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jimmy the one

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12. concealed carry privileges in dodge
Fri Jun 21, 2013, 06:44 PM
Jun 2013

spin: Doc Holliday is believed to have carried concealed weapons frequently, which the Earps would doubtlessly know about. They regularly dis-armed the Cow-boys, but never trifled with Doc.. when Virgil {earp} deputized Doc prior to the infamous showdown behind the {OK} corral, he supplied Doc with a shotgun, but Doc was also already armed with a pistol under his coat

DUH, there's a valid reason for doc holliday having a pistol, concealed or not; & likely as much open carry as what 'spin' & others try to suggest. Holliday was friend & associate of wyatt earp, later deputized, & any concealed carry by doc holliday was not of the 'caliber' of unknown entities to dodge city, or unlawfuls like the clantons (& how this go so far without mention of the clanton brothers?). Back then, the law & it's deputies, had to have concealed carry privileges, it was understood. But not everybody, & not out of towners.

wiki: by not going conspicuously armed {carrying concealed to OK corral area}, Virgil {earp et al} was seeking to avoid panic in the citizenry of Tombstone, and in the Clantons and McLaurys
.. Ft Griffin {tex}, Doc Holliday initially introduced to Wyatt Earp in 1878 .. The two began to form an unlikely friendship—Earp more even-tempered and controlled, Holliday more hot-headed and impulsive..friendship cemented 1878 Dodge City, Kansas, when Holliday defended Earp in a saloon against cowboys out to kill Earp.. Holliday primarily a gambler, although he had a reputation as a deadly gunman. Modern research has only identified 3 instances in which he shot someone.. 1878, Holliday assisted Earp during a barroom confrontation Earp credited Holliday with saving his life that day, and the two became friends as a result.. July 1879 former US Army scout Mike Gordon - after Doc followed him outside, Gordon shot at him. In either case, Holliday pulled his own weapon and killed him..

Holliday had been arrested 17 times before his 1881 shootout in {OK Corral} Tombstone. Only one arrest, an 1879 shootout with Mike Gordon in New Mex, was for murder. Holliday was not successfully prosecuted.. of all his other arrests, Holliday pleaded guilty to 2 gambling charges, one charge of carrying a deadly weapon in the city, and 1 misdemeanor.. The others were all dismissed or returned as "not guiltyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_Holliday#cite_note-tan113-11

You realize, spin, that today, with the nra's approval, Doc Holliday, despite having been arrested 17 times, could own any firearm made in america, including assault rifles, & as many as he wanted. His current 2ndA rights & all that bull****.

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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