From: laro@idworld.net   
      
   "Russell Watson"  wrote in message   
   news:9gi3jvcj1qd5k6od0aslu4cbafaqd0ro9v@4ax.com...   
   > I watched a special about the Lincoln County War on either the History   
   > Channel or Discovery Channel a few years back that stated over a   
   > certain number of months a given number of men died, and only one was   
   > of natural causes. Can't remember the specifics of the time period (I   
   > think it was a year, but I wouldn't swear to it now) or how many total   
   > died, but the fact that only one was natural stuck out. This was taken   
   > from a report written by a local doctor at the time. Though the areas   
   > that were like that were not as common as western fiction would have   
   > one believe, they certainly did exist. A case of myth growing up out   
   > of a factual basis. I believe it was Dodge that boasted " A dead man   
   > for breakfast every morning". A mix of whiskey, guns, gambling, and   
   > more lonely men than whores to entertain them all made for a volatile   
   > concoction in many places. It's not for no reason that even today   
   > states like right here in FL where anybody over the age of 21 without   
   > a criminal record by law can not be denied a concealed carry permit it   
   > is illegal to carry in a bar or a place where gambling is allowed   
   > (race tracks, bingo halls, etc).   
   > '97 FLSTF   
      
   I'm not sure from the words or context what your point is at the end.  Are   
   you saying the concealed carry IS permitted in racetracks, bingo halls, etc?   
   Not so here in my state.   
      
   I appreciate the fact that, since it is a given that criminals are going to   
   be armed, the state would permit ordinary law-abiding citizens to carry for   
   their own protection and possibly (Probably, some would say) deter criminal   
   acts against their person.   YMMV.   
      
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