[Kozak]

If this thinking was the norm in 1775 the Minutemen would have been limited to pitchforks, as the musket was the standard military “assault” weapon.

[Bryanw92]

>>If this thinking was the norm in 1775 the Minutemen would have been limited to pitchforks, as the musket was the standard military “assault” weapon.

In 1775, there were still pikemen in the British Army, so even the pitchfork could be a “copycat” assault weapon.