The 'Wild West' was safer
>> I don't understand the open carry advocates mindset other than small dick syndrome. I don't see why the push for open carry if concealed carry is an option. This ain't the Wild West anymore.
--Burt Toste
As my Brice might've said years ago, "To yo-ou!"
Your specific location may not be wild, but the 'Wild West' was safer than much of this wilding country today because open carry wasn't even a question.
If only we had, like, you know, some kind of a right to keep and bear arms!