>>>It is more of an adage than anything. The meaning is that most people tend to be much more polite or respectful when they feal they are at a distinct disadvantage like they would be if staring at the business end of a pistol or rifle. Knowing the rebel that you are, this adage probably does not apply. < g,d&r >
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>>I guess a person would be more 'polite'. But what if he too had a pistol. My gues is that trouble would follow rather shortly in many more cases.
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>Then one or both must become polite, or one or both becomes seriously or fatally injured.

Mark;

We Westerners just have to remind those” flat land foreigners” how side arms were used in the “good old days”! They were only used to shoot “snakes”! :)

Tom