Back when I was a kid in the 50s and 60s, all the locals carried Smith or Colt Revolvers with Stag Grips. Many were Nickled. Our Sheriff had a Walther P38 at home until his wife found out he was "steppin' out" and shot him in the thigh with it. He was the "Sheriff Who Didn't Carry a Gun". Finally died of old age.

We had another Sheriff in the Panhandle who didn't carry a gun. Stopped two dudes who had just robbed a store and they shot him "Grave Yard Dead" when he walked up to the car. The Trustee who was riding with him did a "open the door and make like a deer over the four strand bobwire fence and run a mile away" and the trustee lived.

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