An Immodest Proposal

Some of us miss the cultural traditions of the Old West. Many were rooted in day to day issues and answers. Certainly, one of the best was shared by many...spending some of your spare time as a vigilante. There are leftovers from the practice. You can carry a gun without a license as long as it isn’t concealed. You can make a citizen’s arrest where you hold a criminal until the police arrive for the real thing.



We should introduce a competition among the sportsmen (sportswomen, too) of Santa Fe to see who can shoot the most taggers. Next time you’re sitting around on a Saturday night with nothing to do. Only WWF reruns on television. Get your gun and stake out a neighborhood wall.



This shouldn’t be unsporting. Night vision goggles or starlight gunsights won’t be allowed. Practitioners of the asshole art of grafitti should have a fair chance to escape to be a target some other night. Proposed regulations would limit firearms to .22 caliber. Discussion continues about holding this down to shorts versus longs; but, a year or so of trial runs should take care of technical questions.



Rather than the traditional practice of stuffing and displaying mounts of dead game, since the goal isn’t to eliminate our quarry; but, change their ways...ER records from St. Victims could be used to verify reported hits. Trophies would be awarded, paid for by licensing fees to the City.

If all goes according to schedule, we could have a genuine Old West Revival on our hands. Maybe even think about invitational events for tourists.