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Those here remarking about "wild-west" shootouts have no clue what it takes to obtain a permit in most states.
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That somehow allowing people to carry from state to state will revert us back to wild-west shoot outs.
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We're the Tombstone of the United States of America, the sheriff said, referring to Arizona's famous wild-west town.
Pro-gun Ariz. lawmaker blames sheriff for failing to protect Giffords 2011
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For those who sell art of the American West, it's hard not to feel nostalgic for the good ol' days—not the cowboy era but the wild-west years of 2003 to 2008, when prices blasted to record highs.
Art of the West Rounded Up for a Rebound Stephen Wallis 2011
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The son of Syrian immigrants who sold electrical appliances, he branched out from commerce into hijacking by stealing cargo leaving the port of Puerto Cabello and selling the proceeds at the wild-west like free-trade zone of Maicao in Colombia, just across the border, according to these accounts.
U.S. Losing Big Drug Catch José de Córdoba 2011
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Some analysts warn that banks must adjust to a new lending reality that includes a retreat from the wild-west days of mortgages with zero down payments, no income documentation and other loose lending standards.
The Case for Bank Stocks Randall Smith 2011
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Starbuck needs to help a wild-west sheriff save his town from some banditos?
Three Battlestar Galactica spinoffs better than ‘Caprica’ 2009
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After recognizing that the City planning process needs long-term modifications in order to eliminate the need for these agreements, we sought best practices that would immediately introduce credibility and predictability to a 'wild-west' process that has thus far proceeded without guidelines.
Jack Ahern: Fixing Community Benefit Agreements Jack Ahern 2010
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Your correspondents have rightly been critical of the questionable legality of American action against Bin Laden and Nato attempts to assassinate Colonel Gaddafi Osama bin Laden and wild-west justice, 3 May.
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You acquire mostly young to middle-age frustrated and angry men with emotional wedge issues like drugs and guns, emotional “freedom-based” rhetoric and cheap wild-west sentiments, get them working to spout the philosophy like good little corporate tools …
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