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Jack Valentino

(4,597 posts) Wed Jan 28, 2026, 10:41 PM Wednesday

Part of the 'Code of the West' was that you didn't shoot a man in the back, [View all]

much less an unarmed man,
much less shooting an unarmed man in the back multiple times, who was already lying on the ground---

Those who did such would have been immediately judged as "cowards and murderers"
and would have been in great danger of 'summary justice' from a lynch mob----

Just sayin'.....

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Part of the 'Code of the West' was that you didn't shoot a man in the back, [View all] Jack Valentino Wednesday OP

As crazy and lawless as it seemed to be this was honored. Klarkashton Wednesday #1

But who were the 'crazy and lawless' ones---- Jack Valentino Wednesday #2

Ok Klarkashton Wednesday #3

Um, guys, that was in the movies. There was no such thing. Although, its not a bad idea. Srkdqltr Wednesday #4

OK, YES, the 'code of the west' was likely not expressed in words until long afterwards, Jack Valentino Thursday #6

and of course, shooting a WOMAN would 'trump' any of the circumstances Jack Valentino Thursday #5

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