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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Its pretty fascinating if you read about the history of the American old west. The rampant gun fighters really didn't happen in the same way. Mostly because the law enforcement especially in the small towns drew heavily from Civil war vets and they were tough no nonsense men who didn't mess around.
But the dueling pistols in the streets were a big exaggeration.
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Pretty well all the old wild west stuff was wildly exaggerated. Billy the Kid for example didn't kill half the men he was credited with killing.