Reflections

Reprint of this story from the November 8, 1912 issue of the Grand Encampment Herald brought to you courtesy of Grandma’s Cabin, Encampment, Wyoming. Preserving History - Serving the Community.

Stick a pin in this: The place for the gun-toter is in jail!

Having gotten this statement, to which no originality claims attach, off the journalistic chest, the next thing is to prove it.

Every day the press dispatches - yes, Denver’s own police records - recite tales of ghastly killings that may have been prevented by locking up those who temporarily or habitually go armed.

Ninety-nine out of a hundre...