DYK ? : Tombstone , Arizona had much more restrictive laws on carrying guns in public in the 1880s than it has today ?

Today, you're allowed to carry a gun without a license or permit on Tombstone streets. Back in the 1880s, you weren't.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/gun-control-old-west-180968013/

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SusanInFlorida · 31-35, F

yes! and they used to hang horse theives on sight, and wipe out entire indian tribes.

RodionRomanovitch · 56-60, M

@SusanInFlorida Those were the days.

Expressman · 61-69

@SusanInFlorida Not all of them. If we had, we'd not have any indian casinos.