Oh, I’m from Arizona.
Didn’t need posses, everyone on our block was armed, the guy two doors down was WWII Euro theater vet, guy behind was some sort of merc (Army vet) doing central America work, you get the drift, etc.
The draft had a way of doing that: they all had something (carbine or revolver) and no fear of using it.
Arpaio revived the formal posse in Phoenix, the La Raza terrorists still trying to imprison him over that - when does Sessions end the persecution?
Daddy was a WWII combat veteran in N. Africa, Italy, and
Germany. Later in life, he kept his great-grandfather’s
Smith & Wesson revolver. - Poured his own bullets at the
kitchen table. - I have the S&W now; need to pour some more
bullets.