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12/15/2004 5:19:04 PM EDT
I am guessing that all of the western movies and TV shows (like Gunsmoke) are pretty close with made up plots. One thing that I noticed though is that everyone in these western towns had guns. I know times are a little diffrent now, but when did wearing a gun all the time in town become odd and strange. What caused this? There is only about 100 (give more than take) diffrent between the time I mentioned and now.

When was the big change? When the "cowboy age" ended with the car being mass produced? or what?
12/15/2004 5:22:06 PM EDT
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I am guessing that all of the western movies and TV shows (like Gunsmoke) are pretty close with made up plots. One thing that I noticed though is that everyone in these western towns had guns. I know times are a little diffrent now, but when did wearing a gun all the time in town become odd and strange. What caused this? There is only about 100 (give more than take) diffrent between the time I mentioned and now.

When was the big change? When the "cowboy age" ended with the car being mass produced? or what?

Rural vs. Urban.
12/15/2004 5:46:00 PM EDT
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It's called civilization...screws up everybody’s fun

I think the Earps in Tombstone first started "gun control" with a no carrying in the city limits.
12/15/2004 5:47:21 PM EDT
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What are you guys talking about?  Here in AZ, you can still carry open...

and by the way, the Earp "No carry in city limits law" got repealed a few years back in Tombstone by some guy that challenged it....
12/15/2004 5:48:54 PM EDT
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What are you guys talking about?  Here in AZ, you can still carry open...

and by the way, the Earp "No carry in city limits law" got repealed a few years back in Tombstone by some guy that challenged it....



You can still in almost every state but I am asking when it became odd to see it and you hardly ever see anyone open carrying.
12/15/2004 5:51:18 PM EDT
[#5]
I have opened carried in NC a couple of time, poeple give you wierd looks, or talk to you.  I guess if I oped carried in Charlotte it would be different, many candyass bankers there.