Blowing holes in your "fellow Americans" with double shot cannister at 50 yards is an interesting way to perserve something.
I take it you're referring to Southern forces firing on Fort Sumter?
Wasn't that mostly cannon balls?
Of course, you do remember the South officially declared war on the United States, on May 6, 1861.
Did they somehow expect the Union would only use single shot canister?
I'm perfectly willing and capable of doing same today if my 'fellow American' be it some Bill Ayres revolutionary type or a native born Mohammad Jihad were attempting insurrection. Trust me, if they take up arms against the Constitution and I'd blow big holes in them with no remorse whatsoever!
From your past comments, it is obvious that you think the United States is not worth protecting and preserving since you consider it to be an illegitimate government for the past 150 years.
From that position, I can only assume than that you would not have defended that document during WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam or in our current wars against terrorists and despots who threaten it now. That the only veterans deserving of honor are those from the CSA and all the others since then were simply agents of an illegitimate government.
Since in your opinion, the Constitution has been meaningless since the time of Lincoln, I only have to ask why you hang around at FreeRepublic.com which is dedicated to upholding that Constitution which you consider to meaningless?
Seems you would have more friends at Anarchy.com