Winfield, Kan. (1903)
8/13/1903: “[A] crazy man” with a double-barrelled shotgun opened
fire on a crowd at an outdoor concert killing six, with recovery of five others
“doubtful.” He wounded another 28 before
committing suicide.
Category: public
Suicide: yes
Cause: mental illness
Weapon:shotgun[1]
In Kansas in 1903???
ReplyDeleteThey didn't have a good guy with a gun?
Or, was it a gun free zone?
A police officer eventually shot him and committed suicide. In 1903 smalltown Kansas, why would you feel the need to carry a gun?
ReplyDeleteYeah, that's what my Congressman (Joe Courtney - D (CT)) asked me once when I challenged his open ended support for gun control legislation.
ReplyDeleteIn effect "We have great police departments around here - why would you feel the need to own a gun?"
By 1903 The cowboys driving cows into Dodge City were a distant memory and "Gunsmoke" not even imagined yet.
ReplyDeleteWe might as well ask if that occurred in what people consider a "safe neighborhood", where nothing like this had ever happened. Perhaps it wasn't considered a "bad neighborhood". They were good people, they only associated with good people, of good reputation, so who needs to carry?