pancho Villa? N/T GreenStormCloud Jun 2013 #26
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
Just my opinions discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2013 #22
It is interesting, from a historian's point of view. However, we have evolved as a matter of CTyankee Jun 2013 #24
I'm not exactly sure... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2013 #25
Sorry. I was just saying that "that was then, this is now" which is what I meant by CTyankee Jun 2013 #30
Progress is the only hope... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2013 #31
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