The Tame, Tame West

The difference between America now and America in Wyatt Earp's day is that in Wyatt Earp's day, he took away people's guns by law. Then, when they got drunk, they didn't have them.

The Earps’ ordinance #9 was put into effect on April 19, 1881. This regulation forbade the carrying of weapons, including knives, inside Tombstone city limits.

So it's official. American society in the 21st century is loonier than the wild, wild West.