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Re: Imprisoned for Not Having a Gun?
Peter Trei wrote:
> Quite a while back, I read an article in National Rifleman (the NRA
> magazine), that for part of the 19th century it was the law that all
> adult men in the Balkan statelet of Montenegro must carry a pistol
> when in public (a close relative of the ruler had a monopoly on the
> manufacture and sale of firearms in the kingdom).
>
> Traveler's reports noted the extreme civility of Montenegrin
> society during this period.
Yes and what happened in the early part of the 20th century
with respect to that area of Europe?
Phill