American gun culture is based on frontier mythology — but ignores how common gun restrictions were in the Old West. A scholar of gun culture looks at the roots of Americans’ love affair with ...

In the history and mythology of the American West, the role of firearms is central to the conquest of the frontier and the fulfillment of America’s Manifest Destiny. Told in history books, dime ...

Explore the weapons used by notorious outlaws and bandits of the Wild West, from high-stakes robberies to gunfights, as we uncover the firearms that helped define the lawless frontier.

Alamo Historian and Curator Dr. Bruce Winders displays the "Firearms of the Texas Frontier, Flintlocks to Cartidge (1836-1876) which will be on display in the Alamo Shrine through April 15, 2015.

The “Old West” conjures up all sorts of imagery, but broadly, the term is used to evoke life among the crusty prospectors, threadbare gold panners, madams of brothels, and six-shooter-packing ...

The hardbound, 11x8½-inch “Guns Of The American West” has 325 pages, plus an index, and is available from online and local booksellers. The price is $24.95 plus shipping. In this article ...

Most of the gun control laws in the Old West, if they existed at all, had nothing to do with confiscation or restrictions on gun type. They had more to do with gun use—for instance, firing ...

Gun control is steeped in American frontier The Wild West became the setting for the country's first firearms laws By Jennifer Tucker , Commentary Updated Oct 5, 2015 11:41 a.m.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Pierre M. Atlas, Indiana University (THE CONVERSATION) In the wake of ...

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