From: Hallam-Baker <hallam@ai.mit.edu>
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 13:06:47 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Imprisoned for Not Having a Gun?
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Peter Trei wrote:

> Quite a while back, I read an article in National Rifleman (the NRA
> magazine), that for part of  the 19th century  it was the law that all
> adult men in the Balkan statelet of Montenegro must carry a pistol
> when in public (a close relative of the ruler had a monopoly on the
> manufacture and sale of firearms in the kingdom).
> 
> Traveler's reports noted the extreme civility of Montenegrin
> society during this period.

Yes and what happened in the early part of the 20th century
with respect to that area of Europe?

	Phill