This is a great article that helps dispel the gunslinger myth of the Old West. Yes there were instances but it was the exception and not the rule. Women were proficient with guns back in the day.
People still know about the gunfight at the OK Corral,150 years afterward. Three men died. Few will note this weekend’s deaths in Chicago, and they’ll be forgotten next weekend.
“This is a great article that helps dispel the gunslinger myth of the Old West. Yes there were instances but it was the exception and not the rule. Women were proficient with guns back in the day.”
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They knew if they weren’t then the chances of they and their children being killed while the husband was out hunting food, managing the fences and crops or finding supplies, whether such be by a wild animal or a ravaging “ne’r’do’well” was great indeed. Both my mother and grandmother knew how to load and use a gun and although neither one were the type to carry one with them, they had one in their bedroom in case it was needed.