What's really counter intuitive is that many of the changes began post Civil War, the period of the "wild west". Putting movies aside, many Towns required you to relinquish your firearms to the local authorities while "in Town".
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Originally Posted by Garand Man
Funny,
there sure are a lot of cowboy movies about our country and they open carried... Our countries history is full of people that open carried... from what I can observe, it looks like it became politically incorrect post WWI, especially in the big urban areas...
just an out loud observance,
Paul
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