Which was worse in the Wild West?

@4meAndyou yeah taking someone’s horse could leave them stranded out in the middle of nowhere or they may not have a livelihood if they didn’t have their horse.

@cherokeepatti Exactly.

@cherokeepatti All except for the fact that in order to actually be out in the middle of nowhere you didn't walk to get there.

Horse thieves and cattle rustlers were both big problems for the big ranchers. They got cut from herds on the way to market and were unbranded.

That's why the law was so strong against horse thieves. Owned personal horses are smart. they always went back home soon as someone took off the mountings.

@SmartKat and small towns, if they had a corrupt leader it was hell for the residents

@RogueLoner Yeah...I had a supervisor who worked a night job next to the county jail. One night he didn’t lock the building he was cleaning cause he would be taking the trash to the dumpster. Three juveniles had escaped and they entered the building, kidnapped him & made him give them his car keys...made him get in the backseat and they drove about 10 miles to a rural area and tied him up to a telephone pole with his hands behind his back. Just like in the westerns, he worked his pocketknife out of his pocket and opened it and cut the ropes loose. Walked to the nearest house and knocked on the door & told the residents to call the police because he got kidnapped. I said “Just like in the Westerns, I’ve seen that scene of someone cutting the ropes free with a pocketknife”....wondering how many women have made coffee for someone who broke into their house and held them hostage & then threw the coffee in their face to burn them & ran out of the house...all cause they saw it in a Western movie.

@rckt148 There are still good men fighting hard in dangerous places to free children from traffickers. It is happening now in California, I’ve heard over a 1,000 children rescued so far and about 4000 more need it. Children born on “farms” by women held against their will & sold to be used in various ways. The traffickers have underground tunnels in California and other places. The Marines & Navy Seals that were brought back to the USA are involved in this. I can’t imagine how hard it is to go into underground tunnels and do this job.

@cherokeepatti I meant no disrespect to those who put themselves in harms way for others ,,in any field or service ,that is not what I meant
and if you only knew Sis
I myself put 30 men away for solicitation of minors under 12 ,,on these web sites ,,We seen the dark side of Ep too that most have no clue
I mean the kids of the 60's and 70's . career college students ,who fled to Canada ,or were branded 4f who protest war ,,and now brain wash our kids we all are just mindless robots ,who only know how to kill
all wars were just political ,we have defended nothing ,they owe no one nothing ,,they have no clue ,or respect for anyone or anything ,especially God
I saved lives in my 4 years ,I have never had to take a life
but I have busted a lot of men meant on doing this country harm
I have left a few with a limp and a memory ,,I was a kid ,but I represented a nation ,and was proud to do so ,,3rd generation .
and my brothers and sisters are back to busting coke at record numbers
even bigger then when we battled Escabar
And the Sex slavery trade is everywhere ,,the super bowl and all the girls brought to events like that against their will ,I have busted a few that trafficked run away's ,,it was my pleasure to help in that .
I am saying back in my Grandpa's day ,they didn't have to tools we have today
It was a gun ,,and the willingness to die if need be ,so others could be safe

@rckt148 Oh yes I understand what you are saying. Most people have forgotten what it means to pull themselves up by their bootstraps. The sex trafficking is huge, I don’t think a lot of people realize the extent of it. And the ones who do it voluntarily, many if not most have been violated as children and have never learned to respect themselves or set boundaries. It’ll be a good day when the pedophiles & traffickers and related industries are dealt final justice. Christ will rule with an iron rod, and thats’ exactly what it’ll take to get this world turned around.