[james_woods]

„and for settlers trying to persuade Indians to abandon tribal lands that these newcomers wished to inhabit.„

Ah - they persuaded them. What a lovely euphemism.

[kbart]

You have taken it out of context, where it was ironically written about the most common uses of revolvers, so it was clearly a joke (the whole article was written in humorous manner, for those who didn't read).

[elsurudo]

That's... the joke.