Gringos Get You isn’t the feel-good, emotional bonding version, folks. (Is there a Mexican Yakov Smirnoff?) A fragment of the Old, Wild West — when justice often came self-served or not at all. As the years march, it fades further from memory, outside of its most famous occurrences, O.K. Corral, et al. So many other…… Continue reading In Arizona, The Gringos Get You
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Gunfighting Blues
Gunfighting? A much younger me once asked my father if he ever drew his weapon and fired in the course of duty; had he ever participated in an actual gunfight? Was it like those we watched on the television or at the movies — Dirty Harry, etc.? His answer was usually stoic, reverent, and largely…… Continue reading Gunfighting Blues