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The Revolver 
By tts” bebe hk EE D 
HE revolver is an American arm 
and has been since Colonel Colt 
made cylinders revolve back of a bar- 
rel. It has played a part in the de- 
velopment of a self-governing people. 
The arms of a previous day were handi- 
caps to progress. One’s rapier required 
special skill which did not imply pro- 
portionate development of other abil- 
ities. To a steady, capable citizen in- 
tent on minding his own business or 
helping his community it was in the 
way. It was even a, menace if he drew 
it for defense against a rufiian of mod- 
erate ability or against two or three 
thugs accustomed to depend on it for 
their livelihood. Brass knuckles, slung 
shots and stilettos are hardly a defense 
for an unskilled person. Of course a 
fowling piece or a Kentucky rifle placed 
its law-abiding owner more on a parity 
with an enemy. It could be kept against 
the chimney piece or carried to church 
for protection. But even our rough and 
ready forefathers who kept it by when 
plowing, must have found it easier 
to leave it at the other end of the field 
against a stump than to carry it on 
the plow handle. It is interesting to 
speculate what would have been the 
outcome of the Indian invasions of 
Deerfield or Boonesboro if the peaceful 
settlers could have had a proper supply 
of even cap and ball Colts. The In- 
dians, on the other hand, were efficiertly 
armed with hatchets and muskets; for 
they had no peaceful activities to in- 
terfere with carrying and using six 
foot guns. 
This nation was made possible and 
has developed through many stages be- 
cause of the self-control and love of law 
and order of its citizens. Their ideals 
became the law of the land. Their in- 
dividual support of these ideals is the 
ultimate authority assuring the law’s 
enforcement. Lawless conditions that 
have arisen have been put down time 
after time in the absence of constituted 
authority by those appointed for the 
occasion by the people, who then stood 
behind their officers and often stood be- 
side them. The original Ku Klux Klan 
and the Vigilantes are only two in- 
stances of the successful assumption of 
responsibility by the citizens themselves 
for the restoration of justice when the 
accredited means of enforcement failed. 
. 
Law enforcement has often succeeded 
by the expedient of disarming tempo- 
rarily the disorderly element of the com- 
munity. We should remember that this 
expedient can never be anything but 
temporary for reasons inherent in the 
nature of the class dealt with. Lawless 
members of the community can never 
be permanently disarmed: because they 
are lawless. At present much energy 
and legislation is directed against re- 
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