The Great Equalizer

In the late 1800s, the proliferation of the Colt 45 revolver eventually tamed the lawless American West by allowing even the weak and socially disenfranchised, who lacked the traditional instruments of power and influence, to assert their will and defend themselves against those endowed with land, position, and political status. The revolver thus earned itself the moniker "the Peacemaker," or more aptly "the Great Equalizer." But in today's world, where some may consider nuclear weapons to be a modern version of "the Great Equalizer," a nuclear "shoot-out" at the OK Corral could have devastating consequences on a global scale.