Mark Twain on Firearms -again

Jim Taylor
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Saturday, April 25, 2026, 11:53 (4 days ago)

I was armed to the teeth with a pitiful little Smith & Wesson's seven-shooter, which carried a ball like a homopathic pill, and it took the whole seven to make a dose for an adult. But I thought it was grand. It appeared to me to be a dangerous weapon. It had only one fault--you could not hit anything with it. One of our 'conductors' practiced awhile on a cow with it, and as long as she stood still and behaved herself she was safe; but as soon as she went to moving about, and he got to shooting at other things, she came to grief.
- Mark Twain, Roughing It

Suppose Twain was just a terrible shot?

ORG
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Monday, April 27, 2026, 16:56 (1 day, 20 hours, 26 min. ago) @ Jim Taylor

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No one ever admits that! Not even today.

Jim Taylor
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Monday, April 27, 2026, 17:31 (1 day, 19 hours, 51 min. ago) @ ORG

Brings forth the point; you always hit something!

WB
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Wednesday, April 29, 2026, 10:19 (3 hours, 4 minutes ago) @ Jim Taylor

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