“Isn’t it funny, limey ass, that when we split from your ridiculous country that the second thing we did was arm ourselves ?” -me
“Why do you need a gun in your studio?”
“Because my studio is in the USA, I don’t need a reason and it’s a right. Also, f*ck you. that’s why.” -Me
My recollection is that it was the first thing.
Battles of Lexington and Concord - 4/19/1775
Declaration of Independence - 7/4/1776
More to the point:
We left England BECAUSE they tried to disarm us.
Lots of rhetoric about other issues, but the war actually started when confiscation was attempted.