Editing Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (section)

=== Relevant law in Tombstone ===
To reduce crime in Tombstone, on April 19, 1881, the city council passed [[The Cowboys (Cochise County)#Cowboys and the law|ordinance 9]], requiring anyone carrying a [[bowie knife]], [[dirk]], pistol or rifle<ref>{{cite web|title=The Law in Tombstone|url=http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/earp/ordinances.html/|access-date=March 8, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213174105/http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/earp/ordinances.html|archive-date=December 13, 2013}}</ref><ref name=johnson/> to deposit their weapons at a [[livery stable|livery]] or saloon soon after entering town.

{{blockquote|To Provide against Carrying of Deadly Weapons

'''Section 1'''. It is hereby declared unlawful to carry in the hand or upon the person or otherwise any deadly weapon within the limits of said city of Tombstone, without first obtaining a permit in writing.

'''Section 2''': This prohibition does not extend to persons immediately leaving or entering the city, who, with good faith, and within reasonable time are proceeding to deposit, or take from the place of deposit such deadly weapon.

'''Section 3''': All fire-arms of every description, and bowie knives and dirks, are included within the prohibition of this ordinance.|Tombstone City Ordinance Number 9 Effective April 19, 1881|<ref>{{cite web|title=Tombstone's Ordinance No.9 Was Neither Fair Nor Equally Enforced |url=http://www.americancowboychronicles.com/2014/08/tombstones-ordinance-no9-was-neither.html |date=August 8, 2014|access-date=June 10, 2018}}</ref>}}

The ordinance was the legal basis for City Marshal Virgil Earp's decision to confront the Cowboys on the day of the shootout.<ref name="ordinance">{{cite web|url=http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/earp/ordinances.html|title=Ordinances Enforced by the Earps in the OK Corral Shoot-out|access-date=February 6, 2011|year=2005|editor-first=Douglas|editor-last=Linder|work=Famous Trials: The O. K. Corral Trial|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203135216/http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/earp/ordinances.html|archive-date=February 3, 2011}} From Turner, Alford (ed.) (1992), ''The O. K. Corral Inquest''.</ref>