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Quick-draw gunfights at high noon were common in the American Wild West.

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REFUTED
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Is it true that Quick-draw gunfights at high noon were common in the American Wild West?

No. Two reference sources state directly that the classic quick-draw showdown happened only rarely in the American West and that most gunfights were spontaneous brawls or arguments; a C-SPAN segment calls the 1865 Hickok-Tutt fight the first one-on-one quick draw gun battle, implying such fights were exceptional rather than common.

Verdict: REFUTED · 0 sources for, 5 against · Last checked

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Evidence against · 5
Wild Bill Hickok fights in first quick-draw western shootout | July 21, 1865 | HISTORY
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Wild Bill Hickok fights in first quick-draw western shootout | July 21, 1865 | HISTORY. (n.d.). history.com. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/july-21/wild-bill-hickok-fights-first-western-showdown

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Wild Bill Hickok and the American West : CSPAN3 : January 7, 2018 1:22pm-1:31pm EST
2018
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Wild Bill Hickok and the American West : CSPAN3 : January 7, 2018 1:22pm-1:31pm EST. (2018). archive.org. https://archive.org/details/CSPAN3_20180107_182200_Wild_Bill_Hickok_and_the_American_West

Fast draw - Wikipedia
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Fast draw - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_draw

AN AMERICAN DUEL. (West Coast Times, 29 November 1871)
1871
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AN AMERICAN DUEL. (West Coast Times, 29 November 1871). (1871). paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT18711129.2.6.4

Was the wild west less violent than the current west?
2015
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Was the wild west less violent than the current west?. (2015). skeptics.stackexchange.com. https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/30358/was-the-wild-west-less-violent-than-the-current-west

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