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PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago

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

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

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PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago
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      9 months ago

      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.

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

    Or maybe not, I dunno

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