![]() Earlier on this fateful day, Virgil had disarmed one cowboy forcefully, while Wyatt confronted another and county sheriff Johnny Behan failed to persuade two more to turn in their firearms. (Residents of many famed cattle towns, such as Dodge City, Abilene, and Deadwood, had similar restrictions.) But these cowboys had no intention of doing so as they strolled around town with Colt revolvers and Winchester rifles in plain sight. The laws of Tombstone at the time required visitors, upon entering town to disarm, either at a hotel or a lawman's office. Long-running tensions between the lawmen and a faction of cowboys – represented this morning by Billy Claiborne, the Clanton brothers, and the McLaury brothers – will come to a head over Tombstone's gun law. Marshall Virgil Earp, having deputized his brothers Wyatt and Morgan and his pal Doc Holliday, is having a gun control problem. ![]() Corral is quiet, and it's had an unremarkable existence for the two years it's been standing-although it's about to become famous. It's October 26, 1881, in Tombstone, and Arizona is not yet a state. ![]()
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