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Reply #86: "wild west" was a myth
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tburnsten
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Sun Aug-17-08 12:30 PM
Response to Reply #84 |
86. "wild west" was a myth |
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Eastern cities were far more dangerous than the western frontier was. Murder was rampant on the eastern seaboard, while on the frontier, far from support, towns and communities had a vested interest against murders.
And where did you get your statistics about owning a gun drastically increasing your "chance" of dying a violent death? Are you including suicides? Those don't really reasonably qualify as a "violent death" sir.
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