| Show THEY CARRY ARMS And Bring Death to Others Infamy to Themselves The sentence of young Gallifant to five years in the Pen for taking a fellow creatures life is a forcible reminder of the evil practice of carrying car-rying deaaly weapons in a peaceful community The mercy of the court has been exercised to its fullest extent according to the recommendation recommen-dation of the jury and granted him i a sentence which falls a long way short of his deserts There is the tincture of murder In the mind and heart of any man who will make a practice of carrying a loaded revolver re-volver about in his pocket in his place of business in the day time What is the use of it or what UBe does he Intend to make of it What can be his object In keeping the deadly machine eo close at hand If the country were In a state of i siege threatened by savages or devoid de-void of both law and executive and it was neceesary for every man to be his own government there might be some excuse for the walking walk-ing batteries which are 8 constant menace to human life in nearly every community in this country There is no law in this city against the carrying of concealed weapons Perhaps this may be accounted ac-counted for by the general belief that such a law would necessarily 1 prove a dead letter as the only means of finding out who is break ting t-ing It would be to make frequent search of persons who were considered I consid-ered moat likely to treat the law with contempt But this is an extreme J > ex-treme view of the case and is not t warranted by the experience of other cities The existence of a law 1 is in itself a safeguard perhaps not t f absolute but if such a law were t made and prescribed a penalty sufficiently suffi-ciently severe It would have a r noticeable effect on this vicious l practice 1 Had Gallifant not carried the I revolver with which he killed young Fowler about a year ago it i is almost certain that their quarrel f would have been passed over and i forgotten In a few angry words and today instead of being doomed to a felons cell for five years he would be peacefully conducting hIs business and enjoying the society 1 of his family and friends Young i men who are in the habit of carrying carry-ing deadly weapons about with 1 them should take warning t from this and leave their pistols i at home and the Council fl ought by all means to enact a law 3 in relation to carrying concealed weapons without delay Gallifant I + was sorry for his deed but his sor f row could not restore Fowlers lifer I I or give him back to his bereaved family No one but a chicken r heart or a knave will carry a revolver Jf r I revol-ver in tae daytime in a populous rand r-and lawabiding town 0 |
