You can read more from this author here:
A Land Called America
http://www.alandcalledamerica.com/
Author: Wayne Leeper
this story here:
http://www.alandcalledamerica.com/pa-and-the-rifle
As I read the story, I thought to myself, this is what America was at one time.
Then you gave the title: “A Land Called America”.
Thanks for posting. One can only hope that the spirit of that story still exists in our country today.