[JRandomFreeper]

Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birthright of an American...[T]he unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people."

Tenche Coxe, The Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 20, 1788.

The founders wouldn't agree with you.

/johnny

[Triple]

agreed - just how were privateers, of which there were many, getting outfitted?

“The Lucy” is a great example of a privateer/ship that I have Googled in the past. She was armed like the warship she was.

[Marcella]

“But there were legal precedents from the days of the Founding Fathers that banned frightening weapons which a constitutional originalist like himself must recognize.”

I'll watch the interview later today to get the context correct. The words, “frightening weapons” could mean anything. My handgun would be a “frightening weapon” to the person at whom I was aiming.