[Lurker]

And if I remember correctly, some of those ‘resident aliens’ back in the day actually owned BATTLESHIPS.

They did indeed. It's also true that darned nearly every cannon in the Colonies was privately owned. And in those days, that was quite a WMD.

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[stuned_beeber]

And in those days, that (cannon) was quite a WMD.

In those days a 'Battleship' was the equivalent of nuclear weapons. Some of those bad boys mounted dozens of cannon, and had been used to literally level cities.