Guns and Highways
Americans love freedom. A century ago we were translating our love of freedom to the freedom to go where we would, when we would, as fast as we would. Sometimes chickens got run over, less often children who also played in the road. Dirt roads and cars going as fast as 20 even 30 miles an hour raised a lot of dust. Eventually, when those new-fangled horseless carriages really got up to speed, someone with a brain said, "Enough! Communities have a right to protect themselves from folks with no... Sign in to see full entry.