[Pontiac]

Weren’t pretty much all weapons military weapons when the founders were, er, founding?

Actually, rifles were primarily strictly for hunting.

Rifles took too much skill and time to load for use in the combat tactics of the time.

Washington was an early user of Guerilla tactics and the use of snipers. But in the day, this was considered ungentlemanly. Firing from cover was cowardly.

But Washington had little choice being out gunned and out manned and fighting an enemy with far greater financial resources.

[NorseViking]

“” “” Actually, rifles were primarily strictly for hunting.

Rifles took too much skill and time to load for use in the combat tactics of the time.”” “”

These were in place since 18th century but due to cost and complexity weren’t practical as infantry weapons.

Rifles were first used en-masse in 1850s during Crimean War.

[Mastador1]

so by the time the Constitution was written, rifles had been moved from a primarily hunting device to a weapon war, no?

[Ozark Tom]

Never let the enemy define the terms of a conflict. Never interrupt an enemy as they shoot themselves in the foot.

Imagine if the British adopted mossy oak camouflage and used native cover, rather than dressing in scarlet and marching about in parade formation.