Aimed Fire versus "Spray & Pray" Thugs:

- Some 'modern' capitalist economics is ridiculous .. I have been buying very tasty supermarket Hot Smoked Peppered Salmon lately - The fish is Atlantic salmon from Norway - cooked & prepared in Belgium, for a wholesaler in Australia - before somehow arriving down here in NZ for $10 a vacuum pack.

- On December 19th 1854 - 38 y.o. U S Captain Jonathan Rutledge Davis was walking to a Sierra Nevada California gold claim location with two companions when they were ambushed by fourteen armed men of  "The Sydney Ducks Gang" a mixed nationality collection of killer robbers. (Don't blame the Aussie neighbours eh).

Both of his companions immediately fell with deadly wounds but those scum, who had robbed and killed nine men in the previous three days didn't oughta picked on Davis - who was a veteran from South Carolina's Palmetto Regiment in the war with Mexico. 

Captain Davis was known to be a crack shot and a good swordsman so he downed SEVEN of the attackers before another four rushed him armed with knives and a sword. - His revolvers now being empty he used his large Bowie blade to kill three more men and seriously wounded a fourth. - The remaining three cowardly thieves ran-off and escaped before suffering the same sport.

There were witnesses on a nearby hill .. a hunting party of miners who rushed to the scene - eighteen of them - and who later buried the eleven killed badmen - including three who "died from their wounds" while they recovered 491 dollars in gold coin, nine gold and silver pocket watches, plus four ounces of gold dust.

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I've read six or seven versions of this story and it is clear that aimed HEAD SHOTS from Davis' .36 caliber Colt Navys were the cause of termination for the majority of the 11 unlamented interred - much against their intention and calculated odds.

- Buying a violin does not make one a musician. (Col. Jeff Cooper ?)

PRACTICE, TRAIN & SHOOT REGULARLY .. if you wish to be useful and safe.

Google for different dramatic versions of the tale .. but the page from WikipediA is factual:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_R._Davis

Our surviver-shootist man lived to be over 70 - paying his way with more prospecting & lawyering .. but his final departure date seems to be unrecorded ..

Marty K.