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Gun Control Reform Activism

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15. The simple reality is that probably neither the Earps or the Cow-Boys ...

Reply to jimmy the one (Reply #12)

Fri Jun 21, 2013, 08:29 PM

Jun 2013

were heroes and the Earps fell somewhere on the scale between being honest law enforcement officials and being criminals. Often even today we often find our law enforcement officers to be far from perfect.

I feel that gun control in Tombstone was "may-issue" and the Earp bothers had no problem with Doc Holiday carrying despite his well know reputation. The privileged few get to carry firearms under "may issue" while most citizens do not. It also would not surprise me in the least if I found that many other prominent citizens of Tombstone carried firearms and the Earps allowed them to do so.

I personally favor "shall-issue" concealed carry. In my opinion it eliminates favoritism and racism.

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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

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