johnston: Earp didn't ban anything .. He was the town cop, .. He was actually the deputy of the county sheriff in Tucson
Actually, johnston? actually? - the 'town cop', when he was 2nd in command after the sheriff?
Wyatt Earp was a gambler, Pima County Deputy Sheriff, and Deputy Town Marshal in Tombstone, Arizona.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyatt_Earp#Life_after_Tombstone
.. a "sheriff's deputy", "sheriff's officer", or something similar, and is authorized to perform the sheriff's duties. ... Not just a deputized cop.
No, Wyatt Earp wasn't actually town marshall when the carry ban was enacted april 1881, but was soon appointed deputy US marshall in dec 1881.
Tombstone was evidently in cochise county not pima county, but just changed then & not to say you mislead. Jan 1, 1881, Cochise County was created out of the eastern portion of Pima County .. Earp and Behan applied to fill the new position of Cochise County sheriff {behan got it} - {10 months later} Oct, 1881, the tension between the Earps and the Cowboys came to a head. Tombstone city Marshal Virgil Earp the O.K. Corral.. Wyatt wasn't appointed an official Deputy U.S. Marshal until Dec 29, 1881,
johnston: And it wasn't a gun ban. It was a carry ban.
So from here on out can we presume that may issue ccw law is not a violation of 2ndA since it is just a concealed 'carry' ban, not a gun ban. Right? there's only a right to keep & 'bear' arms, & bear means in a confrontational manner, as per 2ndA & scalia, right? Thanks.
Ike Clanton filed murder charges against the Earps and Doc Holliday but they were eventually exonerated by a local judge after a 30-day preliminary hearing and then again by a local grand jury.
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