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Old 12-31-2012, 08:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Serenoa View Post
gosh, I guess you innocently missed this paragraph in the article:

"Like any law regulating things that are small and easy to conceal, the gun control of the Wild West wasn't always perfectly enforced. But statistics show that, next to drunk and disorderly conduct, the most common cause of arrest was illegally carrying a firearm. Sheriffs and marshals took gun control seriously."

Glad I could bring it to your attention. Wonder how many innocent lives were saved by these laws & their enforcement?
Can you post a link to these statistics? Other than some bloggers opinion?
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