Then-Senator (later President) Harry S. Truman being 'held up' with his own guns, USA, 1938

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JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee · 11 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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Oh weird. I don't think I'd ever heard that before. Wikipedia said it was a "somewhat common" practice in the south at the time.

BossDj@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y

Fun fact, this is where the term trigger fingers originated.

Or maybe not, I dunno