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T.R. Fehrenbach: Lack of security the trigger for an armed society
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"Gold, found at Alder Gulch, Mont., in 1863, drew 10,000 miners overnight. ..."
"Mining camps are usually rough. But at the 14-mile stretch along Alder Gulch, things got out of hand, with robbery, claim-jumping and murder. Local law was no help; the sheriff was in cahoots with the murderous gangs. Finally, honest miners formed a 'vigilance committee' that seized and strung up 30-odd suspected bad guys, including the sheriff. ..." ...
"When we talk of law and order, we sometimes forget that security is not only the first duty of the state; it is the origin of the state. Historically, from the fall of the Roman Empire to the American frontier, when government failed to provide security, people and communities did it on their own." ... |
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