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(6,855 posts)I know that Wyatt Earp didn't allow guns in his town, and took steps to remove (forcibly if needed) the guns of anyone entering.
Places like Tombstone, Deadwood, and Dodge City had quite strict gun laws. Yet, they are romanticized in movies with people carrying guns all over the place.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-winkler/did-the-wild-west-have-mo_b_956035.html
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Yet this is all based on a widely shared misunderstanding of the Wild West. Frontier towns places like Tombstone, Deadwood, and Dodge actually had the most restrictive gun control laws in the nation.
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A check? Thats right. When you entered a frontier town, you were legally required to leave your guns at the stables on the outskirts of town or drop them off with the sheriff, who would give you a token in exchange. You checked your guns then like youd check your overcoat today at a Boston restaurant in winter. Visitors were welcome, but their guns were not.
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