When my students ask what my hobbies are, I tell them amateur astronomy and subverting California government. I am being paid to do that for an upcoming challenge to California's ban on open carry.
Their side has written a brief that is embarrassingly bad: citations to laws that are not even remotely similar to their claims. What I need are examples from 1789 - 1830 demonstrating that guns were commonly carried in the U.S., most usefully in cities. Using the Library of Congress' Chronicling America website, I have searched for pistol with 10 words of carry, tavern, bar, street. Any other suggestions?
Challenging California's new open carry ban.
You would think cities like Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Nashville and Natchez would at least have something recognizing that me were entering and leaving the city carrying arms of every description.
ReplyDeleteHave you tried Duel or Dueling? Contrary to gun control history it seems to have happened quite often with men leaving the major city for a nearby community such as Bladensburg were the act of honor would occur.
I like the duel of Governor Claiborne of New Orleans which was held on the plantation of his opponent in Baton Rogue. Not only was it held outside of New Orleans, but Baton Rogue was Spanish territory.
I wonder if anyone knew Jean Lafitte was carrying when he was confronted for holding an illegal slave auction on the edge of New Orleans.
robber, protected, weapon pistol revolver shot
ReplyDeleteTry using different terms for pistol (using proper time ideas, so "colt" wouldn't work - he hadn't changed the world yet). - pepperbox?
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sword
city/town
street/road/boulevard
residence/residential
public
square
park
sidewalk
alley
thoroughfare
tenement
store
mayor
governor
attorney
lawyer
senator
representative
whip/whipped
flee/fled
fire/fired
shot/shoot
kill/killed
constable
business
gentleman
servant
crowd/crowded
busy
discharge/discharged
scare/scared
threaten/threatened
I suggest using the Corpus of Founding Era American English (“COFEA”) and the Corpus of Early Modern English (“COEME”) which have colocator ability.
What is the case styled as?
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Killed, defended, shot, attacked, knife, pocket...
ReplyDeleteThere is this.
ReplyDeletehttps://pastnow.wordpress.com/2013/09/04/september-4-1813-andrew-jackson-in-a-gun-fight/
The Benton gun fight is especially on point since it was not an organized duel but an encounter with both Jackson and the Bentons carrying. In Nashville.