Replies to post #219183 on Tornado Alley (PROG)

[temp luvs amy]

Another Author's perspective:


"In the West, popular sentiment of day was split between those who felt law enforcement was often in the pocket of special interests (powerful ranchers or town business interests) and therefore they needed their firearms to protect their own interests because the law wasn’t going to, and those townspeople who wanted to go about their business without fear of being in the path of a stray bullet.

This rift can make for some intriguing plot points in historical fiction given America’s history on this issue isn’t what one might expect."

She seems quite an avid Historian on the matter.

http://www.heartsthroughhistory.com/gun-control-in-the-old-west-facts-and-fiction/