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Wheelgun Wednesday: When It’s Time to ‘Go Cowboy,’ Sixguns Rule
Submitted by:
David Williamson
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In a world where many of us are hopelessly romantic, count me just plain hopeless.
Having managed to enjoy a variety of handguns, both revolvers and semiautomatics, and being permanently associated with the .41 Magnum Model 57 Smith & Wesson, there are moments when I just can’t resist strapping on a single-action sixgun and heading into the High Lonesome. This time of year, with big blue skies, lush green vegetation, magnificent timber and no smoke from wildfires fouling the air just yet, walking the land above 5,000 feet includes a full cartridge belt and something in a holster that requires thumb cocking for every shot. |
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| I do believe that where there is a choice only between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence. Thus when my eldest son asked me what he should have done had he been present when I was almost fatally assaulted in 1908 [by an Indian extremist opposed to Gandhi's agreement with Smuts], whether he should have run away and seen me killed or whether he should have used his physical force which he could and wanted to use, and defend me, I told him it was his duty to defend me even by using violence. Hence it was that I took part in the Boer War, the so-called Zulu Rebellion and [World War I]. Hence also do I advocate training in arms for those who believe in the method of violence. I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honor than that she should in a cowardly manner become or remain a helpless witness to her own dishonor. — Mohandas K. Gandhi, Young India, August 11, 1920 from Fischer, Louis ed.,The Essential Gandhi, 1962 |
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