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Posted on 05/14/2026 10:21:45 AM PDT by DFG
On May 14, 2026, just months before we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the USA, the Associated Press floated the idea of gun control for the exact type black powder muskets that were used in the American Revolution.
The AP used an X post to say, “A musket from 1776 can fire a lead ball at a velocity of around 1,000 feet per second.”
They added, “Imagine what that can do to a human body. Yet under federal and most state laws, it’s exempt from gun regulations. Many antique or replica guns aren’t considered firearms and even convicted felons can own them.”
They embedded a video of firearms historian Ashley Hlebinsky in their post where she explained that muskets from 1776 “are actually, technically, in terms of legal standards in the federal government, not legally a firearm. They are classified as an antique.”
If the viewer allows the video to play through, a man who is an American Revolution enactor blasts the idea of regulating muskets from 1776, saying, “It seems silly to put restriction on something that would be such a terrible weapon if you wanted to kill people. You can kill more people quickly with a car than you can with a musket.”
A musket is rudimentary to say the least. It fires one time with a trigger pull and has to be reloaded before another shot can occur. To reload it has to be placed on its butt-end, gun powder poured into the end of the barrel, wadding pushed in, and a lead ball (the projectile) pushed in on top the wadding. Thereafter, the gun is shouldered and the hammer cocked, the trigger is pulled and the hammer strike causes flint to spark, which ignites the gun powder and blows the projectile out of the barrel.
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only one store near me specializes in black powder weapons, and it is pretty far away.
fortunately I only need to go there to get power for my cannon.
Not The Bee. I give up.
LOL. My Dad’s best friend Frank(RIP) was a Revolutionary War Reenactor, and was once asked to bring the props for a special reenctment of the French and Indian War. It was in Canada.
The Canadian Border Guards were very perplexed with his van full 200 muskets and a large amount of Black Powder.
Those were in the Good Ol’ Days when you could drive around with stuff like that.
What part of “shall not be infringed” do they not understand?
The AP didn’t care about gun control after Trump and Charlie were shot.
How many actual crimes are being committed these days with such weapons? Solving a problem that doesn’t exist is just a waste of everyone’s time and money, in addition to being an affront to 2A rights.
An obvious case of insanity at the AP. Does AP stand for “awfully paranoid”?
No much matter how much you hate the AP. It’s not enough.
Here in NH we are allowed to hunt with single shot muzzleloaders that are breach break models. Plus you can also use black powder pellets and hollow point copper bullets/projectiles. With the primer.
I have a CVA break action .50 caliber muzzleloader that I bought a Bass pro.
Unimaginable to the men who wrote the 2nd Amendment.
Its because a black powder weapon can also take down stormtroopers.
There are several things the founders to The Constitution didn't imagine.
If I get the tag next week, I am going muzzleloader elk hunting in Colorado in September. It is not my weapon of choice but it is the only way to consistently draw a tag every two years.
Ass Press again. It isn’t about the gun, it’s about the control.
“Associated Press Floats Gun Control”
Liberals always gotta control SOMETHING, don’t they?
In the People’s Republic of Illinois, they are already treated as firearms: you need a Firearm Owners Id Card and background check with the State Police to get one.
I remember how they wanted to ban handguns only. Then they wanted to ban “assault” rifles only. Now this. The slippery slope is real.
“I’ll give you my Black Powder rifle when you pry it from my cold, dead hands”
When did the ASS-OCIATED Press become another branch of Congress?
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