May 3lst - Speaking of the numerous crimes committed in New
Orleans, [the sheriff] declared it was a perfect hell upon earth, and that
nothing would ever put an end to murders, manslaughters, and
deadly assaults, till it was made penal to carry arms; but by
law every American citizen may walk with an armory round
his waist, if he likes. Bar-rooms, cock-tails, mint-juleps,
gambling-houses, political discussions, and imperfect civilization do the rest. Sunday, May 31, 2015
May 31, 1861 - W.H. Russell on Need for Gun Control (note the date, 154 years ago today)
William Howard Russell, the first great war correspondent, was an important contact for British Consul Robert Bunch, Our Man in Charleston: Britain's Secret Agent in the Civil War South.
May 3lst - Speaking of the numerous crimes committed in New
Orleans, [the sheriff] declared it was a perfect hell upon earth, and that
nothing would ever put an end to murders, manslaughters, and
deadly assaults, till it was made penal to carry arms; but by
law every American citizen may walk with an armory round
his waist, if he likes. Bar-rooms, cock-tails, mint-juleps,
gambling-houses, political discussions, and imperfect civilization do the rest.
May 3lst - Speaking of the numerous crimes committed in New
Orleans, [the sheriff] declared it was a perfect hell upon earth, and that
nothing would ever put an end to murders, manslaughters, and
deadly assaults, till it was made penal to carry arms; but by
law every American citizen may walk with an armory round
his waist, if he likes. Bar-rooms, cock-tails, mint-juleps,
gambling-houses, political discussions, and imperfect civilization do the rest. 
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