[Iron Munro]

he sounds like one of those “this is my town” types.

Sherrif Bullard: "Don't ever do nothin' like this again. Don't come back up here."

(Deliverance, 1972)

[FredZarguna]

However... the Deliverance guys did manage to a) kill one of their attackers b) get one of their own guys killed and c) probably killed an innocent hunter, whom they mistook for the second Hillbilly Homo.

So in hindsight, I think Bullard's letting them off with a warning was somewhat lenient.