[CaptainCrunch]

Its funny because a lot of American's make connections back to the old west and the so called growth of the gun culture.

But chances are in the old west, your sheriff was a civl war veteran who had seen the horrors of war and just basically didn't stand for actual gun violence. The people that committed them were usually hung right then and there by the Sheriff or local lynch mob. Or they waited for a judge where you would be quickly be found guilty and transported to a prison for either life or a quick jolting ride on old silky.

the romantic image of people having quick draws in the street or shoot outs with outlaws or indians invading your home stead were for the most part fiction.