@Rockhead,
I remember that old song. I guess we all do.
Its reasoning is very flawed insofar as it seeks to discourage defensive armament.
He tried to draw on someone
for laffing,
who found a need to defend himself from getting
SHOT.
Our hero got what he deserved;
it was implied that he was about to commit murder because a cowboy
LAFFED!
Note also that if he had not tried to draw on him,
he coud just as well have smacked him with the bar stool
or a bottle of hootch.
The victim woud not likely tolerate
THAT, either.
It was not an issue of defensive armament,
but of attempted murder that that intercepted and defeated !
The good guy won.
David