Find Out How Well You Know The Legends Of The Old West With This Rootin’ Tootin’ Quiz!
In the Old West, what was an “equalizer?”
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According to True West Magazine, the idea of weapons as “equalizers” came from a famous quote used to describe Colonel Samuel Colt: “God created men; Col. Colt made them equal.” This was because when people fought with them, their size and physical strength didn’t make as much of a difference as they otherwise would have.
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McClelland/Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images
In the Old West, what was an “equalizer?”
- A train
- A wagon
- A weapon
- A sheriff
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