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I was always an Earp guy, though I don't believe eithergroup involved in this fight were the good guys.
I imagine most of you Arizonans are familiar at least in part with this event but to refresh anyone's memory a bit,
The O.K. Corral was one of the most famous gunfights in America's western history which happened in Tombstone Arizona, Oct 26, 1881. This battle pitted a group of lawmen, the 3 Earp Brothers plus a close friend Doc Holliday versus a local group of cowboys which on that day consisted of 2 McClaury brothers, 2 Clanton brothers and their friend Billy Claiborne. The actual shootout lasted about 30 seconds and left 3 out of the 4 of the Earp faction wounded and 3 of the 5 on the cowboy side, dead.
Though there was some serious animosity brewing for months between thetwo factions, the historic showdown between these men escalated after a series of guncarry incidents where the Earps were concerned with the cowboys possession and carrying of firearms.The main showdown occured when the Earps sought out and confronted the cowboys who were reported to be armed in town in violation of a local ordinance.
Whether it be a simple misunderstanding of theweapon's ordinance or a planned and calculated fight between either or both of the factions, the actual moment when this went down centered on the fact that armedcitizens following a previous pattern of gun carry, refused todisarm when coming into town and remain disarmed.
copied from wikipedia, here's the ordinance,
Ordinance No. 9:
"To Provide against Carrying of Deadly Weapons" (effective April 19, 1881).
Section 1. "It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person to carry deadly weapons, concealed or otherwise [except the same be carried openly in sight, and in the hand] within the limits of the City of Tombstone.
Section 2: This prohibition does not extend to persons immediately leaving or entering the city, who, with good faith, and within reasonable time are proceeding to deposit, or take from the place of deposit such deadly weapon.
Section 3: All fire-arms of every description, and bowie knives and dirks, are included within the prohibition of this ordinance."
Ordinance No. 7, Section 1:
"Any establishment, house of prostitution or other place open to the public and it shall be the duty of any officer to enter such place and at once arrest such persons as he may then find engaged in or causing such breach of the peace." (effective April 12, 1881).
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We may often hear criticism of our wishes to carry firearms in public in the form of "This isn't the Wild West." Yeah they are right because back in the Wild West, Tombstone wasn't the only locality that banned the carrying of firearms despite people having the god given right to arm themselves. It was actually a common practice.
I was always an Earp guy, though I don't believe eithergroup involved in this fight were the good guys.
I imagine most of you Arizonans are familiar at least in part with this event but to refresh anyone's memory a bit,
The O.K. Corral was one of the most famous gunfights in America's western history which happened in Tombstone Arizona, Oct 26, 1881. This battle pitted a group of lawmen, the 3 Earp Brothers plus a close friend Doc Holliday versus a local group of cowboys which on that day consisted of 2 McClaury brothers, 2 Clanton brothers and their friend Billy Claiborne. The actual shootout lasted about 30 seconds and left 3 out of the 4 of the Earp faction wounded and 3 of the 5 on the cowboy side, dead.
Though there was some serious animosity brewing for months between thetwo factions, the historic showdown between these men escalated after a series of guncarry incidents where the Earps were concerned with the cowboys possession and carrying of firearms.The main showdown occured when the Earps sought out and confronted the cowboys who were reported to be armed in town in violation of a local ordinance.
Whether it be a simple misunderstanding of theweapon's ordinance or a planned and calculated fight between either or both of the factions, the actual moment when this went down centered on the fact that armedcitizens following a previous pattern of gun carry, refused todisarm when coming into town and remain disarmed.
copied from wikipedia, here's the ordinance,
Ordinance No. 9:
"To Provide against Carrying of Deadly Weapons" (effective April 19, 1881).
Section 1. "It is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person to carry deadly weapons, concealed or otherwise [except the same be carried openly in sight, and in the hand] within the limits of the City of Tombstone.
Section 2: This prohibition does not extend to persons immediately leaving or entering the city, who, with good faith, and within reasonable time are proceeding to deposit, or take from the place of deposit such deadly weapon.
Section 3: All fire-arms of every description, and bowie knives and dirks, are included within the prohibition of this ordinance."
Ordinance No. 7, Section 1:
"Any establishment, house of prostitution or other place open to the public and it shall be the duty of any officer to enter such place and at once arrest such persons as he may then find engaged in or causing such breach of the peace." (effective April 12, 1881).
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We may often hear criticism of our wishes to carry firearms in public in the form of "This isn't the Wild West." Yeah they are right because back in the Wild West, Tombstone wasn't the only locality that banned the carrying of firearms despite people having the god given right to arm themselves. It was actually a common practice.
