The Wickedest Town in the West

What was gun control like in the Wild West?

In the Long Branch Saloon, a young man named Levi Richardson took up a post by the stove to wait for his mark. “Well-liked” in Dodge City, Richardson was known for being hard-working and brave, but also for recklessness, a man who “cultivated habits of bold and daring.” Around 8 o’clock on the night of April 5, 1879, he walked toward the door to leave t…