[Morris70]

both sides had muskets and cannons back then.
weapon wise now there is no contest.

[mkboyce]

“both sides had muskets and cannons back then.
weapon wise now there is no contest.”

True.

However, numbers-wise there, also, is no contest. ;)

[muawiyah]

if terrorists have taught us anything it's what you have to do to undertake a full court press against the jackbooted thugs.

first, you have to get over your revulsion at murdering unarmed women and children, and the elderly, in the enemy's ranks.

you don't need much more than cooking oil and old rags to pull that off 'cause fire still works.

[Quickgun]

Most of the weapons that the military possess won’t work in the type of civil war that is coming,Guerrilla warfare and random assassination of the enemy is the style.

[Tzimisce]

Gage’s forces were ordered to seize the canons at Concord Ma.

In essence, they were seizing “military grade” weapons from the Colonists.