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Did the Wild West Have More Gun Control Than We Do Today?
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Jul 23, 2012 02:13pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Adam Winkler |
| Media | Website - Huffington Post |
| News Date | Saturday, September 10, 2011 09:45:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | After a decision by the Supreme Court affirming the right of individuals to own guns, then-Chicago Mayor Richard Daley sarcastically said, "Then why don't we do away with the court system and go back to the Old West, you have a gun and I have a gun and we'll settle it in the streets?" This is a common refrain heard in the gun debate. Gun control advocates fear -- and gun rights proponents sometimes hope -- the Second Amendment will transform our cities into modern-day versions of Dodge.
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.
In fact, many of those same cities have far less burdensome gun control today then they did back in the 1800s. |
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