BILLSANDHILLS have always been around, that is why RTKABA is an un-alienable right that is only acknowledged by the Constitution's Bill of Rights not granted by the BoR.
Basically, there have always been @$$holes walking around that had to have a weapon (GunKnifeSwordClubwhatever) shoved in their ... face, to keep their act straight.
Occasionally, mass quantities of citizens have had to storm the gates and kick said @$$holes back to the stoneage. They will always pi$$, whine and moan about how it is "against the law" (their self serving law) while the general population they just got finished declaring "commoners" is beating the TAR out of them.
Rightly so...