Posted on 02/03/2022 1:55:49 PM PST by Tench_Coxe
Usually black powder cannons fired for ceremonial purposes are loaded with a small amount of power and that is normally enclosed in aluminum foil or sometimes wax paper. The result is a nice report but no dangerous flying materials.
We do that kind of thing in New Hampshire to honor our veterans and celebrate the 4th of July. The tradition probably started in December 1774 when the Patriots of New Hampshire captured Fort William and Mary and seized powder and cannons from the British.
One of my nephews is a Civil War re-enactor guy and bought this big honking cannon. Needs a Ram dually diesel pickup to haul it around LOL.
Turn instead to Article 1, Section 8, where authority to issue "Letters of Marque and Reprisal" is vested in Congress. These clearly contemplate armed, privately owned ships taking on vessels of foreign powers. They would have been armed with canon at the time.
And this is not some ancient practice no longer in use. In December 1941 and the first months of 1942, the Goodyear blimp Resolute was operated as an anti-submarine privateer based out of Los Angeles. As the only US craft to operate under a Letter of Marque since the War of 1812, the Resolute, armed with a rifle and flown by its civilian crew, patrolled the seas for submarines. See Shock, James R., Smith, David R.
In this instance the privateer was not armed with a canon because it would have been very impractical on a blimp. Previous sea going privateers have been armed with canon.
That should scare the sh** out every American.
Including the XIII Amendment (abolishes slavery)?
“..So where exactly does one purchase a cannon. (Asking for a friend)...”
There’s quite a few people that own them. They’re expensive and rarely sold and/or traded. Of course, the govt. makes em have a class 3 license to own em much like a full-auto type of thing.
Everyone wave to the ATF……where’s that middle finger emoji?
The 2nd will be around long after pedoBrandon is nothing but worm food.
The Amendments have been absolute for well over 200 years, pedoJoe is NOT, and He’ll be lucky to be alive over the next 2. The Grim Reaper has his list, he’s checking it twice, and old pedoJoe has gotta be gettin’ close to the top.
FJB and all his filthy, anti-American, commie ilk.
The problem is young, animalistic violent black males and the Soros funded district attorneys who refuse to incarcerate them.
American civilians always have owned cannon. There were patriots during the American Revolution who bought their own cannon because they wanted to join the local artillery battery, but they didn’t have enough guns to go around.
Curious how shootings im cities have gone thru the roof ever since Bidet occupied the Oval office
Biden is a BUFFOON! There are NO REGULATIONS covering the purchase of Black Powder cannons, such as were used in our Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the War with Mexico, and our Civil War!
To DemocRATS, the only right that is ABSOLUTE is ABORTION!
I once thought that about the natural born citizen clause......
Pretty. But is that the only color it comes in?
Privateers were given M&R BECAUSE they were already armed. Not the other way around though.
Yeah, and all those vows you took with Nurse Jill about forsaking all others and promising to be faithful is not etched in stone or anything.
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