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* In ''Tales of the Alhambra'' Washington Irving commented about this aspect of Spain. As there had not only been a recent guerilla war, but the government was corrupt and incompetent, disorder was rampant and private subjects were often forced onto their own resources.
**Spanish knife fighting is a plebian tradition complimentary to the more courtly rapier and arising from such turmoil. In Spain(not otherwise a country famed for female egalitarianism)even women regularly learned how to use knives and knives made for women were decorated and had cute slogans to the effect of, "[[Loyal Phlebotinum|I am]] [[Submissive Badass|devoted]] to my mistresses [[Chastity Dagger|honor]]". Gitano(Spanish Roma) have their own curious tradition of using horse shears as a combat weapon.
* It was perfectly true in the Old West(and in some parts of the modern West)that practically everyone owned a firearm. It was ''not'' true that there was a shootout everyday or that everyone was a gunslinger or indeed that it was routine for any given person to fire on any other given person. They were used more often to deal with dangerous beasts and gather food then to have [[Showdown At High Noon|showdowns at high noon.]]
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