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Hollywood has turned cowboys into romantic heroes, always with the gun at the ready. In reality, cowboys were at the very bottom of the social ladder, constantly eating the dust of their herds during the many long treks to the slaughterhouse. Amazing as it sounds now, most of the Frontier States had strict gun control laws back then, and although cowboys might during their treks have rifles for hunting purposes, hardly any of them would ever walk around sporting revolvers that were often forbidden anyway and that were - and still are - practically useless at any distance over 30 feet.

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