Posted on 02/23/2010 2:34:14 PM PST by JoeProBono
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- Some members of the Wyoming Legislature want to instill "cowboy ethics" in state law, lest lawmakers and citizens forget the state's western roots.
The code would stress the importance of living with courage, keeping promises, finishing what you start and saying more by talking less.
Based on the "Code of the West" outlined in a 2004 book called "Cowboy Ethics" by James Owen, a retired Wall Street investor from Texas, Senate File 51 galloped through the Wyoming Senate last week and on Monday lassoed unanimous approval from the House Minerals Committee.....
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I say go for it. Some of us have lived like that our whole lives.
A noble cause but we're talking politicians here and politicians are politicians regardless of where they hang their hat.
Now that’s just plain WRONG
They may think they are cowboys, but they deserve a kick in the ass by my right-foot wearing my fabulous elephant skin Tony Lamas.
(I bought ‘em in the late 70’s so they are legal).
Elephant skin is rough....poop wipes off...
While they’re at it, they could make a splash by resolving that law enforcement officer in their State return to “Old West” gun rules of behavior, discarding the “SWAT” tactics of the 1970s as reckless and dangerous to both the public and officers.
Part and parcel to this is a clear and unambiguous death penalty for anyone who murders a law enforcement officer.
Old West gun rules were the standard for law enforcement organizations prior to the 1970s. This resulted in much less officer brandishment of handguns, officers rarely if ever menacing with handguns, and far fewer police handgun fatalities to others or themselves.
Briefly put, an officer’s gun remained holstered until such time as he was going to draw his gun and fire, with intent to kill.
But in the 1970s, there was a handful of police assassinations in the US, that resulted in police departments being encouraged to frequently brandish, menace, and fire their gun. This generally caused an escalation in confrontations, and often resulted in the officer losing his weapon.
This, in fact gave rise to the popularity of the Taser, because it was an alternative to the “either/or” of reholstering a gun or shooting it.
Today, a return to Old West rules, accompanied by a swift and sure death penalty for cop killers, would do much to reduce the paramilitary feel of law enforcement today. SWAT teams are not needed to serve petty warrants, nor does the public need to be menaced to comply with authority. Authority that is there to protect them, not to dominate them.
Saw a pair of elephant boots on a guy in a State College brew pub around 90 or 91. Kinda funny. They dropped down and wrinkled like--elephant skin.
That’s State College PA.
Mine look like regular boots, just gray.
They don't droop - but I do believe that you did see what you saw.
Today there is an elephant ‘pattern’ as elephant skin is now illegal to make things out of...
Come to think of it I recall seeing some boots back then all rumply - might have been a style thing.
Unless you are in South Central, or Compton, or East Oakland, or ....
Words and $15 poster at this site.
http://www.cowboyethics.org/Posters.html
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