Posted on 03/27/2023 5:43:45 PM PDT by Drew68
“For one shot. It was much inferior for formation fire and had a much lower rate of fire than the Brown Bess.”
It was not a formation weapon, as I mentioned in an earlier post. It was especially formidable in shoot-and-scoot actions, which the colonials often employed as they were often outnumbered.
And The Marines that guard him probably have an M-** nearby in addition to the Their sidearm.
I’m going to guess that the various security details he has are packing HK’s or Uzi’s with a grenade or rocket launcher or 2. And a Pistol.
I forget the old quote, but something about watching what people do rather than what they say.
Of course he signed the ban on bump stocks. Although they seem like a pretty stupid idea unless one just wants to lay down some inaccurate suppression fire.
And Reagan, after seeing the Black Panthers during their marches carrying guns down the middle of the street supported and signed gun laws in California.
IMHO that was worse than Trump signing the bump-stock ban.
For me, Reagan’s 90% rule takes effect for some of this stuff. Of course a ban on AR-15’s would be a no go for me.
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