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Gun Laws and Good Drinks of the Wild West

Historian Mark Lee Gardner joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about the Wild West era, including whether or not they actually hard tougher gun control laws in those days than they do now. Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► Listen to the Get WIRED podcast ►► Want more WIRED? Get the…

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Historian Mark Lee Gardner joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about the Wild West era, including whether or not they actually hard tougher gun control laws in those days than they do now.

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21 Comments

  1. @jopo7996

    November 22, 2024 at 2:02 pm

    I don’t know how strict their gun laws were, but I suddenly have a craving for KFC.

    • @aftonair

      November 22, 2024 at 2:14 pm

      Oatmeal?

  2. @SFG2-g4h

    November 22, 2024 at 2:02 pm

    Love you

  3. @Mennito_

    November 22, 2024 at 2:03 pm

    Dude on the thumbnail looks like Trevor Wallace

    • @aftonair

      November 22, 2024 at 2:14 pm

      Wilfred Brimley.

  4. @ronarnold1507

    November 22, 2024 at 2:10 pm

    The Bartender’s Guide is still awesome, even in 2024!

  5. @aftonair

    November 22, 2024 at 2:13 pm

    Interesting. Thanks.

  6. @michaelpcoffee

    November 22, 2024 at 2:18 pm

    I wonder how the laws changed when they joined the united states.

    • @DTOStudios

      November 24, 2024 at 12:52 am

      They didn’t. At least for a long while. The Tombstone ordinance lasted until the late 1900’s until state legislation outlawed it

  7. @geoffgeoff3333

    November 22, 2024 at 2:39 pm

    But, these Cattle Town ordinances have nothing to do with our 2A rights – that’s bc only those “customs” in practice at the time of the Bill of Rights would be reasonably considered as relevant.

    • @WinterWitch01

      November 22, 2024 at 2:56 pm

      Wdym? Customs in practice before the Bill of Rights would be reasonably considered relevant? What?

    • @waitz001

      November 22, 2024 at 3:37 pm

      shut up

    • @charlesbliss4860

      November 22, 2024 at 5:11 pm

      Same for the 1A? So freedom of the press only applies to the literal press?

  8. @waitz001

    November 22, 2024 at 3:37 pm

    🎶Don’t bring your guns to town, son🎵

  9. @elizabetheaton3882

    November 22, 2024 at 6:38 pm

    Interesting, and makes sense to check guns before getting paid and dring 😊

  10. @C11-c1y7l

    November 23, 2024 at 1:41 am

    Best approach: “No Guns In Towns and Cities because of excluding the possibility of committing Shooting Crimes Under Influence [SCUI] “
    Since DUI (Driving Under Influence) is a law
    [re-] installing preventive SCUI Laws is self-explicable.

  11. @DoranKrotan777

    November 23, 2024 at 5:37 am

    *Well, it’s a good thing “city ordinance” doesn’t supersede the 2nd most important constitutional amendment in the Bill of Rights. You know, that document that every state, county, and city agreed NOT to violate haha lol smfh.*

  12. @tcnance548

    November 23, 2024 at 2:01 pm

    The idea of the individual right to carry a gun wherever you are really wasn’t a thing until well into the 20th century, even though the Second Amendment is much older.

    • @Homer-OJ-Simpson

      November 24, 2024 at 12:16 pm

      The NRA in the 70’s started to change how the 2nd amendment was interpreted. And by the 90’s the new interpretation was accepted by the right

  13. @arcana_mystery

    November 24, 2024 at 1:49 am

    Common sense is no more. We need strict gun control now.

  14. @Homer-OJ-Simpson

    November 24, 2024 at 12:18 pm

    Not so fun fact, it was the NRA staring In the 1970’s that began to reinterpret the 2nd amendment which then became accepted by the right in the 90’s. Before that, it was not common to interpret the 2A as an individual’s right to protect themselves because the 2A doesn’t even mention that.

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