 Deputy Clydes line about why a one armed man needed to carry three  pistols: I dont want to get killed from lack of being able to  shoot back is sometimes attributed to lawman/gunfighter Wild Bill  Hickok who usually carried two pistols around his waist, another in  a shoulder holster, sometimes another stuck in the back of his belt,  and usually had at least one Derringer hidden somewhere on his  person. While working as a lawman, he usually carried a sawed off  shotgun as well. Hickok also laughed at Ned Buntlines report about  his killing 20 men with 20 shots saying that his theory was start  shooting and keep shooting until the man you were shooting at was  dead.