Really? Prior to 1934 citizens could own pretty much any type weapon the military used, just as the Founders affirmed, to defend against tyranny. Number of school shootings: 0 
Posted on 03/12/2018 10:27:53 PM PDT by FrankLea
You betcha they did.
Really? Prior to 1934 citizens could own pretty much any type weapon the military used, just as the Founders affirmed, to defend against tyranny. Number of school shootings: 0
Great quotes All!
Not Guilty!
The author should clam up and spell better...
The Founding Fathers intended that we the people be able to defend ourselves from a tyrannical government.
Yeah, and “clips” for Roger 10-22s.
Second article in less than 24 hours comparing U.S. citizenry to the Sovereign Citizen movement with no justification or explanation. IN THE FIRST SENTENCE, then just carries on with all the other obfuscatory BS.
Some one is trying to lump the founders of our country, conservative U.S. citizens and SOVERIEGN CITIZENS into the same group. This is how conservative Americans will be labeled as ‘BAD’. You are a “Soveriegn”.
When the two have absolutly, completly different definitions. The left is trying to turn them (US) into the same thing.
A little off subject but not much - the AR-15 is not a military weapon. It was originally designed and sold as a civilian weapon and has never been used by the US Military.
We drive military vehicles that kill more than guns do.
Easy Peasy Mussel Loaders!
so by the time the Constitution was written, rifles had been moved from a primarily hunting device to a weapon war, no?
Saving these. Thanks.
Not really. The smooth bore 69 cal. muzzle loading musket remained the standard infantry weapon in the U.S. Army until 1855. There some militia units armed with the “Mississippi” rifle during the Mexican war. After the Mexican war I believe the army did equip one company in a regiment with the “Mississippi” rifle.
I had the privilege of watching chickens shot out of a canon into aircraft windshields. The chickens were taken out of the freezer, thawed and put into the canon. They hired a newbie but did not give him much instruction on how to do the testing. He put a frozen bird into the canon. Instant windshield failure. So..... I would suggest you use a frozen fresh water mussel if you want to exercise you 2nd amendment rights.
Back in those days the civilian had better arms than the military.
Army-—smooth bore musket. Civilian—super accurate rifle.
Army adopts a muzzle loading rifle-—civilians had breachloaders.
Army adopts a breach loading single shot rifle—civilians had tube fed cartridge rifles, some holding up to 32 rounds.
Army adopts a 5 shot bolt action rifle,-—Civilians had lever actions, pump actions, early semi-auto rifles, and were experimenting with full auto rifles.
Army adopts a semi-auto rifle,—citizens banned from full auto rifles due to taxing.
1956 army adopts a full auto rifle- pulling ahead of what Civilians owned for the first time.
Back then I don't think there was a whole lot of difference between military weapons and civilian weapons.
A fringe weapon.
They were expensive and complex.
They were primarily an ambush weapon.
Repeatedly, so not a typo.
The founding fathers clearly were not looking at a right to weapons stuck to the walls by one or more byssal threads.
Read the piece. Aside from crippling his argument with that ‘mussel’ mistake, it’s ok.
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