“Take your pick:”
I grew up watching a lot of westerns. There were many episodes where the townspeople formed a mob and wanted to hang the guy in jail. Most of the time the sheriff stopped the mob. Once in a while the sheriff joined the mob and a courageous citizen had to step in and stop the mob.
Maybe we need to show old westerns in schools.
> Maybe we need to show old westerns in schools. <
‘The Rifleman’ was awesome. It was as much a morality play as it was a western. It’s just a shame that Lucas McCain ended up shooting so many people. That alone would keep it out of the schools.
If you remember the old series ‘Maverick’, Bret Maverick made his way through the west without much shooting at all. I kinda wish ‘The Rifleman’ had leaned more in that direction.
(Before anyone yells at me, yes, I know McCain often acted as a marshal’s deputy.)