Joey Smith fired a six-shooter and “two or three were wounded by these discharges, two of whom, I am informed, died” (John Taylor,)
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
and the mormons believe that murderers are never forgiven and murder is the unforgivable sin...
So Joey Smith went to outer darkness...
I do believe shortly after the shooting it was “lights out” for Joseph Smith...
C'mon, TN. Imagine yourself in that position. Imagine ...
...That you're in a jail on charges that arose out of earlier charges that you sent 200 mobocrats to destroy...Oh, some online source that pointed out that a certain religious leader was secretly living a polygamous lifestyle.
...A visitor to you smuggled in two loaded six-shooters.
...Your correction officers found out about the smuggled weapons, were cowards and didn't want to confront the weapons' holders' directly...so when some mobocrats who didn't like what you did earlier re: destroying that online source voluntered to take you on directly...they took them up on it.
Conclusion: Obviously, TN, your "followers" are going to say that you -- the jailbird in possession with two smuggled, loaded weapons -- had every "right" to "defend" yourself!
(And then they'd go on & tell you how conservative they are, law & order-wise!)