[Red Dog #1]

If I recall correctly from my readings several years ago, at the time the Second Amendment was written the word “arms” referred to weapons typically employed by individual soldiers (i.e. rifles, pistols, knives). At that time, large crew served weapons was referred to as “ordnance”. The founding fathers were very intelligent men and used words with precision, a concept some of our fellow contemporary Americans could could learn from.

[PapaBear3625]

If I recall correctly from my readings several years ago, at the time the Second Amendment was written the word “arms� referred to weapons typically employed by individual soldiers (i.e. rifles, pistols, knives). At that time, large crew served weapons was referred to as “ordnance�. The founding fathers were very intelligent men and used words with precision, a concept some of our fellow contemporary Americans could could learn from.

At the time, it was common and routine for private individuals to own cannon.

Private merchant ships needed to be armed with the means of repelling pirates, a wisdom we have since lost, judging from current news reports from Somalia.